RattlesnakeJake

The issue is that they just started forcing sign-ins on Old Reddit, allegedly because it's easier for bots to scrape. The ability to casually/anonymously peek at a post that answers your question is getting more rare.

That "In case you're not aware, there's COVID-19 happening" banner isn't nearly tall nor yellow enough. Given a 6-inch-tall screen, the proper layout would be:

  +-----------------+
  |2" of vestigial  |
  |COVID messaging  |
  +-----------------+
  |1.5" of actual   |
  | content         |
  +-----------------+
  |2.5 of EU        |
  |  cookie banner  |
  +-----------------+

A local utility took it even further during COVID:

  +---------------------+
  |2" of COVID messaging|
  +---------------------+
  |1" of undismissable  |
  | "our app is gone;   |
  | use the mobile site |
  | that you're on now" |
  +---------------------+
  |0.5" of content      |
  +---------------------+
  |2.5" of EU cookie    |
  | banner, despite     |
  | being a US-only corp|
  +---------------------+

Apparently it's the Bloomberg chat

It seems to come up every time this complaint arises. "I want to use an open source project without being associated with furries" isn't that unreasonable of a request.

I wish they'd ease up on the whole "don't change the logo without paying us" thing. The furry anime character is a turnoff for anyone with a brand or personal image that doesn't mesh with those subcultures.

The last time I tried to use one in a comment, it got stripped out. I guess that doesn't apply to submission titles.

A subtle background visual gag in "The Office" is a framed certificate identifying Michael Scott as the owner of a "Quality Seyko Timepiece":

https://www.reddit.com/r/TVDetails/s/c3yM0Lmu96

No, they moved that to a subscription model. It costs more in the long run, but you immediately gain access to all the latest dwarf planets as they are discovered.

Conversely, I want those old candy Aqua buttons back. They were kitschy, but I loved them.

I'd say the same for the scrollbars, but these days I'd settle for reverting to them being visible at all times.

Fair. NPM is the part I actually distrust.

That said, I'm not sure it's necessary to make a distinction. I can't imagine many teams are using NodeJS (particularly with React or the like) without buying into the package ecosystem.

Or at least the culture around JavaScript .

I love writing JavaScript. I like React well enough. I'm not sold on NodeJS, though I'll accept that its struggles are no different than any other package manager.

I just wish the whole thing would stand still for a minute. It's seriously exhausting to keep up with all of the deprecations, rewrites, new "best" frameworks, etc.

3. "Best Practices" having changed every time I go back to the frontend

Oh yeah. Once or twice a year I have to install Adobe Reader to handle some weird edge case around printing, DRM, or the like. I usually uninstall it right afterward.

But for general document reading, Reader's UI has been awful for years. The amount of unnecessary toolbars, popups, upsell offers, and (recently) AI assistant recommendations pile up and block the one thing I actually want the app to do.

It's odd and I'm not sure I love it compared to a nicely-done dedicated viewer (macOS Preview, SumatraPDF, whatever comes with GNOME or KDE).

That said, I'll pick the in-browser tools over Adobe Reader every time.

I dropped Twitter for Lent this year, just in time for the fighting to pick up. Being stuck with slow, oversimplified (and likely propagandistic) news coverage instead of the usual OSINT accounts, (likely fake) firsthand reports, and bad-but-fun hot takes was frustrating for a bit .

(I still haven't gotten back on, and I'm much happier for it)

As an American, I'm mildly jealous of the Brits' usage of "bin" for garbage cans. It's so succinct as to be appropriately dismissive, while we seemingly sanctify the idea with complex terms like "Wastebasket," "Trash/Garbage Can," or (worst of all) "Trash Receptacle."

"Binface" wouldn't be nearly as funny using an American term.

The crappy forums don't have to let anyone register without a vouching process if they don't want to. They also don't accidentally end up on the Reddit Front Page and get swarmed by a mob of overly-enthusiastic or angry strangers who don't know or follow the community's etiquette.

Okay, this may actually explain it XD

That doesn't come across as any less creepy to the average user: "They stole my friend's likeness to sell me a lawn chair" still feels slimy.

I'm sure the real reason is that Facebook added a poorly thought out feature to their marketing tools around that time, and someone just decided to try it out.

But it didn't bring clicks to the website nor goodwill toward the company.

No one remembers who ran the ad. Even if we did, it would only be in a negative light due to a weird and off-putting advertising approach.

Many years ago (back when Facebook still had sidebar ads), my sister was presented with a dating ad for "Hot Christian Singles" accompanied by a photo of our brother.

It was hilarious, but also mind-boggling. In what scenario would pulling in a friend's profile photo create a useful ad?

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that we should've created a similarly-consistent standard for forums. If we had solved the problem of users wanting central access to multiple forums without putting them under a single provider, we could've entirely avoided the existence of Reddit.

As much as I roll my eyes at "If your {thing} doesn't have {thing}"-style gatekeeping, this does fit well with the fact that a reversion to the old blogs+RSS setup would solve a lot of the current criticisms of the social media world. RSS decouples the reader from the author AND the platform, allowing a "News Feed" that isn't tied to a single publisher or the whims of its algorithm design.

Are your colleagues slower because they're spending all their time reviewing your PRs?

I giggled a bit on seeing that Flint is the cheapest. Their reputational damage is going to last for decades, isn't it?

I just restored a 4th-gen monochrome this year, adding a new battery and a SD card adapter to replace the dead hard drive.

It still amazes me how delightfully simple it is. It isn't trying to do anything besides play music well.

On my work computer, my theme preference follows my mood:

When I'm feeling happy and engaged, dark mode is great. But when I'm feeling down (often in the dark days of January or February), I get a decent lift out of switching back to light mode and adding as much color to the app themes as I can.

It could be a cousin to Wikipedia's List of Lists of Lists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_lists_of_lists

> It’s getting into Sagrada Familia territory.

Or "A million monkeys with a million typewriters writing Shakespeare" territory