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Interesting. I wonder if we'll be seeing more public companies go private in the future.

Twitter ads are known to be largely ineffective. Can't imagine Starlink investors will be thrilled to see this.

I wonder what it's like to have absolutely no fear of consequences.

Interesting. Sort of like a facebook apple store I guess.

Side note: How long can people typically stand staying in those VR headsets? I get terrible motion sickness within minutes.

On my twitter feed, I keep seeing tweets from something twitter calls "topics". Apparently they were automatically assigned to me based on previous tweets I had liked. Didn't want to see any tweets from people I don't follow. And instead of having to unclick 200 topics or so, I used this app to automate removing them from my profile.

Very helpful for automating hiding “topics” on Twitter!

Yeah I agree with that. I talked about it at the bottom of the article in “the sourcing problem” section. It’s something I’m aware of and hope to correct.

Yes, this is a good point. It’s not like written articles always ensure higher quality.

This experiment isn’t about creating “Nonsense content”. I agree the internet definitely doesn’t need more misinformation or fluff. And that isn’t my goal with this experiment.

I don’t think content is automatically low quality with automated SEO. And if it is, it won’t work because users won’t find it helpful. The goal, like all good content, is to help people. But I understand if you’re skeptical.

So much of this bullshit about beef between generations is really just beef with people in their 20s, 30s, 40s, etc.

Tired of people trying to pit us against each other because we're in different stages of life.

And women pay a higher price at work on, everything else. 18 cents to the dollar actually.

Cry me a river wsj. Sheesh.

This just seems all sorts of misguided. To the point where it’s blaming the daughters for parents divorce. Anyways, I tried to read the article and got hit with a paywall, so I can’t go much deeper than the headline.

Nice. I've been so burnt out seeing the same type of content for certain topics I follow. This looks like a promising tool for finding fresh new info.

Not at all. Cities are crowded af. With more of the population dispersed, we can redesign urban life with more living space, create more parks, support more robust urban farming, etc. Cities wouldn’t look the same as they do today, but I think that’s a good thing.

I think a lot of people expect the rise in working from home to fix this problem but it’s more than that. Rural areas need access to affordable broadband internet, and more industries need to embrace remote work. I think an overall decline in population is good but the remaining population needs to be properly dispersed to see any real benefit from it. And that’s going to require intentional support and intervention from government.

Tyler, baking is not hard! All you have to do is follow the instructions. Which recipe scorned you? I will help you learn to bake.

America will feel the detrimental effects of Trump for years to come. These people and their special brand of crazy aren’t going away, even if he does.

Girl I am so sorry. I 100% believe you. I worked at a Fortune 500 company (you might know one of my former coworkers named “jake”), and experienced and saw similar abuse. I feel like this mentality is indicative of big organizations.

By courting big names like Ninja and Shroud though, I feel like Mixer wasn't interested in "creating" a culture, they wanted to flat out "buy" twitch's. Safe to say it wasn't successful within the past year, but I'd expect it to take much longer than that anyways. Why would they give up right after dumping a huge amount of time and money into it?

Hey thanks for the feedback. I'll make that more clear on the website.

Oh thank you. These are very valid points. Appreciate the feedback!

Oh, that's a great idea. Thank you for the clear feedback!

? Not sure what you mean. This isn't a demo, you can actually sign up and play.

But yeah, it's a work in progress and the UI could be improved.

Hey thanks for the feedback. I'm still working on pricing. I've been thinking of adding the ability to pay for one league at a time, as opposed to monthly. For $19/mo, the thought is that you'll invite other people to play in your league (anyone you invite gets to play for free), and that it's easier to get one person to pull out a credit card as opposed to coordinating 8 or 12 people to do so. So if you split the cost with your league members and you're playing with 9 other people, it comes to $2/mo for each person (if you play for 8 or 12 weeks, that's $4 or $6 per person total). Also I figure some people would want to pay for some of their players, for instance educators playing with students.

Also I would consider this more than just a "simple drafting game". The application gathers and reconciles all the data to calculate daily points and manages various league, draft, and team states. It was labor intensive to make and there's a lot of features people still want implemented.

I understand your sentiment. This is a game made in jest. It's not perfect and it has limitations. The purpose is to have fun, not replace careful analysis of our political leadership. But, I do think it can aid that endeavor.

McConnell is at the top of the leader board because he is Senate Majority Leader and that requires him to be very active on the Senate floor. His job is not only to represent the interest of his constituents, but to do right by his party, and also set the daily agenda for the Senate and run the floor proceedings (more info: https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing...).

Regarding your sentiment against the use of gamification: I agree with you that we should measure our political leaders by their ability to serve the interests of their constituents, and the things they are doing to make the city/state/country better. But if you're not paying attention, that's hard to do. Things change so fast, people employ strategies to hide the true nature of their actions, discourse around politics often feels toxic and there's a million different news sources saying contradictory things, not to mention literal fake news that spreads like wild fire. Gamification is a way to intrinsically motivate people to pay attention. Because with out a little push, most people won't. Additionally, I'm only using primary sources (data.gov and the GPO's api) as a means to cut through the noise.

It's definitely a work in progress. And you might still disagree with me about any benefits, which is fine. I've had a few teachers use in the classroom though and they said it made a big impact on their students.

Bingo. Also my hope is that Fantasy Congress will help teach people how Congress works, similar to how fantasy football taught me the rules of football. How many people turn on C-SPAN and actually know what's going on? I'll admit, the first few times I tried to follow along I was very confused and discouraged.

Thanks!

Hey thanks! All data comes from the US Government Publishing Office https://www.govinfo.gov/features/api and https://api.data.gov/

Hey HN, I've been hacking away at this for the past couple of years. Launched in February. Hope you get a kick out of it as much as I do.

Fantasy Congress is an online game where data about members of congress is converted into points. Players select members of congress for their team and acquire points based on legislative activity of the U.S. House and Senate. Like fantasy sports, teams compete in small groups called leagues. At the end of a predetermined number of weeks (called a “season”), the team with the most points in their league wins.

I agree with others, the analysis fell flat at the end. But I DO appreciate the recognition that e-commerce companies are essentially retail companies with a website and not tech companies.