12 years. The amount of knowledge and experience shared in a conversational style was invaluable, but I cannot keep using a service that is hostile to users like me/us.
In memoriam of RIF & Sync for Reddit (and others)
12 years. The amount of knowledge and experience shared in a conversational style was invaluable, but I cannot keep using a service that is hostile to users like me/us.
Just because it's not popular in your social bubble in Europe doesn't mean it's not important. I'm European, and I found it very useful during e.g. COVID or the start of the European invasion. (Ukraine*)
Of course there were problems with fake accounts back then, but it was still the best platform for curated expert feeds if you followed the right people.
It's not the same anymore, many of the experts have left and especially the feeds don't have the replies of other verified e.g. scientists. Similar to Reddit, but probably even worse/more noticeable.
Especially frustrating when Samsung already built phones with replaceable batteries AND water resistance. (The IP rating was lower though)
I hope there is a high rating limit, so they can't just add "survises a droplet" as reason to not have a replaceable battery.
Sync was the first app that looked nicer AND improved usability for me, after almost a decade of RIF. So I paid for the dev version to support it, and don't regret it even with what happened.
I have really enjoyed Jerboa while waiting for Sync, can recommend. It's on the Play Store and native android (+ open source on GitHub)
It affected how easily your comments or posts could get upvoted, the more karma you had the more "trust" you had. Bot accounts were bought from people with high karma due to this reason, and sold further for a higher price after farming.
At some point the post/comment karma was changed to a fuzzy number, someone claimed your karma affected how it was calculated. Not sure if true.
Reading about how digg died, one reason was "front-page" bandits/groups. Basically people grouping up and getting paid to land posts on the front page. The more they did it, the more "trust" they had to hit front page again, similarly to high karma accounts on Reddit.
It takes months (I think almost a year) for the toenails to fully regrow, and if its still in your feet you will reinfect your toenails while using toenail specific meds.
What worked, for someone I know, was the oral meds, using a separate towel for feet and not using it for nails, and after about a month when your feet are mostly healed you have to throw away and buy ALL of your shoes new.
They also replaced all of their socks, but you might be able to wash them in 90°C. (Issue is, most water heaters can't keep the temperature up for long enough so it's probably not worth the risk)
I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to protest by using alternatives, and then going back if there's real change. (naïve, maybe)
Initially really wanted Reddit to take a hit so that they would be forced to reconsile, but I became disillusioned quite quickly. Compared to the fediverse, it is rotten; Spez is only the mouthpiece for their internal chess game.
He probably spoke the truth, when he claimed to previously having been the only one defending the third party apps.
Yes. It's like saying you've moved on, while talking about your ex every chance you have.
Still, IMO, ideas should be considered no matter where they come from. They can just be dismissed.
I feel like it might be bit close-minded to think there might not be anything good to learn/implement. The core still has some Aaron Swartz in it.
I don't think the stickers void warranty in Europe, they have to prove that the water damage caused that exact failure. So water resistance is actually nice in that sense, because it also means their product probably failed.
But to respond to the first part, it's just planned obsolescence. Why design something that needs to be fixable, if you can, well, just not do that. You don't have to design or test opening the case, how it feels to put the battery in. How durable the closing and opening is.
So many problems are just gone, like "does the back get loose and fall off if you open it too often?"
People underestimate how much cheaper it is to not have to worry about user operations and error, you cut out any need for usablitiy testing and design. They are just being cheap and trying to sell it as "cool design".
You can also hide the clicked (parent) comment too. I don't personally use it, to keep an overview, but it allows going through comments with much less scrolling.
I've tried almost all popular incremental games. Some I might have forgotten, but most are not listed because I lost interest.
Sorry in advance for lack of links, on mobile ATM. If there is interest I can add them.
Note: Most web games work on mobile, but some require an S-Pen or so for hovering upgrade tooltips before buying.
Favorites, beaten (web):
Favorites, beaten (Android):
Still playing (web)
Current Android games:
Also occasionally playing steam versions of Increlution or Cookie Clicker, and waiting for Orb of Creation v0.6.0.