The reviews aren’t glowing, but the concept looks fascinating.

Of course they will lose users. They will lose the users that would otherwise get them sued. Pretty sure they are okay with the trade-off.

Long term, yes, great for the planet. But shorter term, a shrinking pool of working aged adults are going to have to care for a growing pool of elderly. Additionally, the overall economy is going to contact before the age cohort imbalance takes care of itself. Same thing is happening across most of the developed world, but it’s happening faster in China, and they’re less developed to start with.

What’s that? It’s on somebody’s property. Someone is paying for power, connectivity, and air conditioning.

It hides the true cost of the meal and allows both the employee and the employer to avoid taxes on this part of the “salary”

Since Poland was restored at the Treaty of Versailles, it has invaded exactly 0 countries. Russia has invaded a few dozen. Including Poland. Twice.

People will do batshit crazy shit if they think God wants them to.

There are also the pre-order bonuses, like cool skins or early access. Caveat emptor on the actual value proposition.

Well, it eventually stopped missing…

Agreed. As others have pointed out, voting helps to elevate higher quality posts (even if it doesn’t always work that way), but karma takes that imperfect process to its ridiculous extreme.

Not sure if this was an argument for karma, but it sounds like an argument for avoiding contraversy and trying to fit in This is why everyone on Reddit appears to have the same opinion. I much prefer a diversity of opinions, and no penalty for speaking one’s mind (while treating each other with decency).

Karma makes sense, in theory, but in practice, it just punishes anyone who diverges from the herd.

I am not alone.

The Secret World. Not a flawless game, but the world building is awesome

“Pcmasterrace” did not start with Reddit.

Is there any advantage to being on a large instance?

I’m reading this on Liftoff. I would say there are several apps, with more on the way. But they are all very new, with varying levels of functionality and maturity.

I wonder to what extent causal users contribute to the health of the platform. May depend on how “casual” they are, but it may be possible that their absence won’t be that detrimental.

PHP is as secure as it’s developer makes it. There are excellent frameworks out there that make security simple. And then, there is WordPress.

Funny that 2 days seems too long ago.

Rexxitor.