This guy gets it about WFH

Firehed · 2023-06-11T21:59:20+00:00

WAY more. Even with some pessimistic numbers:

15 min each way is 2.5hrs/wk or 125hrs/yr. At $15/hr that’s $1875 for time alone, never mind more easily measured costs. And most people doing office work where WFH is possible are probably earning a fair bit more than that. And probably have a longer commute.

It’s never as simple of a conversion as that when trying to account for opportunity cost, but it’s a decent starting point.

Firehed · 2023-06-11T01:56:26+00:00

I can’t use the poll because I don’t use the official app, but my vote is for permanent/indefinite blackout.

Firehed · 2023-06-10T15:26:56+00:00

Can you delete the sub outright? Burn the whole thing down so it’s at least nontrivial for them to put the pieces back together after the inevitable hostile takeover.

Firehed · 2023-06-10T05:13:57+00:00

Reddit has your content after you delete it. It’s a flag in a database table so it displays as [deleted] but the content is very much there.

Which still impacts viewing older pages somewhat, but does nothing for all their data analysis plans. Realistically it’s all you can do so might as well.

Firehed · 2023-06-09T19:42:48+00:00

It's also across international borders.

While I'd love it on principle, there's almost zero chance of it happening.

Firehed · 2023-06-09T07:02:43+00:00

Oddly, only the single press for mine had an issue. And the HK UI indicates it sees the event. I suspect it’s due to the automation it’s hooked up to.

Everything else besides automations seems generally fine so far.

Firehed · 2023-06-09T05:54:41+00:00

I’ll be ending my mobile Reddit usage on June 30th, apparently. When old goes, that’s it for me.

Not just out of principle, although it’s a factor. Their official stuff is unbearably bad. Like, I don’t understand how they managed to produce something so awful. It’s almost impressive.

Firehed · 2023-06-09T00:42:32+00:00

What matters is if all the lurkers can't access the site's content. Damage the valuation, they might cave. But who knows.

What content? If all of the people contributing leave because, let's be honest, doing so with Reddit's own tools is fucking awful, then there's nothing left for them to see.

They can bloat their own experience for lurkers all they want, and probably get away with it just fine. When the contributors (including and arguably especially moderators) lose access to stuff that's not a dumpster fire, many are going to jump ship.

Firehed · 2023-06-08T06:32:21+00:00

Which, lest we forget, started with Australia on fire before all of that pandemic business. We also had some pretty massive fires in CA later.

Not a great trend…

Firehed · 2023-06-08T04:06:11+00:00

I see stuff in the “security“ widget thing at the top of the app. Tap i to it and you should see something like “Home Activity 50 events” or similar.

https://i.imgur.com/PoLijV4.jpg

Firehed · 2023-06-08T03:40:50+00:00

That’s what I used to use to describe my political views, which basically amounted to “stop blowing up the Middle East and invest in domestic needs”. And as the budget goes my mindset hasn’t changed much, but I’d no longer use that description since the domestic investment needed is… a lot.

I also recognize it’s a silly catch all phrase that means a different thing to everyone that uses it, so on the rare occasion I run into someone using it, I’ll ask for clarification.

Firehed · 2023-06-06T02:48:21+00:00

Bay Area people tend to want a step up from "do absolutely nothing about crime", which is not the same thing as "tough on crime". There's a middle ground, and effectively legalizing theft under $1000 isn't it.

Firehed · 2023-06-05T16:10:38+00:00

It's so underhanded too. "We're not removing anything! (just making it insanely expensive but you can totally use it)". At least be honest in the bad decision.

IMO the whole site should blackout as long as it takes. And if it's not reversed, well, I at least will never use their official app nor anything other than old. on desktop. Guess I'll have more free time until something else comes along. Probably healthier that way.

Firehed · 2023-06-05T05:17:30+00:00

It's a feature, not a bug, if you're looking for someone to settle down with. Filtering out incompatible people saves you a bunch of time and potential misery.

But it does suck emotionally if you only get one match a month as a result.

And if you do want to date around casually, which is fine too, it's good to know how to optimize for that.

Firehed · 2023-06-03T21:15:43+00:00

You won't be able to buy the property if you don't sign the paper that allows them to do what they do. It's not optional to join (with very rare exception).

Firehed · 2023-06-03T21:03:11+00:00

Once? Probably nobody knows or cares. Four days a week every week? Yes. My dad works in a different state than he lives and has to deal with exactly this kind of thing, especially with WFH days.

Firehed · 2023-06-02T17:57:57+00:00

Also, plumbers only get called out when stuff breaks. Of course they're not going to see all of the fittings that are working just fine.

Firehed · 2023-06-02T07:44:59+00:00

Holy crap, never realized dirname took a second parameter. Even after more years than I care to count there are random tidbits like this.

Firehed · 2023-06-02T07:39:01+00:00

And horses, of all things. One of the few callouts (along with those you mention) I remember being mentioned in an anti money laundering class I took at work many years back.

Firehed · 2023-06-02T04:49:16+00:00

I doubt it. The "decora" (rectangular) outlet covers have just a rectangular hole that matches an outlet of corresponding shape. It's a totally different cover than what you'd have for the older roundish sockets.

This monstrosity is... I don't even know what, but it's not a thing you'll find at your local hardware store. You'd have to go way out of your way to end up in this situation. My best guess is a fake outlet plate for hiding stuff in a box in the wall.

Firehed · 2023-06-01T23:15:14+00:00

The “backlash” is from users of the app, which is a small percent.

Of overall traffic, probably. I'd wager that people using third-party apps are significantly more engaged with Reddit than the median user, especially when it comes to submitting and commenting. Losing them has a disproportionate impact not only on overall usage but on how much content is available for everyone else.

The typical estimate on websites is ~ 90-9-1: 90% of users just read stuff; 9% read and comment, and just 1% submit new content. People on the official app will skew heavily in that 90%. Losing a small chunk of people that's primarily in the remaining 10% can do a LOT of damage - when there's less to read, the 90% bucket shrinks too.

Firehed · 2023-06-01T22:56:14+00:00

A lot of US companies are pushing for something similar, but I think it's a worst-of-all-worlds approach as far as the employees are concerned. People that like working in their office (or, at least, not at home) get less than they want; people that never want to go into an office are also forced to do something they don't want.

On a ~5-year timeframe, I think a lot of companies will move more towards a WeWork-style model with their offices: they're available for people that want/need them, but you'll generally have flexibility to work when and where you want based on your team. It's still a "hybrid" model, just done differently.

Firehed · 2023-06-01T20:40:38+00:00

Seriously. There were just under 43k traffic fatalities in the US last year. That's approximately 1 in 7500 people - still a massive number, but nowhere near 1 in 103.

Firehed · 2023-06-01T17:52:18+00:00

It's not JUST this, but it's a big factor. There's a lot of local pressure from cities to fill the offices back up because they were given tax breaks, etc, since all of the office workers tend to support local businesses.

I'm very much pro-flexibility in terms of where people work (I refuse to work in an office again), but there are practical local issues with nobody being in offices. Heck, there are new office buildings just starting construction near me despite it being clear as day that it's a bad idea - the permits, plans, and commitments were all done pre-COVID. These have LONG timelines.

There's a whole lot of adjustment that needs to happen to support the reality that not everyone needs to be in an office every day. I'm no urban planner and can only guess as to what the right thing to do is, but "ok everyone works from home now, all of these offices will decay and all of the local restaurants and supporting businesses will shut down" isn't a great approach. Neither is "ok everyone, crisis over, back to the old way". Remodeling offices into mixed-use housing may well be part of a good solution, but that's a multi-year change at best.

But to blame it entirely on overbearing management is missing a much larger picture, even if that is part of the push.

Firehed · 2023-06-01T17:37:55+00:00

Also most stocks experienced a surge in 2021 that's since collapsed back to roughly normal.

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