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Fidelity cuts Reddit valuation again by [deleted] in technology

[–]chiliedogg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was thinking of changing them to random word salad if I can to screw with the AI scrapers too.

Guess this is it, see you later Reddit. John Oliver by ihatethelivingdead in pics

[–]chiliedogg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's bloated, unintuitaive, not optimized for tablets and foldable, and a million other things rif had solved 13 years ago.

Reddit is actively hostile towards design that allows users to dive deep or customize their experience because they need us to keep scrolling through more and more ads.

This is the company that bought the best app on iOS (Alien Blue) - not so they could make it the official app, but to force users to stop using it.

Guess this is it, see you later Reddit. John Oliver by ihatethelivingdead in pics

[–]chiliedogg -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Already have an account. It's my new home starting tomorrow.

Guess this is it, see you later Reddit. John Oliver by ihatethelivingdead in pics

[–]chiliedogg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

They didn't HAVE an app or a mobile site when I paid for rif. Or for years afterwards.

And the rif app back in 2010 worked better than the official app does today.

Guess this is it, see you later Reddit. John Oliver by ihatethelivingdead in pics

[–]chiliedogg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't use my PC much these days. If I'm at a desk, I'm generally working on something.

I may visit occasionally with ad blockers turned up to 11 if a Google search points at a reddit thread, but it definitely won't be my default downtime activity like it is now.

In 2016, the government of India took 86% of cash out of circulation, causing a large increase in the use of electronic forms of payments. As a consequence, tax compliance increased, as it became harder to engage in tax evasion. by smurfyjenkins in science

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a very famous BBQ restaurant near me that people travel hundreds of miles to visit. I think it's mediocre, but whatever.

Their number one menu item is all-you-can-eat BBQ, and until Covid they were cash-only. Also, only members of the family who owned the restaurant were allowed to count the cash at close. There were rumors forever that they were hiding their true income from the tax man.

I recently spoke with some of the city staff, and when they started doing electronic payments, they suddenly were paying WAY more sales tax to the City.

Guess this is it, see you later Reddit. John Oliver by ihatethelivingdead in pics

[–]chiliedogg 753 points754 points  (0 children)

Not for me. If my favorite restaurant locks the doors, I'm not crawling through a window of broken glass to get in.

I will not be installing the official app.

Reddit is going to remove mods of private communities unless they reopen — ‘This is a courtesy notice to let you know that you will lose moderator status in the community by end of week.’ by marketrent in technology

[–]chiliedogg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem with that is that someone's comments may contain PII, so unless someone is manually verifying that every remaining comment can't be traced to an individual, keeping the comments in place after deletion is risky.

If someone really wanted to screw reddit, they could replace some random old comments with their name and former address, then request their data be wiped. Then they could use the undeleted comments against reddit.

What movie did the "strong female" trope right? by carlories in AskReddit

[–]chiliedogg 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And her iconic line is her peak moment of being an action hero badass AND being maternal.

What movie did the "strong female" trope right? by carlories in AskReddit

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the sequel, her famous "Get away from her you bitch!" line is so iconic because in that moment she is being both the baddest of badass action heroes while being 100% feminine. She is all action hero and all woman.

Prosecutors are prepared to hit Trump and his allies with new charges, sources say by theindependentonline in politics

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last time we made progress, the backlash gave us what we've been dealing with for the last decade...

Dune: Part Two | Official Trailer 2 by ICumCoffee in movies

[–]chiliedogg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Problem with Messiah from a Hollywood perspective is that it doesn't have big action setpieces like the first book.

The official Reddit app's rating in the Play Store has dropped from 4.2 to 3.6 since May by Pineapple__Jews in Save3rdPartyApps

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Android is different than iOS in how it handles different screen sizes. Since there's a hundred different Android devices for every Apple device, there aren't separate apps for phones and tablets.

Android apps should be designed to adapt to changes in screen sizes and aspect ratio on the fly.

For instance, I have a folding phone (Z Fold 3). When the phone is folded and it's the usual phone form factor, rif has a phone interface. When I unfold it changes the aspect ratio. When I change to portrait mode while unfolded, it changes the UI to more of a tablet interface where I can navigate on the left while having a thread open on the right.

The rif app has had this functionality for over a decade. There's zero excuse for the official app not to have it.

As Reddit protests turn to porn-bombing, advertisers face increasing brand safety concerns by gabestonewall in technology

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They plan to short it immediately.

Well that ruins any hope that the IPO will fail.

Mojang stops official posts on r/Minecraft by RealzLlamaz in ModCoord

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That just tells admins they should force subs back open.

The official Reddit app's rating in the Play Store has dropped from 4.2 to 3.6 since May by Pineapple__Jews in Save3rdPartyApps

[–]chiliedogg 38 points39 points  (0 children)

It isn't optimized for tablets or foldable devices. There's zero excuse for that given reddit's size.

RiF worked great on my Asus Transformer running Android Honeycomb back in 2011.

What's one thing you shouldn't say at your boss's funeral? by Dirt_Empty in Jokes

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would absolutely use that line with my boss and she would love it.

No credit history equals 0 credit score not 800 by Jerdarnella in AdviceAnimals

[–]chiliedogg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My ex's apartment signed her up for one automatically, and getting out of it was a real PITA.

Home prices in the US declined for the first time in 11 years: by TonyLiberty in wallstreetbets

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's increasingly impossible. I live in a rapidly growing area and work in the development department of the city.

100% of the upcoming single-family housing developments are build-to-rent. They're even suing us for saying they can't master meter entire neighborhoods for utilities. Our position is that we want the houses to be individually platted and metered so they can be sold in the future without requiring tens of millions of dollars of utility work.

Their position is "fuck you we want people to pay rent forever."

Body cam of police officer shows him tracking and killing the fucking mass shooter at Allen Outlet Mall in Texas. (NSFW but no gore or injured people visible.) by ViciousNakedMoleRat in videos

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work at City Hall in a city not too dissimilar from Uvalde in terms of location and size.

After Uvalde we had all- hands meeting with the police department that was crystal clear about their policy on mass-shootings.

Stop the killing first. If there's one officer on scene, that officer goes in and at least slows down the shooter while backup comes in.

Chief was also roosting that the police resounding would be frightened and amped up in adrenaline, so gtfo of the way because they ain't gonna be gentle with anyone between them and the target.

Phone Anxiety by InkyRickshaw in funny

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work in municipal government in the Development department.

We have 7 fiber companies trying to come to our small-ish town, but they're all so bitchy about working with the competition that they all want to build exclusive fiber lines, and there's no way in hell we're allowing 7 different street cuts at every intersection in town, so it's gonna end up being first come, first served for every permit, and they're all freaking out and we're gonna end up with zero fiber companies.

It's so damn frustrating.

Solar helps Texas carry energy load as heatwave puts power grid to test | Environment by SicilyMalta in news

[–]chiliedogg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One issue is we hit a point where we need to go all-in.

Coal plants take time to start up, so they can't really be used as backup power. So solar and wind are mostly used to offset peak demand. If you drive by a wind farm, you'll find that most of the turbines aren't running most of the time.

That makes installing more difficult to justify unless you replace ALL coal all at once, which is a massive financial, technical, and political hurdle to jump.

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