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  1. Comment on Boeing wants US FAA to exempt MAX 7 from safety rules to get it in the air in ~transport

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    I wonder where the door (or chunk of regular fuselage?) landed. Hopefully nobody got hurt. That would be one heck of a thing to wake up to in your back yard.

    I wonder where the door (or chunk of regular fuselage?) landed. Hopefully nobody got hurt. That would be one heck of a thing to wake up to in your back yard.

    7 votes

  2. Comment on Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - new ways to play in ~games

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    Reminds me of the trailer talking about how believable the AI is, making a living, breathing world with NPCs living lives, when you could tell just looking at it that the NPCs were just Witcher 3...

    That's not even getting into the abysmal AI.

    Reminds me of the trailer talking about how believable the AI is, making a living, breathing world with NPCs living lives, when you could tell just looking at it that the NPCs were just Witcher 3 NPCs all over again, but more of them.

    Timestamped YT video example:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjF9GgrY9c0&t=12m55s

    Even in this video, the 'duplicate NPCs' problem appears, though nowhere near as bad as it ended up being at release. See red pants / crop top NPC at 13:00 and again at 13:29

    It's too bad. I really enjoyed the game, though probably in part because I went in with far lower expectations than many. If only they'd gone for "Witcher 3 but cyberpunk and guns" as the pitch instead of "most advanced and deep game ever made, revolutionary!"

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech

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    I am so split between "reddit doesn't work on any of this because they're happy with their ad / use time metrics and would rather code NFTs into the site" and "Reddit works on NFTs because they're...

    I am so split between "reddit doesn't work on any of this because they're happy with their ad / use time metrics and would rather code NFTs into the site" and "Reddit works on NFTs because they're so bad at things that they couldn't fix any of the issues if they tried"

    Probably a healthy mix. Oh boy.

  4. Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech

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    Thank you (and whoever else may be involved, if any) for archiving all that :) bookmarked

    Thank you (and whoever else may be involved, if any) for archiving all that :) bookmarked

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Reddit CEO pledges to not force subreddits to reopen. Admin team then immediately threatens moderators who closed their subreddits with removal. in ~tech

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    His 'these moderators aren't making democractic decisions, it's more like landed gentry deciding for the users' comment (paraphrased) is just absurd. I can't imagine saying these things with a...

    His 'these moderators aren't making democractic decisions, it's more like landed gentry deciding for the users' comment (paraphrased) is just absurd. I can't imagine saying these things with a straight face.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Reddit users who tried to delete all their posts during the blackout inadvertently left behind everything inside the temporarily-private subreddits in ~tech

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    This kills me when I see people excited about possible reduction of powermod issues because of this, so they're cheering it on. If any power mods get hit, it's 100% collateral damage, and Reddit...

    I do also realize there are extremely toxic, abusive and power-tripping moderators and some who have far too much control of a ridiculous amount of subs, who are indeed problematic. Reddit has never had a single problem with allowing all of that to continue as usual, unhindered, when they absolutely have the internal tools to deal with it themselves, if they chose.

    This kills me when I see people excited about possible reduction of powermod issues because of this, so they're cheering it on. If any power mods get hit, it's 100% collateral damage, and Reddit will do absolutely nothing to prevent the issue from happening again (and it will).

    It is almost unbelievable how badly they've handled this. A solution where everybody wins is so straightforward, but they said "nah" and every step taken has been further in the 'everybody loses' direction. It's bizarre. Even just different messaging without changing anything about the policies themselves would have prevented a lot of the drama, though it still would've been a mess. Yet almost every opportunity they've had, they chose to antagonize further. I struggle to understand it.

    18 votes

  7. Comment on Redditors of Tildes .. what is the thing you can live without? in ~tech

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    old.reddit.com doesn't have any of that either, FWIW (except maybe autoplay videos (edit: and thumbnails)). It's a lot closer to Tildes formatting (but still with a lot of extras). New Reddit is...

    old.reddit.com doesn't have any of that either, FWIW (except maybe autoplay videos (edit: and thumbnails)). It's a lot closer to Tildes formatting (but still with a lot of extras). New Reddit is completely awful, though.

    13 votes

  8. Comment on Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts in ~tech

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    As another example, lots of niche car forums (as well as many other topics) moved to Facebook Groups. None of that is getting indexed. It's a shame.

    As another example, lots of niche car forums (as well as many other topics) moved to Facebook Groups. None of that is getting indexed. It's a shame.

    22 votes

  9. Comment on The most liberating decision: just deleted my Reddit account in ~tech

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    I spent a lot of time on Reddit following the Ukraine war and many of the most important (and most horrible) posts were NSFW. It's definitely not just pr0n. There's a lot of evidence of crimes...

    I spent a lot of time on Reddit following the Ukraine war and many of the most important (and most horrible) posts were NSFW. It's definitely not just pr0n. There's a lot of evidence of crimes where the only exposure in the English-speaking world is on Reddit, else it would just stay on RU/UA Telegram (and the occasional Twitter post). But Reddit probably dislikes that even more than they do porn given their reasons.

  10. Comment on The most liberating decision: just deleted my Reddit account in ~tech

  11. Comment on The most liberating decision: just deleted my Reddit account in ~tech

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    It's now almost as long since I first joined Reddit as it was since I was born (about 1-2 year difference). Half my life on that site in some way or another. It really has been disappointing...

    It's now almost as long since I first joined Reddit as it was since I was born (about 1-2 year difference). Half my life on that site in some way or another. It really has been disappointing watching the enshitification slowly take over. All good things eventually, I suppose. Hoping I will take the opportunity to turn back to the things I've been neglecting because the dopamine hit isn't quite as instant.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on The most liberating decision: just deleted my Reddit account in ~tech

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    Personally, my Reddit bucket was far too large. The void I've felt while not using it the last few days is eye-opening at best, horrifying at worst. It became the default 'what do now?' for me and...

    Personally, my Reddit bucket was far too large. The void I've felt while not using it the last few days is eye-opening at best, horrifying at worst. It became the default 'what do now?' for me and only now am I realizing just how much I let it replace things that actually help me build a life for myself. Here's to less doomscrolling, eh?

    11 votes

  13. Comment on US medical insurers clamping down on doctors who prescribe Ozempic for weight loss in ~health

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    AFAIK, weight loss is off-label for ozempic, so it wouldn't even be legal for them to advertise it for that purpose. Those shady commercials where they just say "ask your doctor" also let them...

    they do the very shady practice of "Ask your doctor if it's right for you", without saying anything about what the drug is.

    AFAIK, weight loss is off-label for ozempic, so it wouldn't even be legal for them to advertise it for that purpose. Those shady commercials where they just say "ask your doctor" also let them avoid mentioning side effects. Of course, everybody knows about the weight loss bit now, so those commercials are still useful. Gross.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on How do you feel about the ongoing Reddit migration to Tildes? in ~tildes

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    My theory is everybody who would otherwise be out and about sh*tposting IRL with their friends started spending way more time online due to lockdowns, and then just never stopped. These platforms...

    My theory is everybody who would otherwise be out and about sh*tposting IRL with their friends started spending way more time online due to lockdowns, and then just never stopped. These platforms are designed to be addictive, after all. I'd bet many users who never would have used Reddit, etc. discovered it during that time, or had heard of it but hadn't signed up yet.

    3 votes