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Comment on A website that catalogues homes built by Sears in ~design
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Comment on Danish authorities tracked and killed a wolf after a string of close encounters with residents – reignites a bitter debate over how a small, densely populated country should live with wolves in ~enviro
DiggWasCool Link ParentWe have a similar situation with deer where I live. There are people who like the idea of there being deer in our region and will start protesting at any mention of population control. But, and...We have a similar situation with deer where I live. There are people who like the idea of there being deer in our region and will start protesting at any mention of population control. But, and this is a very big but, on the other hand, if you live in the area, you're in car collision with deer every other month and you're constantly waiting on your car to be repaired, car insurance rates going up, and on and on.
I don't know what the solution is but it's interesting to read that other countries have similar problems.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
DiggWasCool LinkI am not much of a software developer/ engineer so I can help with thr build of a replacement but I'd be happy to contribute some funding to start this upI am not much of a software developer/ engineer so I can help with thr build of a replacement but I'd be happy to contribute some funding to start this up
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Comment on How often are you eating plant based meals? in ~food
DiggWasCool Link ParentHey! Another flexiterian here as well! Vegetarian diet with lots of vegan meals, and I don't buy any meat or cook it at home. However, I'm not going to throw a fit because my little niece wants to...Hey! Another flexiterian here as well! Vegetarian diet with lots of vegan meals, and I don't buy any meat or cook it at home. However, I'm not going to throw a fit because my little niece wants to share some cookies she baked and the cookie recipe uses eggs. Or if someone invites me over for dinner and they made a buffalo chicken dip. I'll have a little bit of it.
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Comment on What we lost when we quit using crappy old web forums in ~tech
DiggWasCool Link ParentInteresting. Not sure how it happened, though it may have been because of bad coverage (I was commenting from work where I have terrible phone coverage and I may have tried refreshing the page...Interesting. Not sure how it happened, though it may have been because of bad coverage (I was commenting from work where I have terrible phone coverage and I may have tried refreshing the page twice to see if the comment posted or not).
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Comment on What we lost when we quit using crappy old web forums in ~tech
DiggWasCool Link ParentSometimes car people like working on cars so we'll help out others even if they don't want to ready 10 pages of other people's troubleshooting.Sometimes car people like working on cars so we'll help out others even if they don't want to ready 10 pages of other people's troubleshooting.
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Comment on What we lost when we quit using crappy old web forums in ~tech
DiggWasCool Link ParentThis is something Ive noticed as well. I am a car guy and have had several older cars (not classic cars but more like 1990s and early 2000s) and because of that I spent a lot of time using forums....Modern and especially younger audiences don't prefer to consume text
This is something Ive noticed as well.
I am a car guy and have had several older cars (not classic cars but more like 1990s and early 2000s) and because of that I spent a lot of time using forums. I still do but these days YouTube has a lot of car repairs videos for pretty much any car.
Recently, I had a younger relative ask me for help on his 07 Toyota Tacoma. He ran into a problem and couldn't find a solution on YouTube. Before I helped him, I told him to try searching a well known Tacoma forum and he couldn't find a solution on there either.
I started looking into it. about 30 minutes, some searching, and reading roughly 10 pages of a few different threads in this Tacoma forum and I found the solution.
A week or so later, when I was helping him install the replacement part, I brought up the Tacoma forum and he basically said "I'm not reading ten pages of threads and their replies from 2009!"
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Comment on What we lost when we quit using crappy old web forums in ~tech
DiggWasCool LinkThis is something Ive noticed as well. I am a car guy and have had several older cars (not classic cars but more like 1990s and early 2000s) and because of that I spent a lot of time using forums....Modern and especially younger audiences don't prefer to consume text
This is something Ive noticed as well.
I am a car guy and have had several older cars (not classic cars but more like 1990s and early 2000s) and because of that I spent a lot of time using forums. I still do but these days YouTube has a lot of car repairs videos for pretty much any car.
Recently, I had a younger relative ask me for help on his 07 Toyota Tacoma. He ran into a problem and couldn't find a solution on YouTube. Before I helped him, I told him to try searching a well known Tacoma forum and he couldn't find a solution on there either.
I started looking into it. about 30 minutes, some searching, and reading roughly 10 pages of a few different threads in this Tacoma forum and I found the solution.
A week or so later, when I was helping him install the replacement part, I brought up the Tacoma forum and he basically said "I'm not reading ten pages of threads and their replies from 2009!"
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Eat ice cream for a long and healthy life
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Comment on America's longest small town, Route 66 in ~travel
DiggWasCool Link ParentPlenty of people think that about things in America, that it was just something from the movies. With all the Europeans visiting for the world cup, lots of people have been saying they were...Plenty of people think that about things in America, that it was just something from the movies. With all the Europeans visiting for the world cup, lots of people have been saying they were surprised to see yellow school busses, fire hydrants, huge parking lots...
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America's longest small town, Route 66
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
DiggWasCool Link ParentThank you!Thank you!
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
DiggWasCool LinkHow can you all tell what you thought were most frequently used and what ended up being most frequently used? Is my phone too old for this feature? I'm using a pixel 5 (2019)How can you all tell what you thought were most frequently used and what ended up being most frequently used?
Is my phone too old for this feature? I'm using a pixel 5 (2019)
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentIn full transparency, i haven't pirated anything in a while so maybe my experience is outdated, but pirating was so inconvenient that I'm actually surprised so many people are doing it. Sure, I...I used to pirate (illegally download) shows, movies, and games all the time. I don’t do that anymore.
In full transparency, i haven't pirated anything in a while so maybe my experience is outdated, but pirating was so inconvenient that I'm actually surprised so many people are doing it. Sure, I can watch a movie that just started playing in the theaters last night, but I don't really want to watch a movie someone recorded on their phone at a weird angle while they were eating a six course meal and the person next to them talked the entire time.
Yes, I know not every pirated movie was like this but way too many were.
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentAnd even after they see it and believe it, they only believe it for themselves in their situation, but not for anyone else. I know someone who is vocal victim blamer on facebook, but when it...And even after they see it and believe it, they only believe it for themselves in their situation, but not for anyone else.
I know someone who is vocal victim blamer on facebook, but when it happened to her, suddenly her story changed. And then a couple of years after her situation, it's back to "oh but you asked for it because of xyz, but I didn't ask for it and was assaulted."
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Comment on What has changed as you've gotten older? in ~talk
DiggWasCool Link ParentInteresting... How long ago was high school for you? It's been 21 years since I graduated high school. And of the people I still stay in touch with, literally no one is anything like they were...Interesting... How long ago was high school for you?
It's been 21 years since I graduated high school. And of the people I still stay in touch with, literally no one is anything like they were back then.
It was a different story when we were all 24 and people were still talking about high school like it was yesterday. And it slightly changed by the time we were 30, when some people still talked about high school days a little bit. and it is completely different now that we're 40/41 years old.
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Comment on Bolt CEO says he let go of his entire HR team for creating problems that didn’t exist: ‘Those problems disappeared when I let them go’ in ~tech
DiggWasCool LinkAh of course! You fired people who have experience and who want to leave work at 5 because they want to go home to eat dinner with their kids. You replaced them with a bunch of 22 year olds who...We have a team a quarter of the size, who are much more junior, who work a lot harder, who have better energy
Ah of course!
You fired people who have experience and who want to leave work at 5 because they want to go home to eat dinner with their kids.
You replaced them with a bunch of 22 year olds who don't mind working 15 hour days until they realize they're being ripped off. Those same 22 year olds who are going to launch a new policy/procedure but because of their inexperience, they will forget that time zones exist and because they didn't account for timezone in their new policy, 60% of people won't get their next paycheck on time and another 20% will get their health insurance cancelled, and another 10% won't get their 401k matching.
That incident alone is going to be a bigger waste than if you had kept those handful of 46 year olds who had some experience.
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentThe economy eventually recovered and I was able to find a higher paying job in 2011. I ended up working this early morning shift job at the rental office for just about two years.The economy eventually recovered and I was able to find a higher paying job in 2011. I ended up working this early morning shift job at the rental office for just about two years.
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Comment on What's something that you missed out on? in ~talk
DiggWasCool LinkI'm shocked that every comment isn't about bitcoin or apple stock. Normally when a question like this gets posted on the other site, 99% of comments are "I wish I had taken bitcoin seriously back...I'm shocked that every comment isn't about bitcoin or apple stock.
Normally when a question like this gets posted on the other site, 99% of comments are "I wish I had taken bitcoin seriously back in 2013," or "god i wish I didn't sell my apple stock when it doubled from $1.90 to $4.00"
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Comment on What was the best job you ever had? in ~life
DiggWasCool Link ParentI worked a couple of different regional restaurant jobs and they were both a blast. Even some fast food restaurants (Arby's or Taco Bell) were a fun time.Line cook at a medium sized chain. Genuinely enjoyed it, the food, the hard work, the camraderie.
I worked a couple of different regional restaurant jobs and they were both a blast. Even some fast food restaurants (Arby's or Taco Bell) were a fun time.
This feels a lot like the early Internet. You stumble upon a website managed by a person or two who really like [random topic] and they created a website for it.
And here I am now looking at Sears homes near me!