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  1. Comment on Good mobile games in ~games

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    Eternal is perhaps the fairest f2p card game, more in the style of mtg than hs.

    Eternal is perhaps the fairest f2p card game, more in the style of mtg than hs.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Programming Challenge: Implementing bitwise operators. in ~comp

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    for ~ we do -(x++)

    for ~ we do -(x++)

    3 votes

  3. Comment on I like the 'Solarized Light' theme in ~tildes

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    I hadn't noticed before, but this site's solarized dark theme doesn't match my termninal's (xfce's for the curious). It's a lighter and more saturated... (https://i.imgur.com/e2kuhMF.png vs...

    I hadn't noticed before, but this site's solarized dark theme doesn't match my termninal's (xfce's for the curious). It's a lighter and more saturated... (https://i.imgur.com/e2kuhMF.png vs https://i.imgur.com/tWJifzl.png). Perhaps it's because of the lighter boarder around the tildes site, and the predominance of the darker blue in my terminal?

  4. Comment on What's your favourite emoji? in ~tech

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    I believe this one was made specifically to trigger people with.

    I believe this one was made specifically to trigger people with.

  5. Comment on How do you keep track of your reading list? in ~books

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    I have a text file in orgmode-ish format.

    I have a text file in orgmode-ish format.

  6. Comment on What defines a perfect human? in ~talk

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    You're only ever going to get Pareto-optimal people, not perfect ones.

    You're only ever going to get Pareto-optimal people, not perfect ones.

  7. Comment on On the sad state of Macintosh hardware in ~tech

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    Didn't you know? Personal computers are obsolete. It's all in the cloud now...

    Didn't you know? Personal computers are obsolete. It's all in the cloud now...

    3 votes

  8. Comment on What have you been playing, and what do you think of it? in ~games

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    Which is why you have to spend the first year mining to make sprinklers and kegs to get a steady source of income going so you can spend money on other stuff.

    you just got to minimize mundane daily routines

    Which is why you have to spend the first year mining to make sprinklers and kegs to get a steady source of income going so you can spend money on other stuff.

  9. Comment on What have you been playing, and what do you think of it? in ~games

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    I wish I had people to play multiplayer with... The single player experience isn't very enjoyable. You spend most of your time mining/fighting with a clunky combat system to get metal for...

    I wish I had people to play multiplayer with... The single player experience isn't very enjoyable. You spend most of your time mining/fighting with a clunky combat system to get metal for sprinklers so you don't have to spend your whole day watering stuff. The whole game seems to be about reduction of effort, but it doesn't go full factorio, so it ends up being slow and tedious.

    2 votes

  10. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Sure they're not universal, but on the majority of subs I visit there is no strong gender bias one way or the other. Many of the posts you linked express frustration with some of the more...

    Sure they're not universal, but on the majority of subs I visit there is no strong gender bias one way or the other. Many of the posts you linked express frustration with some of the more inherently gender-oriented subreddits (such as /r/relationships), or after already having posted pictures of themselves. This sort of behaviour (harassment via pm's or semi-private communication) is relatively common on any open forum on the internet, and it only takes a few bad actors to perpetuate it. Personally, I wouldn't recommend anyone, male or female, to post personal pictures on a semi-anonymous forum like reddit or tildes, but that's of course up to the individual. While I can't deny that there are many individual cases of harassment which have occurred in some portion of the site, I still don't think there is a general culture of harassment. Many of the subs I read are well moderated, and discourage such behaviour when it occurs. I encourage you to venture beyond the defaults in forming your opinion. (As an aside, /r/twoxchromasomes has not traditionally been... neutral on this subject)

  11. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

  12. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Look, there are clearly women who like using reddit and tildes. I never said there weren't. However, I don't think that reddit as a whole (regardless of individual subreddits) is particularly...

    Look, there are clearly women who like using reddit and tildes. I never said there weren't. However, I don't think that reddit as a whole (regardless of individual subreddits) is particularly anti-women, or structured against women. I do not think there is any culture of harassment on reddit as a whole. I simply think that the style of interaction (impersonal, argumentative, and often callous) just isn't appealing to many women. I personally enjoy the discussions I read and have on reddit. I think the basic mechanics of the site (voting, decreased focus on identity (e.g. no prominent profiles or "friends feed), and hierarchal commenting) promote this style of interaction. I do not think any efforts to be more "welcoming" would have changed this, because this style of interaction is deeply ingrained in the format of the site. Again, this is not to say that all women dislike the style of interaction on reddit, just that many of them may not. There are plenty of other places on the internet to have other style of interaction, if one so chooses.

  13. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    It's an invite-only site at the moment. These statistics are likely to drastically change in the future. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

    It's an invite-only site at the moment. These statistics are likely to drastically change in the future. I wouldn't worry about it too much.

  14. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

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    Why not just get rid of votes altogether then.

    Why not just get rid of votes altogether then.

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  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    ...what I'm saying is perhaps most women are not interested in this style of interaction. It might not be something we want to "fix."

    ...what I'm saying is perhaps most women are not interested in this style of interaction. It might not be something we want to "fix."

  16. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Yes, but do they use sites like reddit and tildes?

    Yes, but do they use sites like reddit and tildes?

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

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    Votes are there to highlight "good" posts (for whatever tildes users' definition of "good" is). I think it's useful in getting a gist of the quality of the post.

    Votes are there to highlight "good" posts (for whatever tildes users' definition of "good" is). I think it's useful in getting a gist of the quality of the post.

  18. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

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    It's not really a matter of difficulty to track, but more that I have to look back and forth to scan the front page. On reddit or something, I can just read down the left and read across when I...

    It's not really a matter of difficulty to track, but more that I have to look back and forth to scan the front page. On reddit or something, I can just read down the left and read across when I find something interesting. An important piece of information is simply not in an ergonomic place for me.

  19. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

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    They are not all easily visible on the same side of the screen. To get all of them I have to look at the other side of the screen. This is tedious to do for every topic.

    They are not all easily visible on the same side of the screen. To get all of them I have to look at the other side of the screen. This is tedious to do for every topic.

    1 vote

  20. Comment on Votes on the left in ~tildes

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    Perhaps not, but I certainly would like to be able to read the first few words of the title, the number of votes, and the number of comments in one glance. These are the most important pieces of...

    Alright, but why should we have it there? Is vote number important enough to be the first thing seen?

    Perhaps not, but I certainly would like to be able to read the first few words of the title, the number of votes, and the number of comments in one glance. These are the most important pieces of information imo.

    1 vote