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  1. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    Okay thanks for clarifying!

    Okay thanks for clarifying!

  2. Comment on UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives? in ~tech

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    Thanks. I wish I could remember why I moved away from Firefox! Does it have Obsidian Web Clipper? NVM, I can find out for myself, just thinking out loud here.

    Thanks. I wish I could remember why I moved away from Firefox! Does it have Obsidian Web Clipper? NVM, I can find out for myself, just thinking out loud here.

  3. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    I think the copy on the site is already indication enough of AI use. Is every site that uses AI untrustworthy? I hate AI companies with a passion, probably more than most people on this site. I'm...

    I think the copy on the site is already indication enough of AI use.

    Is every site that uses AI untrustworthy? I hate AI companies with a passion, probably more than most people on this site. I'm still not writing off a site like this just because the person isn't spending his waking hours doing it manually.

    Working for Palantir sure sucks but it doesn't make someone an antichrist, untrustworthy, or any other negative thing - except a Palantir employee. But maybe they don't want to be one? Would it be possible to show some common decency towards a person you (likely) know almost nothing about?

  4. UBlock Origin got turned off with my most recent Brave browser update. Any alternatives?

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    I could still turn it on for now but there's a warning that it's no longer supported. I have ADHD and I can't live without cosmetic filtering. (I'm not tech-oriented enough to know if that's the...

    I could still turn it on for now but there's a warning that it's no longer supported. I have ADHD and I can't live without cosmetic filtering. (I'm not tech-oriented enough to know if that's the right term for it. I mean the ability to point at elements on a page and say "take this off for me".)

    I use the function to remove YouTube shorts, recommendations, the block that nudges me to get Premium and probably a gazillion other bells and whistles that I've already forgotten about. I wouldn't use YT at all if I couldn't do this. Same deal for Reddit.

    I also use it to remove moving graphics and other things on some web stores that break my focus. I wouldn't be able to get through my workday without that option. I have to source countless small items for my business from sites that are already complex enough to navigate without any additional distractions. The site designers likely have no clue how much worse their animated banners etc. make my day. That's okay. They can't take everything and everyone into account at all times. But I must be able to adapt environments to be kinder to my brain if I am to retain my executive function so I can do my job.

    Are there other similar options out there that you guys can recommend? Another extension I absolutely have to have is called "You're fired". It removes everything I don't like from my YT feed based on search terms. It's perfect because interacting with the unwanted stuff doesn't seem like a good idea (at least it doesn't remove it from my feed even if it's supposed to). I don't have to interact, just add a search term one single time and it'll be gone for good. That extension wasn't widely available for other browsers last I checked so I'd like to keep using Brave if possible.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    I agree that an open disclosure would have served them better. We could send them some recs and comments crowdsourced on Tildes and see what happens. In case it's a complete scam, most likely...

    I agree that an open disclosure would have served them better. We could send them some recs and comments crowdsourced on Tildes and see what happens. In case it's a complete scam, most likely they'll try to get some money from the featured brands before listing them, in which case it'll take a while. If they're purely just being helpful, it should be really quick to investigate some additional brands and add them to the site, especially with this level of AI use.

  6. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    Thank you for these recs, especially JM Audio Editions! After my AirPods Max stopped working in just shy of 2 years, I'm extremely interested in repairable alternatives. Do these come with ANC and...

    Thank you for these recs, especially JM Audio Editions! After my AirPods Max stopped working in just shy of 2 years, I'm extremely interested in repairable alternatives. Do these come with ANC and do you have experience on the quality?

  7. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    You could send the site a hint sharing what you know and maybe get it off the list? Seeing as people are (perhaps rightfully) suspicious of the site's validity, I'd love to know what actually...

    You could send the site a hint sharing what you know and maybe get it off the list? Seeing as people are (perhaps rightfully) suspicious of the site's validity, I'd love to know what actually happens if you do.

  8. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    Mm'kay so I hate Palantir too. Some people work there. Some of them may have had no choice when starting to work there, some may have not been well informed. Some may be trying to stop working...

    Mm'kay so I hate Palantir too.

    Some people work there. Some of them may have had no choice when starting to work there, some may have not been well informed. Some may be trying to stop working there as soon as humanly possible.

    Are you saying it's a bad thing they're trying to stop working for Palantir?

  9. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    Thanks, I should have searched the site before posting. The older conversation mentions the site being AI slop and I agree that the copy seems AI generated. In this case I don't mind that,...

    Thanks, I should have searched the site before posting.

    The older conversation mentions the site being AI slop and I agree that the copy seems AI generated. In this case I don't mind that, especially if it enables the publisher to focus on conducting the investigations and ensuring the results are correct and up to date.

    6 votes

  10. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    I'll leave some praise for Bosch power tools. I own some that all use the same, interchangeable battery so I only needed to get one battery for multiple tools (which obviously reduced the cost of...

    I'll leave some praise for Bosch power tools. I own some that all use the same, interchangeable battery so I only needed to get one battery for multiple tools (which obviously reduced the cost of acquiring the tools but also puts less of a burden on our environment). My latest purchase was a lightweight vacuum cleaner that also uses the same battery!

    So far, I have close to zero complaints about all of the tools I own. They aren't the pro tier models but also not the cheapest options either and they've been perfectly adequate for my needs, easy and frictionless to use and maintain, easy to love. Thanks Bosch!

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Worse on Purpose: a site that tracks which brands are still worth their old reputation and which have been enshittified in ~enviro

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    I'm glad something like this exists! I found several brands that I love mentioned in the 'approved' category and it gave me a sense of relief. Then I found Dr. Martens on the 'avoid' page and...

    I'm glad something like this exists! I found several brands that I love mentioned in the 'approved' category and it gave me a sense of relief. Then I found Dr. Martens on the 'avoid' page and learned that they have offshored production to Asia. I was still under the impression that these boots were made in the UK and represented a long tradition of British craftsmanship, and admittedly this impression influenced how I felt about the brand.

    The link takes you to the 'about' section with the contact links: you are invited to send them a brand you'd like looked into, or snitch about one whose quality has recently worsened!

    In the comments, I'd love to see mentions of brands whose products you own and are happy with. Producers of good things deserve to be lifted up!

    5 votes

  13. Comment on Does anyone use DaVinci Resolve Fusion for motion graphics? in ~creative

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    I'm so so so happy that I get to recommend this guy and his channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeVideoTips/videos It's insanely good content, truly pro level guides and the chap is so lovely...

    I'm so so so happy that I get to recommend this guy and his channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/@CreativeVideoTips/videos

    It's insanely good content, truly pro level guides and the chap is so lovely and positive that I sometimes watch his videos even when I don't actually need to learn anything. :D

    Another one with some decent Fusion stuff:
    https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyFaris/videos

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

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    Fair point, but the impact would have been different as a comment. I'm a professional artist and seeing the title and reading the post was an absurd experience. I wanted to try to share the...

    If you wanted to make this point, surely commenting on the actual thread with this would have been better (this comment is a good contribution, why wrap it in the mean sub-tweet instead of engaging with the original post?).

    Fair point, but the impact would have been different as a comment. I'm a professional artist and seeing the title and reading the post was an absurd experience. I wanted to try to share the experience with others by showing how I felt, rather than explaining or describing it.

    ...to belittle the person for their post.

    No, I did not do this to belittle anyone. I showed OOP a mirror. I hope that they didn't take offense but at least it wasn't my intention and if my post did offend them, I will apologise.

    10 votes

  15. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

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    Ouch, and I deserved that.

    Ouch, and I deserved that.

    12 votes

  16. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

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    Like I said above, I did not make this to mock someone. If you are unable/unwilling to believe me, then you should equally agree that the original topic exists to mock someone like me (an artist).

    Like I said above, I did not make this to mock someone.

    If you are unable/unwilling to believe me, then you should equally agree that the original topic exists to mock someone like me (an artist).

    7 votes

  17. Comment on Sports entertainment makes me angry in ~talk

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    It was indeed. I wasn't sure whether it would be obvious so I tried to copy-paste as many full sentence structures as possible from the original post. To clarify, this is not intended to pick on...
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    It was indeed. I wasn't sure whether it would be obvious so I tried to copy-paste as many full sentence structures as possible from the original post.

    To clarify, this is not intended to pick on anyone and I hope it isn't taken the wrong way. It's just an attempt to illustrate what it looks like when someone unfamiliar with a subject makes an effort to dismiss it.

    We've all been at the bottom of the competence hierarchy and most of us, when it comes to many areas of life, still are. And it's completely fine. Nobody can be well informed about everything. It would be awesome, though, if before expressing overly critical views we could spend a moment checking our level of professionalism/enthusiasm and if we find it to be low, maybe consider that professional/enthusiastic people in fact know more about it than we do. And that the statements we make as facts are most likely incorrect in some way.

    In other words, when we couldn't care less about something and don't know much at all about it, our perception of its value is likely incorrect.

    ...I mean, a programmer just sits all day in front of a computer screen, staring at it, occasionally tapping the keyboard. How utterly lazy and meaningless. Who do these people think they are?

    23 votes

  18. Comment on Nations previously opposed voted for Chat control, next vote July 6th in ~society

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    Thank you so much for posting. I am, if possible, even more incredulous and angry than last time. I really thought better of our Union! I emailed my country's representatives, around half of whom...

    Thank you so much for posting. I am, if possible, even more incredulous and angry than last time. I really thought better of our Union!

    I emailed my country's representatives, around half of whom are seemingly going to vote for the urgent processing. No articles in my country's newspapers that I can see.

    2 votes

  19. Comment on I'm looking for an adage or "law" (like Conway's law), but for dealing with AI slop in ~tech

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    The slop grenade page is great, thank you for the link! It manages to convey the problem in a concise, no-nonsense way, which further illustrates why slop is so awful.

    The slop grenade page is great, thank you for the link! It manages to convey the problem in a concise, no-nonsense way, which further illustrates why slop is so awful.

  20. Comment on SpaceX stock tumbles 23% from its high as average investor sees gains wiped out in ~finance

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    I feel like I'm about to ask a dumb question but I'll ask anyway. I understand that an IPO is where buyers give money to the company in exchange for their stock. But when that stock is publicly...

    I feel like I'm about to ask a dumb question but I'll ask anyway.

    I understand that an IPO is where buyers give money to the company in exchange for their stock. But when that stock is publicly traded and you participate in this trading, isn't it just a transaction between two parties (buyer and seller), neither of which is the company itself? So the money that the buyer invests isn't going to help the company operate, at least not in any tangible way.

    2 votes