Wayfarer's recent activity
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Comment on What should America do with its empty church buildings? in ~humanities
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Comment on What would you want in a Reddit app? in ~tech
Wayfarer LinkConfiguration options would go high up on my list. Example: I currently use some RES rules to hide the entire silver/gold/platinum system. Obviously, that level of customization is probably out of...Configuration options would go high up on my list.
Example: I currently use some RES rules to hide the entire silver/gold/platinum system. Obviously, that level of customization is probably out of the question, but I would absolutely kill to be able to hide that bullshit on my phone.
Sync is the closest-to-perfect Reddit app, in my opinion. Something that gave me that degree of configuration and improved on it would basically win me automatically.
I'm not sure what you could really do with the desktop site that RES doesn't allow you to do better already. If you're not making a native desktop app, that seems like a really fruitless endeavor to me, but then I don't know what your vision ultimately looks like.
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Comment on Hey, Tildes, what's a strong opinion you hold, but which you also feel like is the minority opinion? in ~talk
Wayfarer Link ParentThat's... kind of a huge part of the problem, right there. Doing things of this nature creates another, higher "class" that gets special treatment when the rules really should apply to everyone. I...There's an unwritten rule that you don't write tickets to the wives and children of other officers.
That's... kind of a huge part of the problem, right there. Doing things of this nature creates another, higher "class" that gets special treatment when the rules really should apply to everyone. I get that everyone does it (people who work in a movie theater will get friends in for free etc), but this isn't really a thing that should happen in police departments. I don't think it's a problem for truly minor things (sex in a parking lot, peeing in an alley, a low-end speeding ticket), but it does seem to me like it would create a precedent that could open the door to forgiving worse offenses that maybe shouldn't have been forgiven.
To put it another way, those wives and children are being put 'above the law.' The truly unfortunate thing is that someone like myself, who would absolutely not take relationship to an officer into account, would get treated like dog-shit by the rest of the force for breaking that unwritten rule (I'm making some assumptions on limited knowledge, but everything else you've been saying seems to reinforce that this would hold true) and possibly get fired, looked over for promotions or punished in some other way for doing things correctly.
I think I'm rambling, so I'm just gonna stop there, but hopefully I've made my point.
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Comment on Hey, Tildes, what's a strong opinion you hold, but which you also feel like is the minority opinion? in ~talk
Wayfarer Link ParentI'm not necessarily in disagreement with you, but do you know this is true, or is it just something you heard somewhere on the internet?Hell, there's a police department out there that screens prospective officers with an IQ test and rejects them if they score too high.
I'm not necessarily in disagreement with you, but do you know this is true, or is it just something you heard somewhere on the internet?
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Comment on What are y'all's favorite (private?) trackers? in ~tech
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Comment on What are y'all's favorite (private?) trackers? in ~tech
Wayfarer Link ParentIt's super worth it if you're actually into music. The interview process is a bit of a pain, but it's a one-time pain and then you're golden.It's super worth it if you're actually into music. The interview process is a bit of a pain, but it's a one-time pain and then you're golden.
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Comment on Destiny 2 base game for PC is free on Battle.net through November 18 in ~games
Wayfarer LinkI claimed the game, but I honestly can't see any incentive to actually download the 80 GB and install it. Is there anything here for someone who doesn't care much for shooters as a rule?I claimed the game, but I honestly can't see any incentive to actually download the 80 GB and install it.
Is there anything here for someone who doesn't care much for shooters as a rule?
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Comment on Tildes can now receive Basic Attention Tokens (from the Brave browser or BATify extension) in ~tildes.official
Wayfarer Link ParentNo horse in this race, but I'd love to see some sort of actual evidence for a claim like that.No horse in this race, but I'd love to see some sort of actual evidence for a claim like that.
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Comment on Tildes can now receive Basic Attention Tokens (from the Brave browser or BATify extension) in ~tildes.official
Wayfarer Link ParentI definitely think you can - and frequently are required to - separate the art from the artist. Sometimes a shitty person still makes a good product. Giving them money for that product is a...I definitely think you can - and frequently are required to - separate the art from the artist. Sometimes a shitty person still makes a good product.
Giving them money for that product is a different matter; I have a very hard time giving any sort of financial support to people whose views I strongly disagree with. My own personal ethics are such that I feel perfectly okay with pirating a piece of software in that case.
All that being said, if it is something that I truly, strongly disagree with, it's very difficult for me to look at the thing, or especially hear music from someone with a view I find deplorable. All too frequently, it just reminds me of their view and gets me angry again.
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Comment on Have you ever had a lucid dream? in ~talk
Wayfarer Link ParentThe control is... really, really weird, at least for me. I've only had a few; unlike the person you replied to, I felt like I had perfect control. Things I wanted to happen, happened; if I wanted...The control is... really, really weird, at least for me.
I've only had a few; unlike the person you replied to, I felt like I had perfect control. Things I wanted to happen, happened; if I wanted to walk into the next room and have that room be a nice bedroom with a cute girl waiting there, that's exactly what I got.
What I couldn't seem to control was my... thoughts, sort of? The previous example is something I actually did (because who wouldn't?)... except I didn't choose to walk into the next room. Instead, I "chose" to float up through the ceiling into a room above me... but it was the most natural thing in the world to me. In the dream, at that moment, 'floating up and through the floor' seemed more natural than 'walking through a door into another room.'
Also, even when I thought I had perfect control, sometimes the environment would defy me and do something else anyway. It was a bit like a smart-ass genie; I usually got what I had intended to get, along with side effects that were not intended.
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Comment on Google responds to EU by adding a fee to Play Services in ~tech
Wayfarer Link ParentAnd I'd love to do that, but the fact of the matter is that I need to be able to get from A to B, on-time and without getting lost. I'm generally more than happy to contribute to projects like...If your area has bad data you can always help contribute to improving it if able.
And I'd love to do that, but the fact of the matter is that I need to be able to get from A to B, on-time and without getting lost. I'm generally more than happy to contribute to projects like these, but it's not something I can take a risk on, y'know?
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Comment on Google responds to EU by adding a fee to Play Services in ~tech
Wayfarer Link ParentI have tried multiple times to use OSM (and several others), and I have bounced off of it every single time. OSM never seems to do the job; I think my record is <1 day of using it (after ~a week...I have tried multiple times to use OSM (and several others), and I have bounced off of it every single time. OSM never seems to do the job; I think my record is <1 day of using it (after ~a week of research) before I ran across something that I simply could not make workable with OSM.
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Comment on What's a game you like that was overlooked? in ~games
Wayfarer Link ParentI just realized I misunderstood your comment. You were saying Cities was a design game; I read it as you saying that about SimCity, instead. Sorry!I just realized I misunderstood your comment. You were saying Cities was a design game; I read it as you saying that about SimCity, instead.
Sorry!
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Comment on What's a game you like that was overlooked? in ~games
Wayfarer Link ParentHoly bleeding hell. I could almost just copy-paste kfwyre's response and have it apply to me. Hot damn, I didn't even know I had anything stored in my memory about that game until right now. Wow.Holy bleeding hell. I could almost just copy-paste kfwyre's response and have it apply to me.
Hot damn, I didn't even know I had anything stored in my memory about that game until right now. Wow.
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Comment on What's a game you like that was overlooked? in ~games
Wayfarer (edited )Link ParentSo what does it have? My wife and I both tried it early on, and neither of us were particularly into it. What can I actually get from it that other games aren't doing better? Misunderstanding.So what does it have? My wife and I both tried it early on, and neither of us were particularly into it. What can I actually get from it that other games aren't doing better?Misunderstanding.
It probably wouldn't help current incels (as in, people with a deep-seated incel mentality) too much unless they were willing to try it, which is unlikely because of the reasons you mentioned.
However, it would help prevent that mentality from growing in the first place, in my opinion. There's a hell of a lot to be said for the confidence that comes from getting some experience in that area.