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  1. Comment on Putin has suggested a bunch of constitutional amendments. Here’s what he wants to change in ~news

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    I feel like I'd need to know a lot more about Russian politics before I could interpret whether these amendments are reasonable

    I feel like I'd need to know a lot more about Russian politics before I could interpret whether these amendments are reasonable

    9 votes

  2. Comment on Is there any progress on tag synonyms? in ~tildes

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    We may be able to leverage https://www.datamuse.com/api/ to do synonym lookups. Haven't thought of how this could be integrated yet. Perhaps when doing tag lookups, also accept synonyms of the...

    We may be able to leverage https://www.datamuse.com/api/ to do synonym lookups. Haven't thought of how this could be integrated yet. Perhaps when doing tag lookups, also accept synonyms of the searched tag?

    2 votes

  3. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~talk

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    I've found that the Body Shop's ginger shampoo works as well if not better than Head and Shoulders. Smells incredible, too

    I've found that the Body Shop's ginger shampoo works as well if not better than Head and Shoulders. Smells incredible, too

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Netflix has signed a ten-year lease to keep Manhattan's single-screen Paris Theatre open, which it can use to satisfy the theatrical-release requirement of the Oscars in ~movies

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    Good point. Would this risk a Boaty McBoatFace situation?

    Good point. Would this risk a Boaty McBoatFace situation?

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Netflix has signed a ten-year lease to keep Manhattan's single-screen Paris Theatre open, which it can use to satisfy the theatrical-release requirement of the Oscars in ~movies

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    Gotta have some way to thin the number of movies to review. Got any alternative ideas?

    Gotta have some way to thin the number of movies to review. Got any alternative ideas?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Netflix has signed a ten-year lease to keep Manhattan's single-screen Paris Theatre open, which it can use to satisfy the theatrical-release requirement of the Oscars in ~movies

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    Assuming an average of 2 hrs per movie, that's 1,000 consecutive, full 24 hour days of film. You're right, it would shatter them.

    Assuming an average of 2 hrs per movie, that's 1,000 consecutive, full 24 hour days of film. You're right, it would shatter them.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Why is childcare so expensive? in ~life

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    Honestly, the concept of a nuclear family is ridiculous. How is it that a family needs both parents working in order to support their child, yet can't afford child care? I think you're right. It's...

    Honestly, the concept of a nuclear family is ridiculous. How is it that a family needs both parents working in order to support their child, yet can't afford child care? I think you're right. It's a canary in the proverbial coal mine.

    11 votes

  8. Comment on What’s something you’ve done recently that you’re proud of / want to show off? in ~talk

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    Yeah I've had some dry meads before... I kind of want to try mixing in some fruits to add more of a sweet flavor. Not sure if that'll make it harder though. Beer is really fun. Your cousin sounds...

    Yeah I've had some dry meads before... I kind of want to try mixing in some fruits to add more of a sweet flavor. Not sure if that'll make it harder though.

    Beer is really fun. Your cousin sounds like a chill person! What got them into fermenting things?

    3 votes

  9. Comment on What’s something you’ve done recently that you’re proud of / want to show off? in ~talk

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    I started making fermented pickles and sauerkraut! I read the book "The art of fermentation" and was inspired! Next up is raw honey mead :)

    I started making fermented pickles and sauerkraut! I read the book "The art of fermentation" and was inspired! Next up is raw honey mead :)

    15 votes

  10. Comment on Finally, a personality quiz backed by science in ~science

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    Actually, it's the bare minimum number of questions required to have a structural equation model converge. That said, these questions were probably selected as they're the most sensitive questions...

    Actually, it's the bare minimum number of questions required to have a structural equation model converge. That said, these questions were probably selected as they're the most sensitive questions for each sub-trait out of the > 90 questions they probably started with

    10 votes

  11. Comment on Netflix, YouTube, Amazon and Apple accused of GDPR breach in ~tech

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    I think the main complaint about JSON, and also the thing that makes it such a useful serialization format, is the fact that you can have pretty complex nested structures in JSON. Even basic...

    I think the main complaint about JSON, and also the thing that makes it such a useful serialization format, is the fact that you can have pretty complex nested structures in JSON.

    Even basic formatting such as tab-indenting to view the nested level of a field isn't obvious to someone who is tech illiterate

    4 votes

  12. Comment on What are some albums you can completely lose yourself in? in ~music

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    Sigur Ros - ( ) is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion. Every time I listen to it, it speaks to me a little differently. It never gets old.

    Sigur Ros - ( ) is one of the best albums of all time in my opinion. Every time I listen to it, it speaks to me a little differently. It never gets old.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Hmmm, I hadn't considered that. You make a great point. In the end, it's up the us to put the effort into finding comments we want to reply to.

    Hmmm, I hadn't considered that. You make a great point. In the end, it's up the us to put the effort into finding comments we want to reply to.

  14. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Thanks for your thoughts, Deimos. A way to address this would be to sort by average comment depth. For example, if a comment had 50 direct replies, and none of those 50 replies had any further...

    Thanks for your thoughts, Deimos.

    More controversial discussions or ones that attract many quick responses get treated as "better", when they're usually not.

    A way to address this would be to sort by average comment depth. For example, if a comment had 50 direct replies, and none of those 50 replies had any further discussion, would then have a score of 1. However, a comment with a single reply, but the replies go back and forth 10 times, then the parent comment would have a score of 10. Using the comment depth to sort comments would result in the most heavily discussed comments being at the top.

    Of course, you're right that there is no best way to sort comments. In the end, all sorting methods can be gamed, and are all biased in some way. It's not that I dislike the way things are currently done, just that I want to share my 2 cents. :)

    3 votes

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Thanks! It'd also be cool to display the number of replies at the top of a comment or something

    Thanks! It'd also be cool to display the number of replies at the top of a comment or something

  16. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Excellent description of the problem. Much more eloquent than my attempt. I've been thinking about this issue on and off for a while, and another solution I came up with was to sort by the number...

    Excellent description of the problem. Much more eloquent than my attempt.

    I've been thinking about this issue on and off for a while, and another solution I came up with was to sort by the number of replies. That way, the most discussion-prompting comments are at the top. If we wanted to go further, we could sort by the maximum depth of replies to a comment. A large depth would mean that a back-and-forth discussion has taken place. Perhaps again with some shuffling to promote new posts, since they still suffer from the "early poster get ahead" problem.

    I'd love to get @Deimos to share his thoughts here. Do you feel the Vote button is working as intended so far? What potential downsides would there be to sorting by number of replies.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    What if it gave you a percentile? A "you got more votes than X percent of of other posters"

    What if it gave you a percentile? A "you got more votes than X percent of of other posters"

  18. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    I'd be okay with a soft sorting algorithm: sort by votes, then shuffle the order a little somehow to reduce the "first poster" effect.

    I'd be okay with a soft sorting algorithm: sort by votes, then shuffle the order a little somehow to reduce the "first poster" effect.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Exactly. And making the vote count visible to the poster lets people know how well their own comments are seen to contribute to the conversation

    Exactly. And making the vote count visible to the poster lets people know how well their own comments are seen to contribute to the conversation

    1 vote

  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tildes

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    Agreed, I see votes as more of a way to sort the comments, nothing more. I think even just hiding vote count from all but the comment poster would help.

    Agreed, I see votes as more of a way to sort the comments, nothing more. I think even just hiding vote count from all but the comment poster would help.

    3 votes