davemeech
@davemeech@lemmy.ca
- Comment on degree in bamf 7 months ago:
Sure, I can appreciate that in cases where it feels particularly forced or inorganic. However, to the extent that the tech/software world aligns with academia or leadership, it’s such a common trope that white guys are very predominant in these positions of authority and conduct themselves like this to women constantly. It doesn’t feel inorganic I guess because of that frame of awareness.
So I do agree that mentioning race like this is sure to be received poorly, but I struggle to weigh that aspect of her post in the focused magnitude that others here as significant compared to her treatment.
- Comment on degree in bamf 7 months ago:
Thanks for the clarification. This is how I find out that I’m old.
- Comment on degree in bamf 7 months ago:
I’m very sorry, but what is ITT and baww?
- Comment on degree in bamf 7 months ago:
White dude here. It’s super easy to read something like this without feeling disenfranchised or bullied. Sure we can do better to avoid it, but that should not at all be the main takeaway from this testimonial. Why aren’t you angry at the common propensity of women in places of academic and professional authority being looked down upon and disrespected like this? This is super common.
- Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave 10 months ago:
I know, right? But I suppose their reasoning is that my ads are also blocked across the rest of their ecosystem, my subscription isn’t covering those losses.
Still though, a model that requires that customers look at something they don’t want to nor will engage with smells like failure.
- Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave 10 months ago:
I can’t remember what video I watched that talked about the unsustainabilty and likely the late stages of an ad revenue driven internet content model, and this situation reeks of that.
I don’t know what new paradigm might replace it if this is the case, but the current model feels like it’s absolutely failing.
- Comment on YouTube is slowing down for users with ad blockers in new wave 10 months ago:
So I have YouTube premium but also have ad-blocker, for the first time yesterday I was noticing absolutely abysmal speeds on YouTube and I suspect this is why. I thought my computer was starting to shit the bed initially it was so brutal.
- Comment on Elon Musk's X claims it's now a 'video-first platform' as it tries to reverse an advertiser exodus that has cost it billions in value 10 months ago:
One can dream.
- Comment on Over 50 per cent of users may shun social media by 2025 as misinformation, toxicity grow 10 months ago:
That number is way too low, we ought to be at more than that right now.
- Comment on Does anyone else feel like 90% of the population is stupid? 11 months ago:
Yes, myself included.
- Comment on Visions of Mana | Announce Trailer 11 months ago:
Trials and Children of Mana makes me dubious that this is going to be any good.
- Comment on Choose wisely! 1 year ago:
Either 2 and 3 or 3 and 7.
Free gravel is fantastic, a ton of practical things to be done with it and is otherwise expensive.
Teleporting 7 inches away is enough to get you past many barriers and walls, that’s not insignificant. This seems the coolest to me.
Being able to determine if a container is empty or not seems pretty cool as well although I can’t think of a good example of how this would be useful.
The rest are hilarious.
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 1 year ago:
Haha, no kidding!
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 1 year ago:
Both of those were game changers for me too. I had a PlayStation 1 memory card with just Squaresoft games. Absolute golden age.
For these though, I would alter the original question to be if I could relive playing this game for the first time at the time that I did. If I tried them for the first time now I’m certain I’d find both to be antiquated.
- Comment on If you could play one game for the first time all over again, what would it be? 1 year ago:
Stardew Valley or Terraria.
- Comment on Martin Scorsese urges filmmakers to fight comic book movie culture: ‘We’ve got to save cinema’ 1 year ago:
I was admittedly on the train with Marvel until End Game and thoroughly enjoyed it. I’ve since fallen off the MCU. I’ll still catch Batman, but otherwise I’m on board with moving on.