rainwall

@rainwall@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replaced my electric resistance water heater with heat pump, dramatic reduction in energy usage⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  2-3x more expensive, but they normally pay off in about 5 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon is considering shoving ads into Alexa+ conversations⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Im sure they'll try to get you to order ammo as they explode.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is a federation problem on Programming.dev⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your gmail notification point doesn't track, but its the most minimal point so i'll drop it.

  I dont think Substack is specially just a Nazi platform. I think they are Capitalists that will use any kind of speech to make money. While bootstrapping, they found a niche in leftist independent journalism. Now, they view far right hate as profitable, both directly with Nazi commentors are being paid large sums to enshittify the platform from far right figures.

  They dont care about racism or hate because they are rich and it makes them money. That does make them bad people, no matter how many leftist they also profit from. I absolutely expect they will follow a Twitter style path from here on out, with or without Musk at the helm. Once you let the Nazi's into the bar, they take over by driving everyone else out. Thats what they have done, and will keep doing.

  I expect you make some kind of living off Substack? Maybe look into Ghost as an option. They take way, way less money even when fully hosted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is a federation problem on Programming.dev⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you even reading the comment you're replying to? It doesn't seem like it.

  Gmail doesnt "push notifications" for anything besides receiving email. Recieving a spam messsage, i.e an interaction with a federated service that anyone can run, is not at all the same as a company's app, that they full control, pushing a notification, that they fully control, from content on their site, that they full control. Comparing that to Gmail, which is in this case would be a neutral party to the content of the push notification, is not the same.

  I very clearly pointed out that i expect the notification came from a computer fucking up. You should re-read the comment, because i made that very clear. I also made it very clear that if you have nazi shit on your platform, your computers may fuck up and push that that Nazi shit out to people. The best way to combat that is not having Nazi shit.

  Either way, it's good to see you accepting that "Substack welcomes Nazis" is accurate now. Maybe it wasn't in 2023, the last time they made headlines press for paying Nazis tthat post on their platform, but it is now. I expect with the very recent 100 million cash influx from far right Trump supporters, that isn't going to change.

  Maybe stop carrying so much water for a site that is clearly super cool with Nazis?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is a federation problem on Programming.dev⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Comparing a platform internal push alert system with a random spam email is asinine. This was the companies own system pushing nazi content they host to users, all with their own tools.

  I have no idea what youre on about with the URL, but i absolutely accept that their notification system fucked up and mass spammed users with literal Nazi content they actively host on their platform. Machines break, computers are no exception.

  The "actively hosting Nazi content" is the issue. Not actively hosting nazis is actually a stunning good way to prevent your internal tooling from spaming random customers of yours with Nazi content. Its nearly flawless. The fact that Substack does not employ it is the issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There is a federation problem on Programming.dev⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Your link is to your older comments, and claims they "kicked out the nazis" they had on their platform.

  This current issue is about their systems pushing racist notification from the nazis currently on their platform to users. The article also points out that one of the other nazis accounts is being pushed algorithmically to users, seperate from their "oops, all nazis" notifications issue. How is substack not a nazi platform when its still promoting and platforming nazis?

  Also, they just took more funding from Marc Andeerssen in theit most recent funding round, so your TL;DR is also all fucked up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  *Should be running a cryptominer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should've thought of it sooner⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont know the article, but looking for work generally helps me when im absolutely fucking done with my job.

  Yes, its more work, but it makes lal the "huge and terrible" problems of your main job seem smaller, isolated, even stupid. They matter less because you dont have to depend on that job any more, so you actually do get better mentally.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Check out mango. Its pleasant and has a really nice interface.

  You can use your library card for free premium access.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grim and joyful deckbuilder The Royal Writ is coming for genre king Balatro next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its definitely not a Balatro killer, but its got a great gameplay loop, entertaining story, and looks to have real longevity.

  Id say its closer to a whimsical slay the spire, personally.

  There is a steam demo if anyone wants to check it out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are ya?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With those tears streaking down his eyes?

  Of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Void Stranger : A Game for Lunatics - SuperEyepatchWolf⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. The media is the message. I watched most of the video and it was fascinating in a way an article would not be, largely because the video isn't just a description of a piece of art, but rather a piece of art on its own.

  An article could still be interesting and maybe excellent, but it's an oddly entitled thing to demand that someone offering you art go find a different type of art you like better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Void Stranger : A Game for Lunatics - SuperEyepatchWolf⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This mod comment is in contrast to your previous mod comment, where you were publicly weighing the commentors status in the community to gauge whether to take fair action.

  I'm glad to see "if yoire a dick, you get treated equally" win out.