GlennMagusHarvey
@GlennMagusHarvey@mander.xyz
A person interested in nature, science, sustainability, music, and videogames. I’m also on Mastodon: @glennmagusharvey@scicomm.xyz and @glennmagusharvey@sakurajima.moe
My avatar is a snapping turtle swimming in the water.
- Submitted 5 months ago to chemistry@mander.xyz | 2 comments
- Comment on Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead 6 months ago:
it caused the death of my favorite singer-songwriter
r.i.p. Ritsuko Okazaki
- Comment on Come join me in getting GOG onto the Canvas 9 months ago:
Well I accidentally made a heart shape with the lower O.
Now I kinda wanna keep it lol
- Submitted 9 months ago to gog@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. 9 months ago:
I’ve generally found that avoiding the biggest crowds seems to also avoid some (though not all) of the worst behavior. More specialized subreddits, communities, and magazines tend to be more chill, and also more focused on their topics.
- Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. 9 months ago:
There was such an easier way to “farm karma” that I accidentally did it for a while. Just kept posting silly puns to reply to stuff people post on the Florida Man subreddit.
Reddit karma ain’t worth much at all.
- Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. 9 months ago:
On one hand downvotes are an expression of negativity, but on the other hand downvotes are an outlet for negativity.
Meanwhile, I’m scratching my head trying to figure out why a bunch of the top comments here got like one downvote each, lol.
- Comment on I feel like Fediverse users are nicer to each other and more generous with upvotes than reddit. 9 months ago:
Honestly I don’t think an algorithm needs to work very hard to “be mean” like that. Sure, you can purposely put people with clashing views in each other sight on a place where people go to hang out and have fun. But you don’t even need to go do that on purpose. To some extent, people naturally produce more “engagement” with stuff that’s controversial/argumentative.
Imagine if I were to walk past you and say some completely innocent comment. Now imagine I were to walk past you and insult your favorite movie/show/song/game/whatever. You’d be far more likely to respond in the latter case.
So, as people respond, more activity is generated, and that makes the post “hotter”. Simply boost what’s hot, and you have a veritable litany of controversy.
- Comment on Fervo Energy hits milestone in using oil drilling technology to tap geothermal energy 9 months ago:
This seems promising. Though given that it seems to involve fracking (as the article implies I think?) I do have some concerns in that regard.
Of course that doesn’t mean I’m opposed to this. Decarbonizing the energy sector is probably a bigger priority for the time being, I’d say, but it’s always useful to be cautious.
- Comment on Why domestic solar manufacturing could turbocharge Africa’s energy transition 9 months ago:
FYI visiting the article may cause a ton of copies of it to be added to your navigation history, making it impossible to navigate backwards in whatever tab/window you open this in.
That said, interesting article; thanks for sharing this.
