azdle

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So what you meant was: this isn’t enough evidence to change my mind.

  No.

  One thing getting more upvotes than another isn’t somehow evidence that reddit is manipulating anything. There’s no immutible law that the original source of something should naturally get more upvotes than anything else. I find that the opposite is most often the case, even when the re-blogged story is crap.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That is not a repost, this is an other article from ProPublica

  Ah, I just assume that was a slightly different title for the same article. Maybe a mod made the same assumption.

  Are you joking with me? They are using a paraphrased title.

  Well, the first part is. But, I don’t know what “munching” means. The second part of the Ars title actually says what it’s about. Don’t get me wrong, I can probably make a guess. But when you’re scrolling social media, I don’t think anyone is stopping to think about what a title really means. If it’s not obvious at first glace most people are just scrolling by. The Ars title, at least to me, skims as “AI bad” since those are the words anchoring each end of the title, that’s probably enough all by itself to get some people to upvote.

  I am really curious, what sort of evidence you want/expect to see?

  Literally anything vaguely conclusive. I’m not saying you should go find more evidence for me or anything. I’m just trying to explain why I don’t find your evidence here convincing.

  I suspect that Reddit has more than enough money to be competently shitty. So, if they are doing what you suggest, unless they fuck up or decide they don’t care, you might not be able to find solid evidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Post Follow up: People Defended Ars Technica in my Previous Post, Here is a Proof That Ars Technica Parent Company Secretly Manipulate Reddit for Their Own Benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that shows what you say it does.

  First, deleting a repost is clearly not evidence of any kind of bias.

  Second, maybe Ars is just more popular/trusted? Maybe it’s more upvoted because the Ars title is more meaningful, it’s super well known that people mostly only read the title.

  I’m not saying reddit isn’t manipulating things, I’d be shocked if they weren’t. But this isn’t really evidence that they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A community for sharing experiences of “switching”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  !degoogle@lemmy.ml

  Despite the name, in practice it seems to be all about getting away from all big-tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FuckYourHeadlights - A community for people to organise and vent about ridiculously bright lights⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this website seems sketchy/scammy AF, but I found that these actually do a good job dimming the LEDs to reasonable levels, but keeping them visible.

  www.lightdims.com/store.htm

  I imagine (mostly because of all the “patent pending” bs) that this is a film you just just buy from somewhere else way cheaper, I just don’t know what it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you create?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nothing near that impressive. I don’t make the fancy sand, I just move electrons around with fancy sand that someone else made, aka programming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you create?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, there’s no real meaning to my username. It’s just some random letters that are vaguely pronounceable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you create?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, this one. I just meant programming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do you create?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I organize electrons in ways that make fancy sand organize more electrons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any recommendations for a low-cost, low-hassle printer?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d personally look for a used Prusa i3 MK3[S[+]]. Part of that is personal bias, it’s what I still print with (specifically the MK3S variant, I haven’t bothered to upgrade it to +), but in all the years I’ve had it it’s been an absolute workhorse and has very much thrived on the copious amount of neglect I’ve given it. The only thing I’ve ever done to it is install firmware updates and occasionally smear some grease on the smooth rods with a finger. Still, every time I print with it, it just works.

  Prusa just announced a new printer so there might be a little wave of them being put up for sale.