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New comment by andrewfelix in "Reddit Strike Has Started"

andrewfelix — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:17:55 +0000

Capitalism destroys the best.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Reddit Strike Has Started"

andrewfelix — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:17:26 +0000

Some of Twitter's best content creators have given up on it. That combined with blue tick prioritisation and lack of moderation has seen it turn into a cesspit. I don't see why that doesn't happen on Reddit. Sure the people who go to discuss player trades in international sport and doom scroll dank memes will stick around, but a lot of the quality content could evaporate.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Reddit Strike Has Started"

andrewfelix — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 03:13:47 +0000

Care to give an example of something of yours that was censored? I've been on Reddit for almost a decade and only seen nasty ad hominin attacks and hateful speech censored. Seen plenty of right wing misinformation be downvoted into oblivion, but never censored.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Palm Phone for Minimalists"

andrewfelix — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 02:30:08 +0000

That’s without use. Talk time is a little over 3Hrs. I was interested until I read that.

New comment by andrewfelix in "The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization Settlement"

andrewfelix — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 09:07:17 +0000

yep, was just abstract earlier

New comment by andrewfelix in "The Fermi Paradox and the Aurora Effect: Exo-Civilization Settlement"

andrewfelix — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 05:23:19 +0000

Interesting premise. Pity I can't read the article.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Google just deleted my nearly 10-year-old free and open-source Android app"

andrewfelix — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 07:09:16 +0000

"I don’t think my app is deceiving Google Play Store". I feel like there's more to this story.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Is this Paypal experience customary?"

andrewfelix — Fri, 05 Jul 2019 12:28:35 +0000

I use it for three different storefronts. Maybe I'm an exception, but I've never had an issue with it.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Telegram: 200M Monthly Active Users"

andrewfelix — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:12:02 +0000

Why is Telegram getting so much better traction over open source alternatives such as Wire?

New comment by andrewfelix in "A subway-style diagram of the major Roman roads, based on the Empire ca. 125 AD"

andrewfelix — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 08:01:05 +0000

The designer suggests it was done for aesthetic reasons. More importantly it held my interest a lot longer than a typical map might have, and thus I now know more about Ancient Roman roads!

New comment by andrewfelix in "Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifespans by 30 percent"

andrewfelix — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 03:15:30 +0000

From Wikipedia: "A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument that was not advanced by that opponent."

I'm probably what you would describe as 'pro-death'. But I would never have made any of the arguments you listed.

I could just as easily frame your positions to suit my argument.

For example; 'More people make more progress faster.' (India has not made as large a contribution to modern technology as the USA)

New comment by andrewfelix in "Scientists engineer mice genomes to lengthen their lifespans by 30 percent"

andrewfelix — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 02:06:52 +0000

This is a bit of a straw man technique. You've framed the argument to suit your counterpoint.

New comment by andrewfelix in "3D printing produces a curious lightweight motorcycle"

andrewfelix — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:48:48 +0000

6kg for an ebike frame is not lightweight at all. Downhill mountain bike frame with traditional aluminium tubing weigh less and have to handle much greater forces.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Startups Need to Focus on Sales, Not Marketing (2014)"

andrewfelix — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:37:14 +0000

It's presented as a really black and white argument. Marketing and a focus sales are not mutually exclusive at all.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Startups Need to Focus on Sales, Not Marketing (2014)"

andrewfelix — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 05:35:54 +0000

The author cites examples from Stripe and Pinterest, which are actually just anecdotes around usability testing, not recruitment of users.

I would argue focusing on sales puts you at risk of narrowing your scope and broader appeal.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Pixel City – Procedurally generated city (2009) [video]"

andrewfelix — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 22:41:54 +0000

I would love this as a screen saver.

New comment by andrewfelix in "Inside Popcorn Time, the Piracy Party Hollywood Can't Stop"

andrewfelix — Tue, 28 Apr 2015 01:14:17 +0000

I think you could have made your point without the diatribe and profanity.

New comment by andrewfelix in "The Toughest Test in Cycling"

andrewfelix — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 07:04:03 +0000

Why?

New comment by andrewfelix in "The Apple Watch"

andrewfelix — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 06:39:33 +0000

>But Gruber also spends an extraordinary amount of time these days using framing devices to either draw false comparisons

This is great point, which I never considered. He consistently creates false arguments where Apple is favored.

New comment by andrewfelix in "USB Typewriter"

andrewfelix — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 11:30:03 +0000

I had a similar idea, but utilizing a microphone instead that listened for the subtle tonal differences in each key strike.

To the naysayers: Typewriters have all sorts of appeal beyond visual aesthetics. Just because it doesn't appeal to you personally, does not make it a silly thing.