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[–] fresh 8 points 1 year ago

It feels like it’s up all the time when I use it. Must depend on the instance. Even Reddit was frequently down for maintenance and other issues.

[–] fresh 6 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Yes, I was going to comment the same thing! By saying “there is no housing crisis“, it implies that there is less of a problem, not more of one. It’s provocative, but misleading. At the very least, the title should’ve been changed to say “It’s not a housing crisis, but a broken housing system“.

But honestly, is that even a useful point to make at length? Everyone knows it’s broken beyond just the short term!

[–] fresh 3 points 1 year ago

Ah right, you pay for the liquidity with rate volatility.

I really hope the banks don’t get their way. It sounds like they just don’t like the competition. 

[–] fresh 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Are there any disadvantages to cash ETFs over GICs? It seems like it's all gravy to me.

[–] fresh 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For me, getting rid of the old reddit design as default was pretty egregious. Usability tanked if I wasn't logged in.

[–] fresh 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mastodonians, Kbingers, and Fedizens are all superb. I’m not a fan of “feds” because it has another pretty common usage. I feel like whatever term is chosen should unambiguously evoke the fediverse.

[–] fresh 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Riffing off of another comment, I think it’s ok to have terms specific to each platform, and then a term for all platforms.

Platform specific:

  • Lemming
  • Kbiner
  • Mastadoner

Overall:

  • Fediverser
[–] fresh 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“The feds” don’t have the best connotation…

Also in practice the sentences come out a bit unclear to me. “The fed that posted this clearly knew their stuff.” “Some feds just like to stir things up.”

Edit: that said, I think that’s a really good point about the need for a platform neutral term.

[–] fresh 1 points 1 year ago

This makes me think that the only really old trees we can preserve anymore are on personal property. Meanwhile, old growth forests are screwed.

[–] fresh 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I said fewer cars, not no cars. Most people obviously do not drive 160 miles a day. With better infrastructure and public transportation, a 2 car family might go down to 1 car, or replace half of their car trips with other modalities, etc.

[–] fresh 3 points 1 year ago

I’m not a lawyer either, so your guess is as good as mine. From where I’m sitting, it seems to me that there is ample evidence, including internal communication and the activities of the “diversion” team, that this was NOT an engineering decision. When the problem was revealed, there was no attempt to correct it. I personally don’t see how this is so hard to argue when it is so blatant.

[–] fresh 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes exactly. One could do mental gymnastics to try to defend this, but the balance of evidence and past decisions by Musk makes it obvious that this is far from innocent. This is theft by misrepresentation.

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