jacobthesnakob

I’m not a professional SWE but I do light coding sometimes (Linux terminal, Python programs I made for myself, docker-compose on my home server). I tried to post questions on Stack Overflow a few times over the years after exhaustive searching to find the answer myself. My SO questions removed every single time, often pointing to a “duplicate” that is contextually very different and the answer is N/A.

I get why the base SO rules are the way they are. But it seems like some of the moderators (or whatever they call them there) are looking for a reason to remove anything and everything.

Gemini might tell me to type a command to format my RAID drives when I ask how to remount the array after an OS reformat, but it won’t delete my question like SO or call me an idiot like Redditors.

>many order of magnitude more people would like to just make more money when invest

Blame them (the consumers) then. This is like that silly Reddit/Twitter stat about 10% of companies creating 90% of global emissions… which the companies are doing in the process of making the shiny cell phones and laptops all the consumerists lambasting them are posting from, plus all the plastic crap they buy every day from Amazon.

The consumers are the ones demanding unchecked expansion of their consumption. As long as that demand exists, companies will find a way to fill it, whether they’re doing so in America or other countries. Privately held entities can’t allocate capital fast enough to keep up with the consumerists.

They’re out there. I find it more productive to search for and financially support such businesses, rather than adopt the doomer pessimistic anticapitalism take.

For example I just bought a Concept2 RowErg rowing machine. They sell literally every piece and part on their website so it’s end user repairable. The metrics integrate with a ton of apps, so you’re not locked into their app/ecosystem and there’s no subscription. It’s the polar opposite of Peloton and Hydrox.

Unfortunately a lot of these honest businesses are one generation away from potentially selling out everything the founders built, but I’ll continue doing my best to keep them around while they exist.

Agree. I have the X domain blacklisted in my Pihole.

Remember when Reddit mods made a whole show of virtue signaling about banning links to X, but most of those same subreddits’ top content (and 20% of the front page) was screenshots of X?

A lot of people are unwilling to withstand even a bit of discomfort to stand up for their supposed principles.