183 karma · joined October 7, 2015
[Not an Android dev]
I am genuinely curious here: What did he do wrong? Which radicals advice did he listen to?
Yeah, I know, I am weird.
I used to feel good/bad depending on what people from my country/region/group etc. do. But it's so silly. Why do I care what another person does - whom I don't even know? It's the same with long lost ancestors.
So now a days I notice such thoughts quickly and remember that it's a silly heuristic that my brain uses and I should ignore it.
But I don't think Google turned internet into a cesspit. Yes, Youtube's recommendation algorithms are pretty bad. But there other actors who deserver a bigger share of the blame.
Like it or not Google does all this with the ad money they bring in. Imagine if all Google service were subscription based. Will they even have 25% of the capabilities they have now?
Or am I just being to too naive?
[Edit: Grammar]
Well, that's not correct. Unless you explicitly call Task.Run or Task.Start (or other similar methods) no new thread is created. The compiler generated state machines don't require the threading mechanism to work. In fact the overhead for async/await is mostly the extra code generated for the state machine and error handling. At runtime, there's no thread switching overhead.
If the governing body is beholden to a company, then the company's priorities (money) will be what the they care about. Which I think is what happened here.
I guess, all @irrational was trying to do is vent his/her frustrations in a semi-anonymous forum. I sort of understand how he feels (having a younger kid of my own).
And @irrational, maybe they behave in the way they do to mask their frustrations. They probably don't like coming back and living with you because of all social stigma surrounding it.
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I hope what I said makes sense. Try not to feel frustrated. Frustration never helps.
If anonymity is required then it should be a heavily moderated platform.
I guess these two are the only feasible options.
People who are passionate about something are generally interesting people. They know the obscure ins and outs of the thing they are passionate about. You can learn a lot from such people. At least, that's what I always felt.