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throwdaddy425

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throwdaddy425··on YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes
Being able to hide complexity can easily solve this problem. A user interface can come in multiple flavors. The default interface is typically simple and suitable for 95% of people. The other 5% need things like stats for nerds, advanced options, etc. Making advanced options limited defeats the purpose of advanced options. If you have too many casual users clicking through to advanced options, it means you did a bad job separating concerns in the first place.
throwdaddy425··on What the Hell Is Going On? Effects of Information Abundance
People can downvote you, but that doesn't make what you're saying any less true. Analysts agree that Trump used these sorts of tactics to win the election.
throwdaddy425··on How Designers Engineer Luck Into Video Games (2017)
Path of exile is like Diablo for smart people.
throwdaddy425··on Ephemerand – GPS-based random number generator
Two factor authentication......
throwdaddy425··on Related subreddits based on behavior for Hacker News
This was posted yesterday and received lots of discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18866800
throwdaddy425··on Too Many Workers Are Trapped by Non-Competes
Are you a senior developer or architect? I can't imagine an employer would humor this with a new recruit or junior developer. A lot of larger employers also have rigid processes for onboarding new people and modifying contracts isn't always something they're willing to do.
throwdaddy425··on The escape-room games industry is booming
Curious -- what were the puzzles like? Do you remember any specific puzzles? I'm thinking of doing one but I don't know what to expect.

Edit: Not sure why downvoted, I'm genuinely curious of this person's experience. Is asking not allowed?

throwdaddy425··on The escape-room games industry is booming
Can anyone comment on what puzzles they've had to solve in an escape room? I haven't been to one but people I know want to do it, not sure how fun it would be.
throwdaddy425··on GoDaddy injecting JavaScript into websites and how to stop it
This is facepalm-worthy and very unsettling. This is why I use NameCheap.