You can also try https://hckrnews.com/
I highly recommend this one too. It completely solved my issues with FOMO/compulsive refreshing
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Classic mistake theory vs conflict theory. Just being right is not a good enough reason for someone to believe you. They have to believe you’re on their side.
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jt-hill commented on But what if I want a faster horse? rakhim.exotext.com/but-wh... · Posted by u/saeedesmaili
> Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches
For street usage, I think those cars are popular because they’re beautiful more than because they’re fast (or because enthusiasts like them).
My utterly soulless Lexus will drive more than fast enough to get me in serious trouble. No one will look at it and feel stirred by its beauty, whereas the typical Ferrari or Porsche coupe will look at least appealing to most and beautiful to many, even those who can’t tell the three marques apart or even unaided recall the name Lamborghini.
> No one will look at it and feel stirred by its beauty
Except for the Toyota nerds who will want to come talk to you about the LFA. Ask me how I know!
I’m sympathetic to the desire to recapture the electricity of early Twitter, but I’m reminded of the famous quote that “a man cannot step in the same river twice.”
I’m on Bluesky too, and it’s alright, but the internet has changed, the world has changed, and I have changed. It can’t ever be quite the same experience.
jt-hill commented on Are people bad at their jobs or are the jobs just bad? annehelen.substack.com/p/... · Posted by u/moonka
This makes me think of The Sort, coined by the venerable patio11.
The types soft skills it takes to to be effective in the kinda crappy jobs described by the author can command much better remuneration in any number of other roles, and society has gotten much better at efficiently allocating that human capital.
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Wait, this is Andy Weir? Like, that Andy Weir? Like, The Martian and Project Hail Mary Andy Weir? I had no idea.
It's funny, I instantly recognized that iconic atrium when they used it in Severance and my poor wife had to suffer through an explanation of the history of Bell Labs when she was just trying to watch her TV show.
jt-hill commented on The average college student today hilariusbookbinder.substa... · Posted by u/Jyaif
Ya, the current students do not, but future students do. They're the ones who will take their business elsewhere.
Schools with slipping standards may not see negative effects in the short term, but people are waking up to the fact that a lot of degrees are nowhere near worth the tuition, and the first schools to go bust will tend to be the ones with the worst cost/benefit ratio.
I agree that holding the line and failing the whole class if the whole class deserves it is the only hope universities have of breaking the feedback loop, but the author seems to think that represents an insurmountable coordination problem.