vangelis (u/vangelis)

vangelis commented on Twitter and Reddit: All Social Media Sites Will Die (and Get Replaced) neelc.org/posts/social-me... · Posted by u/neelc

vmoore · 2 years ago

> the average user who is there just for the memes and doom scrolling the latest news.

Most platforms are only still alive because of the doomscrollers. They contribute a large chunk towards the DAUs (Daily active users). Ragebait and infinite scrolling just to get eyeballs on ADs is a terrible business model though. There has to be some other model that brings in revenue. Mastodon is coasting along nicely on donations and pocket money, but, still it has its issues.

vangelis · 2 years ago

Coomscrollers? Reddit aggregates a lot of NSFW material.

vangelis commented on Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote working rainbow? · Posted by u/samuel_backend

kayodelycaon · 3 years ago

It seems to be there aren't enough people who want to work in the office to make the office people happy.

vangelis · 3 years ago

The 24/7 office people won't be happy until we're collaborating at hot desks with no headphones 100% of the time. Otherwise they might have to wait to ask a question.

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vangelis commented on Bringing passkeys to Android and Chrome android-developers.google... · Posted by u/Heavywater

smoldesu · 3 years ago

Apple absolutely did not abandon the Xserve platform after promising a professional and modern Unix experience. Google is definitely the only one with a penchant for mercy-killing unsuccessful products.

vangelis · 3 years ago

Google isn't killing the horse with a broken leg. It's killing anything less than the triple crown winner.

vangelis commented on Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection vox.com/features/23191527... · Posted by u/smn1234

__derek__ · 3 years ago

> I'm looking for a rural place to purchase a home because sorry, I just don't want to tolerate people's selfishness anymore. Density should come with more rules, both laws that are enforced as well as cultural rules, and in American cities it seems chaos and lawlessness are embraced as tolerance and compassion.

Have you lived in a rural area? If not, you should find a way to try it out before taking the leap. City folks tend to have the idyllic version in their head, without realizing how loud ATVs and shotguns sound at 2 am.

vangelis · 3 years ago

ATVs sound a lot louder at 2am in the city, but nobody is going to call you racist for complaining about the ones in the country.

vangelis commented on Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection vox.com/features/23191527... · Posted by u/smn1234

iratewizard · 3 years ago

Cities in the US with strong public transit have only ended up building moving toilets for the homeless. There are a number of bigger issues that come first before billions more in public funding goes into larger wheeled toilets.

vangelis · 3 years ago

I really want to like public transit!

vangelis commented on Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection vox.com/features/23191527... · Posted by u/smn1234

tmh88j · 3 years ago

> I lived in New York City my entire life and I am now wanting a house. I am tired of living in an apartment building. This idea that people live together communally within buildings or neighborhoods is very overrated.

I feel the same way. I grew up in an urban environment, moved to rural areas, now back in an urban environment. I can't wait to get out of here. Too many people, too much noise and too much energy spent looking over your shoulder. I don't understand the desire to be around people just for the sake of it. I'd rather live on the quiet "un-walkable" outskirts or suburbs of a city and occasionally go in if I need to. More than anything I hate the lack of privacy that comes with city life.

vangelis · 3 years ago

Pitbulls should be designated the fifth pest. It would go a long way towards making cities safer to walk and bike.

vangelis commented on Too many Americans live in places built for cars – not for human connection vox.com/features/23191527... · Posted by u/smn1234

mtalantikite · 3 years ago

Sounds like you should move to a rural place, and that's great! There's plenty of that in the US. And it sounds like you live in a place where biking on the sidewalk is legal, which I agree it shouldn't be (it's not here in NYC). But let's not throw away high density living because old people think the kids are making too much noise. As a New Yorker, I prefer the boisterousness of the city, because it sounds like joy to me. [1]

[1] reminds me of this recent article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/09/let-bro...

vangelis · 3 years ago

If not having motorbikes ripping through the streets at 2am is gentrification, so be it.

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