you're complaining that a younger site still hasn't removed its Statement of Intended Purpose subtitle?
No, that's not what I'm complaining about. I'm responding to its users saying things like this:
And by doing so Reddit became "the front page of the Internet".
Note the tense of the word "became". This isn't about a "statement of intended purpose subtitle", this is about how people actually describe the site, right now, today.
Seriously, do know ANYONE who has the Alexa toolbar, or browser extension installed?
Not that this shouldn't be obvious, but apparently a lot of people who use Google, Amazon, Facebook, Wikipedia, Blogspot, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Yahoo, Bing, and Reddit have it installed (and a lot of Chinese people, as well).
But, if you have more reliable numbers, please, go ahead.
I didn't say that Reddit was not popular. My point was that it is not the single most popular and important thing to ever happen to the internet like some of their users seem to think. I think it's a salient point that the self-described "front page of the internet" is listed between Japanese Amazon and Brazilian Google on the list of most-viewed sites.
And by doing so Reddit became "the front page of the Internet".
Except it's actually not, and titles like that lend credence to the view that Reddit users are entitled self-absorbed people in general.
Top sites on the internet, according to Alexa:
1. Google.com (note, this is the actual "front page of the internet") 2. Facebook.com (this could also be easily considered the "front page of the internet") 3. Youtube.com (yet another "front page" contender) 4. Baidu.com (how many Reddit users have ever seen the fourth most-used web site?) 5. Yahoo.com (almost literally "the front page of the internet" as the default home page for many people, much more popular than reddit.com) 6. Amazon.com 7. Wikipedia.org 8. Qq.com (I've only ever heard of this site in passing a few times, and it's still way more popular than reddit.com) 9. Taobao.com (shopping for Chinese folk) 10. Twitter.com (this site is used by Reddit users who want to express their righteous indignation) 11. Google.co.in (the Indian version of Google is significantly more popular than Reddit) 12. Live.com (apparently this is still a thing; significantly more popular than Reddit) 13. Sina.com.cn (Chinese messaging, apparently) 14. Linkedin.com (this is where Reddit moderators can find employment) 15. Weibo.com (this site is so Chinese that the Alexa description is written in Chinese; significantly more popular than Reddit) 16. Yahoo.co.jp (the Japanese version of Yahoo is also more popular than Reddit) 17. Google.co.jp 18. Ebay.com 19. Yandex.ru 20. Vk.com (Russian social network; more popular than Reddit) 21. Blogspot.com 22. Tmall.com (more Chinese shopping) 23. Google.de (German Google is more popular than Reddit) 24. Hao123.com (the only thing I know about this site is that it is more popular than Reddit) 25. T.co (a shorter twitter.com URL domain is more popular than Reddit) 26. Msn.com (this is a site built for the purpose of making Internet Explorer painfully slow to start; more popular than Reddit) 27. Instagram.com 28. Google.co.uk (the Google portal for the United Kingdom [pop. ~64 million] is more popular than Reddit) 29. Bing.com (search engine primarily used by people who don't know how to change the default search engine for IE; more popular than Reddit) 30. Amazon.co.jp (the Japanese Amazon portal is more popular than...) 31. Reddit.com ("The Front Page Of The Internet!!!" claims its frenzied, self-important user base) 32. Google.com.br
So, there you go. Your "front page of the internet" is right there between Japanese Amazon and Brazilian Google. Now please excuse me if I don't give a shit what your CEO or user base are doing with their time.
Shit, they're rather unhappy? Well, I guess that explains the petition. Petitions: the tool of the rather unhappy.
But the good news is that Ellen Pao thinks that her users don't care
She's probably right, I bet that the majority of people who visit Reddit don't care about what happens at the top. And I know for a fact that the vast majority of people using the internet don't care about what happens at Reddit at all.
This is right up there with their leaving file extensions hidden by default.
It kind of is, yeah, except it's actually nothing like that. You see, one of them is hiding file extensions, and the other one is giving out your password.
I don't think it would take long at all for changes to happen. I believe nature moves quicker than we realize.
It's all relative, really. Since evolution is inherited then the pace of change is measured in the number of generations. It might only take a hundred generations to start showing noticeable changes. Of course, we could just bring fruit flies and bean plants and start to see their changes much faster.
Of course, if evolution has any say at all then it needs to be related to breeding. Anyone with a trait more suited to their environment needs to pass on their genes more than others. If some guy is born one day with red eyes that let him see through the clouds and hair all over his face that protects him from the things in the atmosphere then that's going to be for nothing if no woman wants to have his kids.
How about large, thick glass domes on the surface of Mars? Then you only need to worry about things going on inside the domes instead of outside. Venus still has volcanoes, you know. And those constant hurricane-force winds, combined with surface particulates like sand, have a certain effect on glass that you might not be too thrilled about.
Yes, but Mars has toxins like no air in the atmosphere.
I'm having trouble with that sentence. Are you defining "no air" as a toxin? Because, if so, you don't know what a toxin is.
On one of them though, you have ready sources of water etc.
I like that "etc". Yes, on Venus you ready sources of water, "et cetera". Ready sources of atmospheric sulphuric acid, ready sources of carbon dioxide, ready sources of ridiculous atmospheric pressure (densest atmosphere), ready sources of extreme heat (hottest planet), ready sources of constant hurricane-force winds, ready sources of organic life sterilization, ready sources of a surface resembling classic descriptions of Hell, you know, "et cetera". Also, in the same sense as "no air" is a toxin, Venus also has a ready source of no magnetic field and a ready source of no carbon cycle.
As a 20yr IT guy,.. who started using Macs (in depth) about 5 to 7 years ago.. I pretty much use Safari for everything. Why?... It gives me the best Stability, Performance and Battery-life. Call it whatever names you want... but it works for me. (and I work in IT.. and push it pretty hard.. so No, I'm not "just surfing Facebook" with it).
That's a good post, I just want to note your efforts and provide some feedback if I may. I especially like how you capitalized stability, performance, and battery for no apparent reason. Also the claim of "it works for me", that's good stuff. That's a claim that sounds good but also that no one can disprove because it's simply your personal experience and nothing else of any substance. I like how you call yourself an "IT guy" too. It makes people think that you might know what you're talking about, but it's still vague enough to be completely useless to any other point you're trying to make. And the claim of "about 5 to 7 years ago", I like that one too. What was I doing in 2010? What was I doing in 2008? I have no idea! Also, how you "pretty much" use Safari for "everything". "Pretty much" for "everything"... I see what you're doing there.
In general, I'm giving you a very good rating, although I need to dock a few points. The specific phrase is "it just works", you need the "just" in there. Otherwise it checks out, well done.
That's interesting about Kaspersky. I wonder if that's an indication that they may be working with criminals, or if it's just some sort of sense of patriotic pride (we have the best criminals, AND the best researchers!), or even if the researchers feel like there would be repercussions if they said anything. I have no doubt that cybercriminals in Russia are probably receiving some sort of direction, support, or protection from their government.
And it's not cybersquatting if there's no target buyer.
Right, it's "domain speculation" or whatever term those parasites want to use for their activities. You want to buy a domain name? Great. But instead of the $10 it would normally cost you, since I bought it 10 years ago and haven't used it since then I'm going to charge you $20,000. Now thank me for providing you with this service.
Office Space previously tried to purchase the domain name from him and after it failed to acquire the domain name
It "tried to purchase"? What does that mean, they took their wallet out but a seagull swooped down and stole it? They were about to write the check when the pen exploded? They went to the Greek Bank ATM but couldn't withdraw anything? I think by "tried to purchase", what Kneen means is "I offered them an absurd price for a domain name and they thought I was an asshole for even asking for that much". Here's the list of other domains he owns, some of which redirect to his personal blog. Although tossmysalad.com does not redirect to his blog, I wonder what he's asking for that one.
No doubt, a free society can never be fully secure, the two goals are at odds. But to suggest that Snowden's goal is specifically to decrease state security is being disingenuous, the guy was phrasing the debate to make his stance look better. Just like how someone who is anti-abortion would say they are pro-life to turn their negative stance into a positive one.
Face it, the taxis don't want the competition at all. They don't want to have to invest in new technologies and new vehicles to match the level of service, they just want to keep doing the same shitty job they always have done.
No, I was referring to surge pricing and the different markets. Uber doesn't have a single fixed price, but the price is the same for everyone in a certain time and place.
It may surprise you that many of Slashdot's readers are not in IT and don't go around installing printers and fixing networks all day. For example, I'm not in IT. I'm a programmer, I design and write software. I don't think of programming as IT, I think of IT workers as the people who install printer drivers and set up desk phones. Those are the people who I see claiming they work in IT. I don't hear programmers say IT when people ask them about what they do.
The only difference is they use a smart phone app as a dispatcher.
This might be a complete shock to you, but the app is not actually the only difference between Uber and a taxi company. That being said, having an automated dispatcher itself is a major benefit over taxi companies, unless you like it when your cabbie calls you from across the city to say he'll be there in half an hour.
Face it, Uber is successful because they are doing the job of taxis far better than the taxis do it. Like any other industry that has been around a long time, taxi companies got lazy and quality plummeted. I don't even want to think about how many cabs I've been in that had shredded seats, sticky floors, smelly drivers, etc. One example that sticks in my head was a driver who was in the range of about 400 pounds and had his seat back far enough that there were maybe 6 inches between the back of his seat and the seat behind him, so no one is going to sit there. He sure as hell isn't moving his seat if 4 people need to get in the car though. When I think of taxi rides, it's those experiences that I think about. Long waits, bad cars, angry drivers, etc. Uber solved all of those problems at once. I can see where all of the cars around me are, when my ride gets accepted I can track the car to where I am, I know the driver's name, license plate number, make and model of the car. I can talk to the driver before they pick me up. When the ride is over I just go, I'm not sitting there dicking around with payment. I can also track the entire ride, I've called Uber cars for women leaving my parties and I've tracked her the entire way home. If anything got shady I know the driver's name, license plate, phone number, last location, and car description. And, without exception in my experience, every Uber car I've had has been as clean or cleaner than any cab. I've never had an Uber vehicle in poor condition, and after the ride I can rate the driver. If the driver's rating goes below a high threshold then Uber does not give them any more jobs, so the drivers and vehicles need to be presentable and agreeable if they want to keep working.
If taxis want my business again, all they need to do is match the service I get from Uber. This is what the largest taxi company in Phoenix thinks about mobile apps (for reference, at the time of posting that page says nothing except "Sorry, the offer you tried to access has ended."). For most taxi companies the concept of a mobile app means being able to order a taxi without calling. I'm not interested in that, I want the convenience and accountability that I get from Uber. Taxi companies don't want to compete with Uber though, they just want to outlaw them and go back to their monopoly.
Then they talk about offering asylum to Snowden who campaigns to reduce state security.
Do you really believe that, or is that just what you tell yourself? I would say he campaigns to increase privacy. Do you really think his end goal is a state that is less secure, or a citizen that is more private?
Sweet Jesus, I'm arguing with a political troll. It's Friday, I need to go home.
Registered taxis have to carry passengers, but they don't. I regularly get refused service from taxis because of my destination, and have even been kicked out half way through my trip home because the cabbie didn't want to go all that way then risk coming back without a fare.
I was trying to get a ride home from a bar one night (both from and to well-traveled areas) and every time I called the taxi company and gave my pickup location she just hung up on me. I called 3 or 4 times, luckily an empty cab drove by that I flagged down.
One of the good things about Uber is that I presume that they first offer the job to the closest drivers, because my driver is always pretty close. I don't know how taxis delegate their fares, but I've been called by my assigned taxi driver to tell me that he's on the other side of the city and will be there in a half hour. It's ridiculous.
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No, you don't have that straight.
you're complaining that a younger site still hasn't removed its Statement of Intended Purpose subtitle?
No, that's not what I'm complaining about. I'm responding to its users saying things like this:
And by doing so Reddit became "the front page of the Internet".
Note the tense of the word "became". This isn't about a "statement of intended purpose subtitle", this is about how people actually describe the site, right now, today.
Seriously, do know ANYONE who has the Alexa toolbar, or browser extension installed?
Not that this shouldn't be obvious, but apparently a lot of people who use Google, Amazon, Facebook, Wikipedia, Blogspot, Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram, Yahoo, Bing, and Reddit have it installed (and a lot of Chinese people, as well).
But, if you have more reliable numbers, please, go ahead.
I didn't say that Reddit was not popular. My point was that it is not the single most popular and important thing to ever happen to the internet like some of their users seem to think. I think it's a salient point that the self-described "front page of the internet" is listed between Japanese Amazon and Brazilian Google on the list of most-viewed sites.
Switching the "if" to an "is" definitely made that a stupid question.
Here you go:
This might be a stupid question, but why don't the mods just leave the site if working for free is causing them so many headaches?
This might be a stupid question, but why don't the mods just leave the site is working for free is causing them so many headaches?
And by doing so Reddit became "the front page of the Internet".
Except it's actually not, and titles like that lend credence to the view that Reddit users are entitled self-absorbed people in general.
Top sites on the internet, according to Alexa:
1. Google.com (note, this is the actual "front page of the internet")
2. Facebook.com (this could also be easily considered the "front page of the internet")
3. Youtube.com (yet another "front page" contender)
4. Baidu.com (how many Reddit users have ever seen the fourth most-used web site?)
5. Yahoo.com (almost literally "the front page of the internet" as the default home page for many people, much more popular than reddit.com)
6. Amazon.com
7. Wikipedia.org
8. Qq.com (I've only ever heard of this site in passing a few times, and it's still way more popular than reddit.com)
9. Taobao.com (shopping for Chinese folk)
10. Twitter.com (this site is used by Reddit users who want to express their righteous indignation)
11. Google.co.in (the Indian version of Google is significantly more popular than Reddit)
12. Live.com (apparently this is still a thing; significantly more popular than Reddit)
13. Sina.com.cn (Chinese messaging, apparently)
14. Linkedin.com (this is where Reddit moderators can find employment)
15. Weibo.com (this site is so Chinese that the Alexa description is written in Chinese; significantly more popular than Reddit)
16. Yahoo.co.jp (the Japanese version of Yahoo is also more popular than Reddit)
17. Google.co.jp
18. Ebay.com
19. Yandex.ru
20. Vk.com (Russian social network; more popular than Reddit)
21. Blogspot.com
22. Tmall.com (more Chinese shopping)
23. Google.de (German Google is more popular than Reddit)
24. Hao123.com (the only thing I know about this site is that it is more popular than Reddit)
25. T.co (a shorter twitter.com URL domain is more popular than Reddit)
26. Msn.com (this is a site built for the purpose of making Internet Explorer painfully slow to start; more popular than Reddit)
27. Instagram.com
28. Google.co.uk (the Google portal for the United Kingdom [pop. ~64 million] is more popular than Reddit)
29. Bing.com (search engine primarily used by people who don't know how to change the default search engine for IE; more popular than Reddit)
30. Amazon.co.jp (the Japanese Amazon portal is more popular than...)
31. Reddit.com ( "The Front Page Of The Internet!!!" claims its frenzied, self-important user base)
32. Google.com.br
So, there you go. Your "front page of the internet" is right there between Japanese Amazon and Brazilian Google. Now please excuse me if I don't give a shit what your CEO or user base are doing with their time.
People are apparently rather unhappy.
Shit, they're rather unhappy? Well, I guess that explains the petition. Petitions: the tool of the rather unhappy.
But the good news is that Ellen Pao thinks that her users don't care
She's probably right, I bet that the majority of people who visit Reddit don't care about what happens at the top. And I know for a fact that the vast majority of people using the internet don't care about what happens at Reddit at all.
This is right up there with their leaving file extensions hidden by default.
It kind of is, yeah, except it's actually nothing like that. You see, one of them is hiding file extensions, and the other one is giving out your password.
Serious question - who here is not running a guest wifi access point?
I'm going to guess the vast majority of people running wifi at home. My office has a guest network, my house does not.
I don't think it would take long at all for changes to happen. I believe nature moves quicker than we realize.
It's all relative, really. Since evolution is inherited then the pace of change is measured in the number of generations. It might only take a hundred generations to start showing noticeable changes. Of course, we could just bring fruit flies and bean plants and start to see their changes much faster.
Of course, if evolution has any say at all then it needs to be related to breeding. Anyone with a trait more suited to their environment needs to pass on their genes more than others. If some guy is born one day with red eyes that let him see through the clouds and hair all over his face that protects him from the things in the atmosphere then that's going to be for nothing if no woman wants to have his kids.
How about large, thick glass domes on the surface of Mars? Then you only need to worry about things going on inside the domes instead of outside. Venus still has volcanoes, you know. And those constant hurricane-force winds, combined with surface particulates like sand, have a certain effect on glass that you might not be too thrilled about.
Yes, but Mars has toxins like no air in the atmosphere.
I'm having trouble with that sentence. Are you defining "no air" as a toxin? Because, if so, you don't know what a toxin is.
On one of them though, you have ready sources of water etc.
I like that "etc". Yes, on Venus you ready sources of water, "et cetera". Ready sources of atmospheric sulphuric acid, ready sources of carbon dioxide, ready sources of ridiculous atmospheric pressure (densest atmosphere), ready sources of extreme heat (hottest planet), ready sources of constant hurricane-force winds, ready sources of organic life sterilization, ready sources of a surface resembling classic descriptions of Hell, you know, "et cetera". Also, in the same sense as "no air" is a toxin, Venus also has a ready source of no magnetic field and a ready source of no carbon cycle.
As a 20yr IT guy,.. who started using Macs (in depth) about 5 to 7 years ago.. I pretty much use Safari for everything. Why?... It gives me the best Stability, Performance and Battery-life. Call it whatever names you want... but it works for me. (and I work in IT.. and push it pretty hard.. so No, I'm not "just surfing Facebook" with it).
That's a good post, I just want to note your efforts and provide some feedback if I may. I especially like how you capitalized stability, performance, and battery for no apparent reason. Also the claim of "it works for me", that's good stuff. That's a claim that sounds good but also that no one can disprove because it's simply your personal experience and nothing else of any substance. I like how you call yourself an "IT guy" too. It makes people think that you might know what you're talking about, but it's still vague enough to be completely useless to any other point you're trying to make. And the claim of "about 5 to 7 years ago", I like that one too. What was I doing in 2010? What was I doing in 2008? I have no idea! Also, how you "pretty much" use Safari for "everything". "Pretty much" for "everything"... I see what you're doing there.
In general, I'm giving you a very good rating, although I need to dock a few points. The specific phrase is "it just works", you need the "just" in there. Otherwise it checks out, well done.
businesses are forced to actually use creativity and not use a boring name
That's a lot to ask, my friend. It takes a lot less creativity to just sue someone I guess.
That's interesting about Kaspersky. I wonder if that's an indication that they may be working with criminals, or if it's just some sort of sense of patriotic pride (we have the best criminals, AND the best researchers!), or even if the researchers feel like there would be repercussions if they said anything. I have no doubt that cybercriminals in Russia are probably receiving some sort of direction, support, or protection from their government.
And it's not cybersquatting if there's no target buyer.
Right, it's "domain speculation" or whatever term those parasites want to use for their activities. You want to buy a domain name? Great. But instead of the $10 it would normally cost you, since I bought it 10 years ago and haven't used it since then I'm going to charge you $20,000. Now thank me for providing you with this service.
Office Space previously tried to purchase the domain name from him and after it failed to acquire the domain name
It "tried to purchase"? What does that mean, they took their wallet out but a seagull swooped down and stole it? They were about to write the check when the pen exploded? They went to the Greek Bank ATM but couldn't withdraw anything? I think by "tried to purchase", what Kneen means is "I offered them an absurd price for a domain name and they thought I was an asshole for even asking for that much". Here's the list of other domains he owns, some of which redirect to his personal blog. Although tossmysalad.com does not redirect to his blog, I wonder what he's asking for that one.
Yeah, people posting unprovable claims as facts, I don't know what you were thinking.
No doubt, a free society can never be fully secure, the two goals are at odds. But to suggest that Snowden's goal is specifically to decrease state security is being disingenuous, the guy was phrasing the debate to make his stance look better. Just like how someone who is anti-abortion would say they are pro-life to turn their negative stance into a positive one.
Face it, the taxis don't want the competition at all. They don't want to have to invest in new technologies and new vehicles to match the level of service, they just want to keep doing the same shitty job they always have done.
No, I was referring to surge pricing and the different markets. Uber doesn't have a single fixed price, but the price is the same for everyone in a certain time and place.
It may surprise you that many of Slashdot's readers are not in IT and don't go around installing printers and fixing networks all day. For example, I'm not in IT. I'm a programmer, I design and write software. I don't think of programming as IT, I think of IT workers as the people who install printer drivers and set up desk phones. Those are the people who I see claiming they work in IT. I don't hear programmers say IT when people ask them about what they do.
The only difference is they use a smart phone app as a dispatcher.
This might be a complete shock to you, but the app is not actually the only difference between Uber and a taxi company. That being said, having an automated dispatcher itself is a major benefit over taxi companies, unless you like it when your cabbie calls you from across the city to say he'll be there in half an hour.
Face it, Uber is successful because they are doing the job of taxis far better than the taxis do it. Like any other industry that has been around a long time, taxi companies got lazy and quality plummeted. I don't even want to think about how many cabs I've been in that had shredded seats, sticky floors, smelly drivers, etc. One example that sticks in my head was a driver who was in the range of about 400 pounds and had his seat back far enough that there were maybe 6 inches between the back of his seat and the seat behind him, so no one is going to sit there. He sure as hell isn't moving his seat if 4 people need to get in the car though. When I think of taxi rides, it's those experiences that I think about. Long waits, bad cars, angry drivers, etc. Uber solved all of those problems at once. I can see where all of the cars around me are, when my ride gets accepted I can track the car to where I am, I know the driver's name, license plate number, make and model of the car. I can talk to the driver before they pick me up. When the ride is over I just go, I'm not sitting there dicking around with payment. I can also track the entire ride, I've called Uber cars for women leaving my parties and I've tracked her the entire way home. If anything got shady I know the driver's name, license plate, phone number, last location, and car description. And, without exception in my experience, every Uber car I've had has been as clean or cleaner than any cab. I've never had an Uber vehicle in poor condition, and after the ride I can rate the driver. If the driver's rating goes below a high threshold then Uber does not give them any more jobs, so the drivers and vehicles need to be presentable and agreeable if they want to keep working.
If taxis want my business again, all they need to do is match the service I get from Uber. This is what the largest taxi company in Phoenix thinks about mobile apps (for reference, at the time of posting that page says nothing except "Sorry, the offer you tried to access has ended."). For most taxi companies the concept of a mobile app means being able to order a taxi without calling. I'm not interested in that, I want the convenience and accountability that I get from Uber. Taxi companies don't want to compete with Uber though, they just want to outlaw them and go back to their monopoly.
the ONLY thing Uber is sharing is the massive profits it makes that are distributed to the top of the chain.
Other than the 72% of the fare that they give to the driver, right?
Then they talk about offering asylum to Snowden who campaigns to reduce state security.
Do you really believe that, or is that just what you tell yourself? I would say he campaigns to increase privacy. Do you really think his end goal is a state that is less secure, or a citizen that is more private?
Sweet Jesus, I'm arguing with a political troll. It's Friday, I need to go home.
Registered taxis have to carry passengers, but they don't. I regularly get refused service from taxis because of my destination, and have even been kicked out half way through my trip home because the cabbie didn't want to go all that way then risk coming back without a fare.
I was trying to get a ride home from a bar one night (both from and to well-traveled areas) and every time I called the taxi company and gave my pickup location she just hung up on me. I called 3 or 4 times, luckily an empty cab drove by that I flagged down.
One of the good things about Uber is that I presume that they first offer the job to the closest drivers, because my driver is always pretty close. I don't know how taxis delegate their fares, but I've been called by my assigned taxi driver to tell me that he's on the other side of the city and will be there in a half hour. It's ridiculous.