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4 days agoHave they even said ‘thank you’ once for not dropping a nuke?
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20·10 days agoI don’t remember who said it (so I’m likely butchering the phrase), but I’ve heard that any creative work exists in three forms: The mind of the author, the physical copy, and the mind of the audience.
For example, a book/story exists as the author intends, as the author writes, and as the reader interprets.
No one of the three is more “correct” than the other.
Is this a “what happens if we outlaw all News Organizations” situation, or a “What if the world evolved without News Organizations” scenario?
From there, the answer depends entirely on how you define “news” and “organization.”
Nobody would define aunt Sharon gossiping about her neighbor’s cat’s digestive issues as being a “news organization.” Almost everybody would define the New York Times, or CNN as one.
Between them lies a million shades of gray, and any distinction is going to be arbitrary.
In the “outlaw” scenario above, even the best attempts to define clear and unambiguous rules will just lead to gamesmanship and disappointment.
Martavius Garantus Hawthorne IV is my real name, officer.
It was when I grew up there. 80s-90s.
But what if number bigger?
I was in high school when the Simpsons was still pretty new, and there was some popular Bart t-shirt at the time that got the word “hell” banned on any clothing.
All while the school mascot is the Blue Devil.
The most useless UI element ever invented:
I’ve been using MS products for some 40 years, and I swear it’s company policy to put every Chaotic Evil new employee immediately onto a UI/UX team. Absolutely zero consistency between products and versions.
The best managers can find out exactly what motivates their people, and lean into that to make things fun and rewarding (or as much as possible, being work related).
The tricky part is that this won’t be the same for everyone, so a one-size-fits-all field trip won’t necessarily be received the same by all the employees. Maybe the group dynamic is such that everyone has a good time, and this may work out well. Maybe some members resent being compelled to spend relaxed time with people they don’t want to see that way.
In a perfect world, everybody could get their own individualized rewards and recognition, based on what they value most. The only way to get there is to put in the work to know the employees as people.
Masnick’s Impossibility Theorem in action.
The bigger the platform, the wider the spread of opinions on how moderation should look, and that means wherever the admins land, there will inevitably be some who think it’s too little, and some who think it’s too much. You can’t please everyone.
If you can’t find an instance that matches your preferences, you can always go with the most permissive, then block other instances/communities/users that are causing problems. It’s a little more work at first, but it’s possible to tailor your own experience here wherever you’re registered.
As someone with mild travel anxiety, I’d probably be the one with the vision. And even if not, it would make a good excuse to skip the trip and stay home like I wanted to do in the first place.
You could even give it some sort of rocket propulsion.
Depends on the meter, dude. There are thermo-meters, speedo-meters, baro-meter…
Jean-Luc Picard vs Professor X just playing chess. Alternating 2d and 3d of course.
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Overqualified.
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