@manlycoffee Everything needs the right balance of course.
But there is a real problem where a certain group of people, usually the toxic ones, loose their shit over a respectful and polite difference of opinion. They seem to feel **their** post int he replies is not a place for respectful discussion, that it is rude... Its mostly those sort of people that are ruining society.
I see the effect on so many people, being scared to speak their mind and saying little to nothing online and when they do its so curated and fake that it almost comes across obnoxious...
We need more reply guys with good intents :)
Trust me, my behaviour was not acceptable at all.
Here's a silly example: someone makes a post asking for help with parsing JSON-LD. In spite of me having no idea what JSON-LD even is (back then), my response was naively to tell that person to "use a JSON parser". Not helpful at all, and makes me come off as an idiot.
What's even more sad is that no one called me out on that behaviour, leaving me always wondering why is my engagement online is useless, and wondering why I had no real friends.
Just being a guy who knows how to listen makes my social network slightly more broader than having no social network at all. Friends—even if it's just one or two friends—are necessary for a decent life.
@manlycoffee Ok yea, by reply guy i thought you meant "voicing counter-opinions is bad"... i see now you mean "providing stupid opinions you dont take time to fact check is bad"... and on that we agree... Kudos on recognizing that.
All I am suggesting is dont let that stop you from jumping in and providing a reply or even a disagreement (politely)... just, do a little fact checking first :)
I dont mind you being included int he conversation. Just not sure why your responding as if i was directing it at you :) You are more than welcome to add your two cents of course.
I think you just mistook my reply to the sandwich as directed at you when it wasnt :)
Remember folks, anyone who disagrees with the Sandwich must be a Trumper!
Ok, that seems random and out of context... I never addressed you at all, let alone make any accusations of that nature... what prompted you to say that to me?
@manlycoffee Sounds like a step backwards to be honest... "reply guy" sounds like 'provide healthy respectful opinions to a discussion".. the fact that you are avoiding doing this, likely due to the toxicity of the environment and not you, is sad, and a step backwards not forwards.
You didnt ditch a bad habit, you ditched a good and crucial one for a society that advances. You ditched a good habit for popularity. Understandable, so not trying to attack you. But I think its important to say.
I see your still repeating that same old bad take... You have probably done more to push voters to Trumps side with this rhetoric than an actual Trumper.
I'm 66 years old. This isn't the first time I've decided not to support a candidate over the years & you calling me a "Trumper" is not going to sway me in the least. #GenocideJoe hasn't just alienated me. I don't think the Pro-Palestine protesters are in any hurry to vote for him either. And I'm sure there are many out there that have their own reasons.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@akhilrao We dont know of a single animal on the planet that has a brain and doesnt sleep in some sense. Even sharks and dolphins sleep despite needing to move to breath well (sorta, many sharks are motionless when they sleep).
Lets just ignore the fact that Israel has been condemned for terrorist acts on multiple occasions, called to internation court in Den Hague on war crimes, and failed to even show or provide a defense.
One such incident involved using palestinian children as human shields....
Sorry but neither side is anything remotely resembling the good guys here.
I see what you did there.. lol
I had a smart ass interviewee once.. I asked him to write a particular task in python... he basically just called exec to run code written in another language.. but strictly speaking it was still a python app :)
@serge Why are the missing children posters in NYC when the kids were kidnapped on the other side of the world by a group of people on the other side of the world?
@likesoldmacs Not the brightest bulb in the batch...
They seem a few fries short of a happy meal.
Not tech related, but those are the two I use a lot.
I mean i guess technically you can put any program on a single line... unless its python :)
@worldsendless a line or two bash script that calls curl.
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