johnneville

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Dec 18
jeopardy addict, record collector, slow learner SF bay area
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Comment · 4 days ago
"Discoverable Servers are the most public spaces on Discord, with at least 1,000 members" from the linked source.
Comment · 4 days ago
server owners have setting toggles to opt the server out of having public facing channel history or ai channel summaries. a server can remain discoverable and have the history and summaries off for the public webpage of the server.
Comment · 9 months ago
i agree that discord is social media but the absence of instagram's individually targeted algorithmic curation is an important distinction when it comes to being "drug"-like for me
Comment · 9 months ago
Comment · 9 months ago
i think they mean the ToS for amazon's affiliate link service, which prohibits earning a commission if your site has price history (a few large and old sites have exceptions)
Comment · 9 months ago
it's provocative marketing for the photon imessage sdk/api so probably worthwhile since it's already getting engagement here
Comment · 9 months ago
start your own company
Comment · 9 months ago
i'm worried they'll start making user unfriendly changes, like more ads, to meet investor demands for increased profits. overall it's a great product which i use everyday and i'm happy for them.
Comment · 9 months ago
i am tired of ads, algorithmic curation, public-ness, anonymity, and scale

i still crave social interaction but have moved to smaller private group chats with real people i either see in real life or have an ongoing connection with

Comment · 9 months ago
united has free messaging on their flights and i found myself using meta's ai chatbot via whatsapp a few times. it's system prompt forces it to ask me inane questions at the end of every action so i would be happy to switch to something else.

just tried making one using this and it initially was way too casual for me and i didn't like how it split responses into many messages but it's very responsive to my prompts to change its style.

Comment · 11 months ago
is "time for 2 instruments, learning C++, Rust, and Python" not schooling ?
Comment · 11 months ago
the service area still stops at Burlingame for me without peninsula access yet
Comment · 1 year ago
the lack of a college degree as a credential may also prove to be a barrier to leaving the company over time
Comment · 1 year ago

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