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Even if they don't explicitly use user blocks to influence overall search ranking, lots of people not clicking on a result because they have it blocked probably does.

I always wondered if a progressive web app could be good enough, but it appears iOS support is under the "partial" column.

I'm sorry you think interacting with people is a chore, but the primary way I interact with most of my friends is online through Discord. While I don't respond to each and every message, I read them, and look forward to doing so because they're my friends.

Our community is actively looking for an alternative that we can control. I'd love for an open source, self-hosted clone to pop up that keeps the user experience of Discord, but there is no other. Having a mobile app is a big blocker, and I suspect it will get harder with how Google is locking down the play store.

I've seen the result of "code doesn't matter" and it's difficult to change and maintain. I guess if your business is ok with frequent P1 incidents or ships a complete product and never touches it again, but I've never been part of one. I've also never been in a position that cared about leetcode or remembering APIs, so it's possible my experience is completely different from yours.

With AI people aren't reading, writing, or thinking about the code. I would not say something that helps me remember a function name is comparible.

I'm not refuting what you said, I'm asking you to elaborate why you said it.

What is the point of this comment? Do you mean to say we should cease the pursuit of DEI because we've "come so far"? Of course that's engaging with you with the assumption that you're not intentionally ignoring the weaponization of the movement in the US to further the goals of the current administration.

I think the reason discord got so popular is because of the ease of use. Being able to join a server with a link (and not even having to download a client if you don't want), being able to see who's in voice without "connecting" to the server like mumble or teamspeak, persistent chat. This is what is unique about discord; all those other things came later. This is the user experience the alternatives need to replicate. Custom emojis are not a deal breaker, the hangout experience is.

We have masked men grabbing people off the streets with no accountability. Perhaps you should be asking for evidence of lack of human rights abuse.

I thought I recognized that name: Nylund also wrote some books for the Halo series which I enjoyed, although I was already a fan of the games.

I enjoyed Braid and this revelation doesn't change that, but there's a lot of entertainment and it's easy to not support someone who has views (or at least doesn't express them publicly) that conflict with my own personal values.

If you don't care about competitive balance or the "identity" of magic it probably didn't.

Long answer: the introduction of non-magic sets like SpongeBob SquarePants, Deadpool, or Assassin's Creed are seen as tasteless money grabs that dilute the quality and theme of magic even further, but fans of those things will scoop them up.

The competitive scene has been pretty rough, but I haven't played constructed formats in a while so I'm not as keyed into this. I just know that there have been lots of cards released recently that have had to be banned for how powerful they were.

Personally, I love the game, but I hate the business model. It's ripe for abuse and people treat cards like stocks to invest in.