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Reddit CEO Defends His Absurdly High Pay While Not Paying Mods in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] inkican@kbin.social 4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

"The intent is to provide mods with a sense of pride and accomplishment for unlocking different mod capabilities."

30 years and 2 days ago, Green Day released their breakout album, Dookie, with the singles "Longview," "Basket Case," "Welcome to Paradise," and "When I Come Around". February 1st, 1994. in c/nostalgia@lemmy.ca
[–] inkican@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Good, we don't need your hate

"It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin in c/fediverse@kbin.social
[–] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cool beans - I'll shoot you a thread about my latest audiobook.

"It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin in c/fediverse@kbin.social
[–] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

No, the problem is that you're a person who posted 34 diff. items to K.Bin and two bug reports and you think that qualifies you to comment on K.Bin overall. Not for nothing - what qualifies me to speak on this topic is that I've been posting stuff every day to /m/scifi (with time out for vacations and illness). I know there are things wrong with scifi and K.Bin - but I'm putting the time in to make things better. What are you doing? You moderate /m/men and your stated goal is "This magazine is dedicated to discussions of issues that men and boys face, especially disadvantages or discrimination due to their gender, from an egalitarian perspective." People want stuff to read, not people to point at 'the problem.' K.bin is fine for what it is - if you want 'more hands on deck', go be one of those hands.

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"It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin (kbin.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by inkican@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social
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Like you, I'm a passionate user of K.Bin but lately, I'm noticing that things are getting kinda stale around here. The most recent thread in this, the top-level magazine on K.Bin, is 4 days old. Many other top 25 magazines are also suffering from a similar lack of fresh content. I run /m/scifi and it's been continuing to grow and thrive over the past 4 months for one simple reason. If you want to Supercharge K.Bin, then remind yourself of those four little words every day:

It's the content, stupid.

This should be the defacto slogan of K.Bin - you wanna get people off of Reddit? It's the content, stupid. Stop complaining that Reddit sucks - we KNOW it sucks - but K.Bin won't become the sane alternative if there's nothing to read or interact with, there.

I'm just one person, but I'm doing my part and I know others are doing the same. If we can transition from 1% of the crowd adding new content for the other 99% to lurk and read to 5% of the crowd adding new stuff for 50% of the crowd to respond to and the other 45% to lurk and read, we'll be well on our way to defeating Reddit.

Food for thought - have a great weekend.

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TIL that Ford filed a patent over technology that could remotely disable a car radio or air conditioner, lock someone out of a vehicle, or cause a car to constantly beep, if a car payment is missed. (fortune.com)
 

Ford Motor Co. has filed for a patent on technology that could remotely shut down your radio or air conditioning, lock you out of your vehicle, or prompt it to ceaselessly beep if you miss car payments. Ford said it has no plans to use the technology, contained in just one of the many patents filed by the auto-making giant.

Still, it emerges at a troubling time for car owners. Loan delinquencies have been steadily ticking back up from their pandemic lull. Cox Automotive data showed severely delinquent auto loans in January hitting their highest point since 2006. The use of technology to aid repossessions isn’t new, but the patent application is wide-ranging, even proposing the idea that an autonomous vehicle could drive itself to a “more convenient” location to be collected by a tow truck.

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TIL that many bugle players at military funerals are simply hitting a button to play 'Taps' as there aren't enough proficient bugle players to go around. (youtu.be)
 

Bugles Across America reveals secret about military funerals

Twitter’s rebrand to X may actually be happening soon in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] inkican@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

What a strange way to say "I have no idea what I'm doing - somebody please stop me."

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TIL During the 2000's, Google, Apple, Adobe, Intel, and several other mega corporations had a mutual agreement not to hire each other's employees in order to keep salaries low. This led to a 400 mil c (www.npr.org)
 

The suit alleged Google, Apple Intel and Adobe agreed not to recruit each others employees in order to drive down wages.

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TIL that rapper Redman outed MTV Cribs as completely fake and revealed that MTV would routinely rent out mansions to make guests appear wealthier than they were. (hiphophero.com)
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TIL Canadian researchers watched 'The Dr. Oz Show' and found that nearly 40% of the medical advice is not evidence-based, and 15% goes directly against evidence. (www.reliasmedia.com)
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TIL that a parrot named Willie alerted its owner, Megan Howard, when a toddler began to choke. Willie began screaming "mama, baby" while flapping its wings as the child turned blue, saving the girls l (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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TIL that Sigourney Weaver only earned $35,000 for Alien (1979) but got $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986) (www.joe.ie)
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TIL that producers of the 1980 STAR WARS Christmas music album replaced the lead singer for the track "R2-D2 We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with the 17 y/o kid who was sweeping floors at the studio, a (en.wikipedia.org)
 

Christmas in the Stars: Star Wars Christmas Album is a record album produced in 1980 by RSO Records. It features recordings of Star Wars-themed Christmas songs and stories about a droid factory where the robots make toys year-round for "S. Claus". Much of the album is sung and narrated by British actor Anthony Daniels, reprising his role as C-3PO from the Star Wars films, and written by composer-lyricist Maury Yeston. Sound designer Ben Burtt also provided sound effects for R2-D2 and Chewbacca. Production The album was produced by Meco Monardo (who had previously recorded Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), with the hope that this would be the first in a series of annual Star Wars Christmas albums. The title, the story, and the majority of the album's original songs, both music and lyrics, were written by Yeston, then a Yale University music professor who went on to become the twice Tony...

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TIL Mr. T stopped wearing virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the cleanup after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said, "I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectf (en.wikipedia.org)
I moved to Germany and regret it. I've felt unwelcome by the people, and not even the great healthcare can convince me to stay. in c/dach@feddit.de
[–] inkican@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Im Namen des amerikanischen Volkes entschuldigen wir uns für die Unruhe. Wie sagt man „Hauptcharaktersyndrom“ auf Deutsch?

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TIL that millennial dads are spending 3 times as much times with their kids than their fathers spent with them. Back in 1982, 43% of fathers admitted they'd never changed a diaper. Today, that number (www.mother.ly)
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