BTW Satan is a very cool guy, follow him on Twitter: @s8n

And people are seriously considering federating with Threads if it implements ActivityPub. Things have been so crazy recently that I think If Satan existed and started a Lemmy instance, probably there would still be people arguing in good faith for federating with him.

If I remember correctly, the properties the API returns are comment_score and post_score.

Lemmy does have karma, it is stored in the DB, and the API returns it. It just isn’t displayed on the UI.

It definitely helps me. It isn’t perfect, but it’s a night and day difference

someone watching you code in a google doc

I’ve had nightmares less terrifying than this

You can put spoilers in posts or comments this way:

::: spoiler Title
Secret
:::

Here is how it renders:

(AFAIK apps don’t render these correctly, only the website)

We should do an AmA with her!

Here people actually react to what I post and write. And they react to the best possible interpretation of what I wrote, not the worst. And even if we disagree, we can still have a nice conversation.

Does anyone have a good theory about why the threadiverse is so much friendlier? Is it only because it’s smaller? Is it because of the kind of people a new platform like this attracts? Because there is no karma? Maybe something else?

Made the switch 4 years ago. No regrets.

Here is your Lemmy Gold:

YAML is extremely complex for a configuration format and it has many really weird edge cases:

https://noyaml.com/

The problem is IMHO made worse because it looks so friendly at first glance.

Hungarian here. It is safe to drink without boiling. People only boil water for baby formula to be extra safe.

This describes 99% of AI startups.

The company I work for was considering using Mendable for AI-powered documentation search. I built a prototype using OpenAI embeddings and GPT-3.5 that was just as good as their product in a day. They didn’t buy Mendable :)

First, thank you for the detailed response.

Second, I think you finally convinced me to delete my FB. I will link to this comment wherever possible to show people what a terrible company Meta is.

Good humor is based on reality

This is frighteningly realistic

Can you tell us more about what they are like?

Your job is to do your tasks in the most efficient way possible. You actually harm the company by doing unnecessary busywork instead of using the best tools available.