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It is a really good record
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big black turnout posted:What the gently caress is aja Not much, what's aja with you?
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Scrolling reddit as an Urban Planner is indeed very very frustrating.
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Heath posted:I can't find the down vote button!! Hi! I'm punctuation_bot! Don't worry - you're not in trouble! But try to avoid excessive punctuation, like doubling up exclamation marks. Make sure to upvote this / give me gold if you found me helpful!!
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Poohs Packin posted:Scrolling reddit as an Urban Planner is indeed very very frustrating. I think everyone who thinks Reddit is good and/or smart and has good info pretty much never go to subreddits for topics they already know a lot about. It's like, "oh, Reddit gave me good info on lawn mowers, batteries, and lighting!" and then they go into the subreddit for their profession and think "why is everyone so loving dumb here?!" It's a very human thing, kind of beautiful in a way.
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Imagine testing an audio system with anything other then Way Cool by the Freestyle Fellowship? Like, what are you even testing for?
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WHERE MY HAT IS AT posted:Has anyone else noticed that the frontpage (at least on r/all) has really quieted down since the 3rd party app ban?
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Deep Glove Bruno posted:aja is also a weird case as guys who install their own private mains transformers to their house to get better quality electricity for their colossal audiophile bass tomb (surprise!) are also not actually into music and love to test their new $30K cabling with aja because they can't think of any other music to put on This is not an exaggeration. I spent a few months working for one of those AV companies that runs sound and video systems for conventions at hotels. Our boss threw a BBQ one day and invited us over. He has this big system with a really over priced CD player (this was 1995ish) and just kept talking and talking about the album as it was playing and all the specs on his system and all the tweaking he'd done it make it sound whatever.
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4’33 is the only thing worth testing a sound system with.
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Code Jockey posted:Hi! I'm punctuation_bot! Don't worry - you're not in trouble! But try to avoid excessive punctuation, like doubling up exclamation marks. How do I downvote and take gold away?
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Code Jockey posted:Hi! I'm punctuation_bot! Don't worry - you're not in trouble! But try to avoid excessive punctuation, like doubling up exclamation marks. Good bot
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The regular /r/guitar subreddit is so funny. Mods are absolutely tyrannical and will band people almost at random for asking regular beginner questions, or for making a post that resembles a joke in any way. I just can't imagine what kind of person would mod like that, like what kind of person they are in real life. Its like the most pathetic iron fist ever, the most eyerolling display of "power" I've ever seen.
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syntaxfunction posted:I think everyone who thinks Reddit is good and/or smart and has good info pretty much never go to subreddits for topics they already know a lot about. Disagree. Its particularly difficult as a planner because it bleeds into local politics, transport, property, architecture, etc. The average person may not think they know much about mechanical engineering, aviation, or antique rugs, but a whole lot of people think they have the magical solution to fix whatever their particular bugbear is about [insert city], without even a rudimentary understanding of public economics or civil infrastructure. 90% of local city subs are full of rampant NIMBYs and naysayers. They're just there to complain, and it's completely pointless to engage people. Also, if your cite any sort of credentials Redditors who disagree have a tendency to dive into your post history and get super creepy. I had a pretty mild opinion on an initiative in my hometown and some guy followed me around the sub citing the fact that I don't live in the country anymore. Reddit is rear end.
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Yeah, that's what I was saying. Reddit doesn't know what the gently caress they're talking about, you only get that impression if you don't know anything about the topic. If you're, say, a composer, you go to a compositions subreddit and you see all the bullshit people say and you know they're full of poo poo, and pointing out they are is pointless. But if you don't know poo poo about composing then it might come off as real knowledge, purely based on naivety.
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Yeah I was only disagreeing that it's "kind of beautiful in a way". My particular profession bleeds into so much public life that people are just wrong everywhere and not in niche places. Its especially apparent in local subs which have been cited as one of the good and active parts of reddit. If I were a hex nut expert or something I probably wouldn't find the whole site as insufferable, just r/hexnuts or whatever.
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I meant the human experience of eventually realising Reddit is full of poo poo is kind of beautiful. Not the rest of it.
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Thank God lol
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Just in awe of us having a reasonable conversation without updoots or nested comments, fuckin wild hey.
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Poohs Packin posted:Just in awe of us having a reasonable conversation without updoots or nested comments, fuckin wild hey. Hello there
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redshirt posted:Hello there Do you like Star Trek?
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Poohs Packin posted:Do you like Star Trek? Yes and no! I love DS9 and TNG, feel middling about VOY, TOS is so old but it's the source, Enterprise was....
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Heath posted:It is a really good record Listening to it on YouTube and so far it's better than that awful Reelin' in the Years song of theirs that the boomer rock stations always play.
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redshirt posted:Yes and no! I love DS9 and TNG, feel middling about VOY, TOS is so old but it's the source, Enterprise was.... Yeah same. Any planning initiatives or property developments in your town you want to complain about?
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Poohs Packin posted:Yeah same. Any planning initiatives or property developments in your town you want to complain about? Hoo boy don't get me started. They've been working on the main road for 3 years now, it goes on and on, and they've put this speed curbing embankment which has the town chattering. You?
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syntaxfunction posted:I think everyone who thinks Reddit is good and/or smart and has good info pretty much never go to subreddits for topics they already know a lot about. Sometimes known as Gell-Mann Amnesia quote:Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray's case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the article is so wrong it actually presents the story backward—reversing cause and effect. I call these the "wet streets cause rain" stories. Paper's full of them.
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people just wanna complain about toll fees, not endure some guy saying they have eight masters degrees and dropping 19 paragraphs about why they're wrong
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Tiny Timbs posted:people just wanna complain about toll fees, not endure some guy saying they have eight masters degrees and dropping 19 paragraphs about why they're wrong "The customer is always right" ![]()
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for fucks sake posted:Sometimes known as Gell-Mann Amnesia Gell-Mann Amnesia sounds like a sweet 70's Prog Rock Band.
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SkyeAuroline posted:The largest sub that I have yet to find a substitute for is /r/worldbuilding. Yes, there's a lot of mediocre writing on there, but there's also a lot that's inspirational for my own project, and I like seeing what others are working on. The decent alternatives are: A bit late but you could try sufficient velocity. I mostly read the CYOAs there but there's a bunch of writing stuff too. It's not just scifi stuff ![]()
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Tiny Timbs posted:people just wanna complain about toll fees, not endure some guy saying they have eight masters degrees and dropping 19 paragraphs about why they're wrong Yes, and this is the problem.
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redshirt posted:Hoo boy don't get me started. They've been working on the main road for 3 years now, it goes on and on, and they've put this speed curbing embankment which has the town chattering. The regional train system is spending billions to tunnel under the river instead of creating greater connectivity on the outer network. Fares remain exorbitantantly high and the whole system still operates at a deficit. Meanwhile our mayors office just called public housing "Stalinist".
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Poohs Packin posted:The regional train system is spending billions to tunnel under the river instead of creating greater connectivity on the outer network. Fares remain exorbitantantly high and the whole system still operates at a deficit. Excellent.
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Poohs Packin posted:Yes, and this is the problem. I can see why you struggle with the reception you get lol Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 13:26 on Jul 12, 2023 |
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Tiny Timbs posted:I can see why you struggle with the reception you get lol You really edited this like 3 times until you landed on this zinger, hey. What part didn't you understand? I'll try to break it down for you.
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Nah I'm good, thanks
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Poohs Packin posted:You really edited this like 3 times until you landed on this zinger, hey. He doesn’t want to hear it but I’d like it in fine detail if you have a few hours.
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I dont, but here is a webinar from MIT about how experts and those in technical fields can more effectively communicate. https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/curse-knowledge-why-experts-struggle-to-explain-their-work Its made by nerds though and probably doesn't give any tips for how to not get dogpiled when stating convoluted, technical ideas like "people need houses", or "roads cost money".
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How do you feel about the recent push for more walkable cities? Do you think this is a fad or something that can actually gain some traction?
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I think the idea has legs, myself
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PortobelloPirate posted:How do you feel about the recent push for more walkable cities? Do you think this is a fad or something that can actually gain some traction? pitching this to pencilhands and wizard master, hoping to get them in a bidding war against each other
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