Calicosine"The most downvoted post in Stack Exchange history"
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/418563/native-ads-coming-to-comments
Ads in comments is horrifying. Late stage capitalism vibes.
TariqI've settled into a pattern of
1. asking a question on maths.stackexchange
2. getting some useful replies maybe
3. getting lots of "don't post this question" replies - almost all of which are baseless
4. deleting the question once I have enough useful replies
The root cause of this particular phenomenon is the over enthusiastic "senior members" who police a site that wants to be useful as an AI dataset*, and not a site that is useful for users - the two are not the same.
The only way to post a question that doesn't receive flames is to be an expert on the topic already and also the history of similar question going back 10 years.
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* or some other objective that is not about normal users who on the site precisely because they are not experts who know the answer and context already
Pomax<me> Show me new questions.
<Stackoverflow> Here are 12 questions from 2012~2018 that someone just fixed a typo in.
<me> I don't want to fucking answer these already answered questions.
<Stackoverlow> WHY ARE WE LOSING ENGAGEMENT!?
Hans-MartinLooks like #stackexchange is having issues - does anyone know more about the status?
N-gated Hacker NewsAh, the age-old existential crisis: what *is* a mathematician supposed to do? 🤔 Apparently, hang out on #MathOverflow, the place where number nerds unite to swap proofs and procrastinate on real problems. Who knew infinite wisdom could be found in a 183-site rabbit hole of Stack Exchange? 🙄🔢
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do #mathematics #existentialcrisis #StackExchange #numbernerds #HackerNews #ngated
https://mathoverflow.net/questions/43690/whats-a-mathematician-to-do #mathematics #existentialcrisis #StackExchange #numbernerds #HackerNews #ngated
Bardnet
Ethan BlackA nice article on how to ask good #forum questions.
HenningJust donated to @kiwix!
They do great work of making the download of various dictionaries and knowledgebases offline extremely easy!
This is essential for people in regions with bad internet, like a refugee camp.
I couldn't find any legal advice, which would be pretty important, apart from a general #StackExchange backup.
Spread the knowledge!
「ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛ」Fuck me, the Stack Overflow beta is *horrible*.
Question pages look like a bastard mix between Reddit and ChatGPT.
The answer text area is auto-focussed and hijacking browser shortcuts.
There is no visible separation between question and answers.
https://beta.stackoverflow.com/questions
#stackoverflow #stackexchange #softwaredevelopers #softwaredevelopment
JdeBPThe best part, given what news/magazine reviewers have had to suffer today, is that they can write the reviews ahead of the movie even being made, or even greenlit.
Google's AI refused; but I just asked #Bing to write a review and #MicrosoftCopilot just did so.
It gives the movie 4/5 stars.
So it's only a matter of time until the #Wikipedia article and Movies #StackExchange questions. (-:
@cstross
#USMovies #AIslop #WhenCrungusMetLoab #MelaniaTrump