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And if more federal employees quit because of the poor conditions, it’s just more people they don’t have to worry about laying off.
Re:Group Chats Rule the World on Thursday June 13, 2024 @03:01PM (#40673288)
This might just be me, but I actually hate these things. They always feel forced and corny and seeing the notification in a channel and thinking it is something interesting only to have it be another copy paste good morning message is distracting and annoying.

I fully acknowledge I may be the odd one out here, as I find any repeated action like this quickly becomes either noise that gets ignored or creates a sense of obligation that breeds resentment.

Even discord’s welcome emotes feel super fake and shallow. I’d rather people actually send human messages or not say anything.

Old man rant over.

Re:Ask HN: Which great products didn't succeed? on Sunday April 07, 2019 @01:05PM (#19598179)
Have you seen Focals? They seem to be a spiritual successor to glass, though focused more on the form factor (looking like a normal pair of glasses) than matching all the features glass had (as part of the Google ecosystem). North only has a few stores so not many people have actually tried them out.
Re:Fonts in Use on Friday October 23, 2015 @11:01AM (#10438982)
How'd you set that up? Aka I'd love to copy you as that sounds like the ideal way to view this site.
Re:Y Combinator Fellowship 2015 Application Videos on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:24AM (#9968797)
Yeah, exactly. This was part of a larger application (the rest of which was very focused on the product) so the video was just meant to be a short (<1 minute) intro.