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Changing the meaning of what is being summarized is not useful.

It gives a rough idea of article length without needing to scroll down. Like remaining time on a video.

If it is a topic I’m interested with a two minute read time there probably isn’t anything of value beyond the headline. If I don’t really care and it is a 30 minute read time, there is a high likelihood that I will lose interest before finishing.

Since I read pretty fast, the estimates tend to be higher than it actually takes, but it still gives me something to use to determine whether I want to start reading.

Maybe they are fine with abusing personal data but draw the line at literal rape.

At least they have some morals.

I thought Dave had beefy weightlifter legs, but this makes them look like chicken legs.

All that money and updates still require restarts.

It apparently works well enough.

I didn’t think I agree that it’s condescending.

The context is whether the person asking the question was involved in the process that went wrong and if the person who screwed up should know better. We are probably thinking of different situations, like how ‘bless your heart’ can be positive or negative depending on context.

If one person screwed up, saying ‘we’ comes across as patronizing because it generally means the person asking knew how to avoid the situation and expected the person who screwed up to know as well. Like if someone didn’t disconnect the power to a thing like they are supposed to because they were in a hurry and shocked themselves, saying ‘what should we do next time’ would be condescending. That would be very different than discovering a new fault in a group process and asking a team (adults) what should be done next time. “We found out that the plan to handle case Y didn’t work, how do you think we can prevent it next time” is not condescending because it is being asked to a group of adults (plural) for something new. “How do you think it can be avoided” would also not be condescending if asked for a single person.

It sounds nitpicky, but it is really nuance. Saying ‘we’ when the right thing is known is condescending for adults, but makes it easier for children who are learning to not take it so personally.

Tommy Boy is a Chris Farley movie that David Spade is in.

So the only answer is Emporer’s New Groove.

The first is problem solving, the second is blaming.

The first is phrased in a way that is condescending for an adult.

The behavior is inappropriate regardless of the reason.

There are tons of things that people do that are considered asshole or not asshole depending on who is involved, the context, and intentions.

Pointing out someone’s addiction issues is often a social offense because ‘everyone knows it’ and it causes trouble. But interventions are things, and friends calling someone out in public might be the way it gets through to them.

Sometimes people make fun of others in public which is fine if both of them are fine with it and they avoid certain topics, but those can vary widely by person and the audience.

Hell, pointing out that someone is being an asshole is often considered inappropriate!

Intention matters.

It matters up to a point where the negatives outweigh the good intentions, same as everyone else.

Hell, not even that many rich people any more due to all the consolidation.

But what’s the alternative?

Posting the information on an official page and creating links with summaries on social media.

Just put it on the platform most people are using and don’t add extra steps to see what’s needed.

Most, but not all people should be a deal breaker for a public service announcement.

I can play any number multiple repetitive/nonlinear games that don’t require keeping track of a story or events. So racing games, most FPS, etc. Right now I can switch between Helldivers 2, Call of Duty, Forza Horizon, Valheim, Tekken, and so on at the drip of a hat. I do end up customizing controls so they are similar within a genre, so HD and COD get trmapped to my standard first person shooter control scheme.

But I cannot stay engaged with more than one game that has a storyline/things to rememeber like the Witcher, Red Dead Redemption 2, or Horizon Zero Dawn even if they have handy in game reminders for what to do. Switching between stories is my dealbreaker for playing at the same time. I also have trouble sticking with a story long enough to complete those types of games which is a bummer because I like the idea of them.

No, because a focus on quality would require defining quality and then curating the content through some kind of process that would not end up being ‘social media’.

Quality will never be defined by popularity, which is the entire focus of social apps.

In written media, including scripts, it is just easier for readers to understand sci fi aliens as ‘human but different’ which is along the same lines as why robots are mostly bipedal human shaped. It also allows for stories about humans, since that is the basis for a lot of sci fi stories as well.

So time and effort restrictions too!

Yeah, AI is making the same practices worse, but tryijg to destroy the concept of the minimum wage goes back to at least the early 80s if not before.

I think for even the shortest delivery of a place 10 minutes away with a 2 mile distance is supposed to tip at least $5. and if the delivery is done in 30 minutes, that’s an effective wage of $15/hour, that is, if they get orders back-to-back.

Since these shitty companies don’t provide vehicles or gas money most of that $15 is going to vehicle costs.

When I delivered for a pizza place in the late 90s in a midwest college town with my own car I got 15-20 per hour between base pay, gas and car use subsidy, and tips. That business was 90% deliveries, so the delivery was baked into the cost.

I’ve never used the third party delivery apps because it was clear their business model was going to screw over the drivers from the beginning.