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posted to MetaFilter by The Power Nap at 5:05 PM on August 18, 2020

STOP
posted to MetaFilter by sainttoad at 4:55 PM on August 18, 2020

Mordor
posted to MetaFilter by The Power Nap at 4:21 PM on August 18, 2020

Household of one, so no fridge wars over here. When there is condiment creep, when unauthorized vegetables that lack a Meal Trajectory get purchased, when leftovers last beyond "edible"... I do know who to blame. In an ideal world, this would mean that I would not HAVE condiment creep, unauthorized vegetables, or leftovers rotting into inedibility. *sigh*

Also in the fridge (in my high-humidity, bug and ant-prone dwelling): salt, flour, and sugar.
posted to MetaFilter by which_chick at 4:06 AM on August 18, 2020

Then it got weird??
posted to MetaFilter by evidenceofabsence at 2:08 PM on August 13, 2020

Fuck Google, too. Sure, they allow sideloading, but it’s not exactly a cakewalk.

I would encourage everyone to read the legal complaint. It addresses pretty much every counterargument I’ve seen online and in this thread. Assuming you think developers should be able to, you know, eat and buy clothes, they do not have any choice about whether to publish on Apple or Google.

Matchmaking and connectivity features? OK, if I forgo those, can I get a... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by adrianhon at 2:06 PM on August 13, 2020

I just rebuilt my website through Wix and found it intuitive and fairly easy. I was up and running in two days, with a fully functioning store. I also have easily embedded video and can't see any reason why you couldn't do all of what you need there. I compared Squarespace and Wix fairly deeply and found Squarespace to be too griddy and restrictive. Wix was much more flexible – allowing me to put stuff almost anywhere I wanted. (And trust me, I have a layman's definition of easy. Easy is not... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by lpsguy at 3:30 PM on August 9, 2020

Squarespace's templates only really work if you run a small restaurant or have an image-focused store: Things with few words and huge pictures. The customized coding was a nightmare, and the 24-7 helpline was a joke.

So another one for Wix. I don't like their templates, really, so I started from scratch, copying the structure of a website I did like. It also took me about two days, and it was a pleasure to do. Best website I ever made, and if you have a problem, they'll... [more]
posted to Ask MetaFilter by Violet Blue at 6:41 PM on August 9, 2020

If, heaven forfend, sciatrix were put in such a position that she were to feel that she needed an account wipe, would we require losing all 2113 comments, of which sciatrix contributed the link & prompt-quote and 18 comments?

*eyebrow* I'm. Really tired right now*, but since I got invoked this week...

I don't know whether karen is still an active member, but I am. If I am going to be a go-to example, I may as well share... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by sciatrix at 2:02 PM on August 9, 2020

Like how are you going to "preserve" the site when you actively drive people out?

I had a lot of "but integrity of the site" type thoughts at first, and after reading people's responses the last few weeks it's now crystal clear to me they were likely motivated by a pernicious sort of Village Preservation Society conservatism that in a physical community I'd have little but frustration and anger at - an anger and frustration that I... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Jon Mitchell at 2:09 PM on August 8, 2020

I presume someone just had their account deleted since I noticed 17 "favorites" vanish from my count, which I admittedly follow with unhealthy regularity. It is a little disconcerting as a user to have my own comment history destructively modified for reasons beyond my control, but if the reason is for the safety of others, it is an acceptable state of affairs. This site is not "an archive." It is a community with archival functions, which said functions... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by grumpybear69 at 9:50 AM on August 6, 2020

My opinion is always going to be that we should elevate the needs of marginalized users over the preservation of the archive.
posted to MetaTalk by all about eevee at 8:56 AM on August 6, 2020

I can't believe you've done this
posted to MetaFilter by saturday_morning at 8:54 AM on August 7, 2020

Are you there, Death? It's me, pubic hair.
posted to MetaFilter by grumpybear69 at 6:27 AM on August 7, 2020

During my undergrad, I did something similar but much smaller in scope and professionalism with Law & Order. It was mostly an excuse to watch a lot of Law & Order and to read Law & Order episode summaries on the Internet, which were two things I was doing anyway. I don't have the paper anymore, but if you discounted alcoholism, almost all of the mentally ill people on law and order are depicted as perpetrators of crimes, rather than as victims. Including alcoholism, it still held... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by jacquilynne at 8:28 AM on August 6, 2020

"Jaundice may be missed or not recognized in a baby with darker skin color." (CDC.gov fact sheet)
posted to MetaFilter by Iris Gambol at 6:51 PM on August 5, 2020

Several friends are in the hospital; several are missing. The devastation is extraordinary. Parts of Gemmayzeh and Mar Mikhael are flattened. The rage is palpable, with more destruction from the hands of Lebanon’s political elites/warlords.
posted to MetaTalk by Ahmad Khani at 8:59 AM on August 5, 2020

Before reading the article I assumed he'd stuck it in as a placeholder to fix later. But no, he's just astonishingly lazy.
posted to MetaFilter by Stoof at 9:49 AM on August 4, 2020

So you know how he says this is what happens when you spend a good amount of quarantine watching theme park YouTube. ?

Yeah, hi, that's me. Except it's not just quarantine, it's been for like a year, and I apparently can't get enough of 4K low-light perfect filming of attractions, or histories of attractions, or the collection of Disney themed channels, even ones that annoy me but I can't. stop. watching.

I used to go to Disneyland every year.... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Katemonkey at 2:24 PM on August 3, 2020

My neighborhood is a little island of cobblestone streets and old trees surrounded on three sides by some of the highest traffic thoroughfares in the city. A 40 acre oasis in the middle of the urban chaos, it is about 5C cooler than the surrounding city and very quiet in comparison.

Flora:
On the streets, free for all, are three types of avocado trees, the one just outside my house produces little fruits that are 80% stone and 20% flesh, perfect for guacamole,... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Dr. Curare at 12:35 PM on August 3, 2020

My elderly parents have moved into my neighbourhood. I've spent the last month helping with sprucing the place up, and then all the moving logistics. Their grandchildren are delighted to have their grandparents near (they used to live an hour's drive away).
posted to MetaTalk by Harald74 at 12:42 AM on August 2, 2020

Reading the tombstones outside the Haunted Mansion was probably in my top three favourite things about going to Disneyland when I was a little kid. Tombstones, the cars you could drive yourself and eating a lot of Dole Whip.
posted to MetaFilter by jacquilynne at 10:25 AM on August 3, 2020

Hello, I love all of this. My cousin used to work for a company that did interior sculpture work like this, I think mostly for casinos (less elaborate, but more regular work I'm sure), but also for at least one local theme park, and I've always been in awe of all that goes into it.

I know that when I'm in line for a ride at a park that I try to appreciate everything that goes into the experience, but I know I only notice a fraction of what's going on. I can remember the... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by rhizome at 10:01 AM on August 3, 2020

This feels ... important.
posted to MetaFilter by minervous at 7:06 PM on July 29, 2020

All three of my kids, at about 4-5, liked to send their FAVORITE things by emoji to all their favorite people. My oldest would send ALL the train emojis to everyone he liked. My middle child favored certain animals (especially tigers), space emoji, and explosions. And my youngest, who is 4, wants to send the rainbow, the unicorn, Saturn, and all the different-colored hearts.

My good friend's 7-year-old likes to play a game where he texts me a single emoji and I reply... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Eyebrows McGee at 5:14 PM on July 29, 2020

Oh man, my child also went through this phase of texting long strings of seemingly random emojis. Adults would reply with their own set of emojis, which would frustrate her to no end because “they don’t make any sense.” So yeah, it seemed like she was communicating something none of us could grasp.
posted to MetaFilter by Missense Mutation at 4:56 PM on July 29, 2020

My almost 10 year old daughter, who has an iPad since before she could speak, definitely communicated like this when she was 5-6. Maybe a single world followed by like one billion emojis.

Some real world examples:

🐎🐎🐎🐶🐶🐣 👩🏻👨🏻🌹🌺❤️🍀🍉🐶🐎🍇💜☄☀️💕💝👨🏻👩🏻🐥🐣💗💛💙💚💋💎💞💖💘♥️♦️🌷🌸😘😅i what crying... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by sideshow at 3:48 PM on July 29, 2020

Morning, everyone!

Stuff for the to-do list:
- member surveys
- maxwelton's practical list of housekeeping - as I said, gonna go ahead and just start doing this.

Things to think about and/or document:
- Service Level Agreements
- Code of Conduct
- expected Metatalk duration
- private feedback channels (the contact form is absolutely the go-to for this at the moment and... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by restless_nomad at 6:43 AM on July 27, 2020

The closing of all the recent MeTa threads feels really weird. The idea that MeTa needs to be reigned in when it rapidly outstrips staffing capacity makes sense if the assumption is that community discussion needs to be carefully managed at all times by staff-- but why is that the case?
posted to MetaTalk by dusty potato at 10:31 AM on July 24, 2020

The participants in MeTas should not be conflated with the community as a whole. Frankly, in my experience as a moderator, setting boundaries on dialogues is very important, and can actually resolve ambiguities and provide more clarity around when and how feedback is appropriate to give, roles of community members, and expectations.

I think it will require a period of adjustment from many MeTa participants, but I think people may be surprised at its efficacy.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by smoke at 8:38 AM on July 24, 2020

I am also... around a little more regularly. Not quite back, but visiting.
posted to MetaTalk by jessamyn at 9:09 AM on July 23, 2020

man rambalac has been at it a long time
posted to MetaFilter by anazgnos at 8:18 AM on July 20, 2020

Came back to add that at the start of lockdown a MeFite sent me a mask she had made; I have worn it a lot and it always gives me warm thoughts to remember that she sent it.
posted to MetaTalk by paduasoy at 2:55 AM on July 19, 2020

My new kidney!

Some of you may recall that I turned down a kidney transplant match at the end of March, which at the time felt as if it were well into the COVID crisis but was only the beginning. Taking on surgery at that moment felt entirely suicidal. I'd fully braced myself to lean deep into my four years of dialysis (and counting) and wait at least another two years for a match, but when another call came in May, it felt like a miracle in progress and so I took it.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by mochapickle at 3:58 PM on July 18, 2020

Rita at the UPS Store is new in my life.

I went in recently to ship a package. I almost NEVER ship packages. In fact, one of the few times I ship packages is for the Metafilter Secret Quonsar. So a few weeks ago I went to ship something and I give her my phone number and she looks up my info.

"Jim 'Bondcliff' [last name]?"

"Uh... yeah... that's me."

"What's the deal with... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by bondcliff at 2:34 PM on July 18, 2020

Also, there's something very weird about the deliberate amateurishness being presented by professionals, on a platform designed to encourage at least some forms of amateurism, on a channel owned by a different platform determined at all costs to keep the amateurs out.
posted to MetaFilter by pykrete jungle at 12:20 PM on July 17, 2020

I cannot see the recipe linked to, alas. This is the watermelon recipe I used. I live in Sweden but have never gotten into licorice. Cardamom, on the other hand, has become my jam. Yum.
posted to MetaTalk by Bella Donna at 2:25 PM on July 17, 2020

I was able to go to an outdoor lunch here. I am a simple eater, so I've never had a lunch like that in my life -- first nuts, cheese, and fruit, then oysters, then a soup shooter, then sorbet, then fried chicken, new potatoes, and salad, then some kind of desert-y thing, and then a cookie. I think I may have forgotten a course in there somewhere. There were lovely details like edible blossoms, and a very nice wine. The whole thing took 2 hours and was very expensive but worth every penny.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by JanetLand at 1:23 PM on July 17, 2020

Going To Maine: Yeah, I was just about to bring up Reddit as a point of comparison. For those who aren't familiar, Reddit provides a couple of different options for scrubbing your history. You can delete individual posts/comments, in which case they are replaced with a "[deleted]" marker. Or you can delete your entire account, which doesn't actually delete your content, but anonymizes it (your username shows up as "[deleted]" and your profile page... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by teraflop at 9:39 PM on July 14, 2020

if we let two twitter accounts fuck up the whole of metafilter, then we should just surrender now.

i've always been proud that we teach here, instead of giving up.

i just edited my profile page, because i don't want any blowback. I guess I'm a coward.

i considered it back during that last thingy, and i went and looked at some members who kept their shit static. i respect them for being bold.

i... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by valkane at 11:23 PM on July 13, 2020

I think it's also worth considering whether keeping indefinite archives (especially of comments) is a good idea at all, or whether at some point they become more of a liability (both for individual users, and for the site as a whole) than a benefit.
posted to MetaTalk by Pyry at 6:57 PM on July 13, 2020

Well. I'm gobsmacked. Years on Mefi and I had no clue that members here were being harrassed on other sites. I feel terrible for those who have suffered such invasive trauma and find it hard to understand why on earth anyone would feel the urge to do such a thing. So sorry for everyone who has felt unsafe because of these shitty actors.
posted to MetaTalk by jokeefe at 5:23 PM on July 13, 2020

It’s 1 am in Sweden so I’m off to bed. I keep thinking 2020 can’t get worse and then I start reading a MetaTalk thread and discover it is worse, a lot worse. Thank you for this post, divabat. I am so so sorry to hear that you and so many others here have suffered from such vile harassment. I get that my feelings are virtually useless and pretty much empty words but apart from becoming a twitter monitor I don’t know what else to offer right this minute. That is inadequate, for sure.
posted to MetaTalk by Bella Donna at 4:23 PM on July 13, 2020

I personally, for a long time, assumed that ignoring it would mean the harasser got bored and went away, which is often the given advice and where the experts I sought advice from started from when I first sought advice. Over time their advice to me changed as the situation became more clear. It's a bit of a frog-in-the-pot situation where most jerks you DO ignore and they go away, and by the time you realize this one isn't going to, you're pretty traumatized and distressed and decision-making... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Eyebrows McGee at 3:26 PM on July 13, 2020

These accounts have targeted me extensively -- and not just on twitter -- for over 18 months. It has been relentless. They doxxed me, my extended family, harassed relatives of mine at work. They have spread outright lies about things they claim I said and did. They have sent me death threats, and threats relating to my children.

I have spoken with several lawyers, law enforcement (before this year), and a cybersecurity investigator. I have been told, repeatedly, that a)... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by Eyebrows McGee at 2:22 PM on July 13, 2020

That's really shitty news, especially considering that the Sleeping Giants tactic (and branding) has been replicated here in Brazil with explosive success — 200K followers in a week, 400K after two months, state chapters etc. It's had more impact than the US original and I remember Rivitz tweeting something along the lines of "my baby, it grew up so fast" with no mention of Jammi at all, what an asshole.

Fake news is hardcore shit around these parts, with heavy... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Tom-B at 3:43 PM on July 10, 2020

Like so many other places; too many people will sit and watch as a past is destroyed. One generation will remember it; right or wrong; and the next will have about zero knowledge of it.

I can say that the entire Vietnam war was but a half-column eight line paragraph in many a high school history book in the early 80's. Scant writing; little knowledge to even read about. Pretty sure that in 20 years China won't be so generous with their own educational coverage of... [more]
posted to MetaFilter by Afghan Stan at 7:15 AM on July 4, 2020

Wow, this is a new flavor of "nonpology", right? We're seeing the birth of something new here, aren't we? Woke white dude cops to being terrible, just the worst, you're right, he's wrong, guilty as charged, he accepts the blame. THE END. No concrete action. No attempts at restitution. No promised changes in future. And the apology isn't even made personally to the wronged party, it's just thrown up on social media. Dude. Bravo!
posted to MetaFilter by MiraK at 12:54 PM on July 10, 2020

Salad bars made supermarkets a “destination.”

This seems like hyperbole.
posted to MetaFilter by selfnoise at 8:15 AM on July 9, 2020

This will be problematic.

Not if frimble knows their regexp.

As someone who has done text analysis in the past, even if you are good at regexes there will be many corner cases. It will be hard, and there will be metatalks, and we will need to be cool with it. G-- as a beverage is or verb is going to be hell.
posted to MetaTalk by Going To Maine at 12:07 PM on July 7, 2020