@emaytch i'll never refer to these as anything but Sex Offender Glasses

@mhoye "BUT AT WHAT COST??"

@samir @janl (this is strictly a "yes, and" to your point, to be clear) the way i've tried to think of it is that much like "good person", a hero is a particular moment in a person's life rather than some status that one attains. i have values, and various people over the years have taught me those or embodied them in particular moments, for which i admire them and am grateful. but later they might turn against those values, and i can criticize that without losing what's most important.

@grumpygamer "network effects" are a killer! kinda means an alternative needs to be overwhelmingly better all at once to make a dent, which rarely happens.

@mhoye yeah that's kind of the more serious "thing you can actually do" version

software where if enough users set a preference a certain way it becomes the new default

@zzt "you think the metaverse is going to fail!? but look at how many phds they have working for them!!" yeah well they went to work for mark zuckerberg so how fuckin smart are they really

@zzt ah yes, the "best and the brightest" i hear people talk so much about.
(i personally loathe that phrase when it's used to plead for expensively educated employees of ffffucking advertising companies)