😀 Tom
Does Hacker News count as social media?
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👨💻 William Young
Depends on definition, but I would say yes. It is a medium for people to share ideas and discuss them.
🏒 Lucian Marin
Hopefully the links section will become as interesting as hn.
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😀 Tom
Today I was reminded of a quote I posted here over 3 years ago: "In an artificial world, only extremists live naturally." - Paul Graham
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😀 Tom
Subreply is not addicting, so I pretty much only visit when I feel like sharing something, and then I see if anyone else has shared anything. There is no doomscrolling. I kind of like the "anonymity" of it, rather than it just being for friends. I suppose that's what Twitter was like, but I never used it and the UI didn't make sense to me. Subreply's UX doesn't make sense to some people, me included, but that's okay (re: how threads are displayed).
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👨💻 William Young
This is something that really resonates with me. It's s paradoxical problem for someone making a social media of trying to make something that is healthy by not gamifying it, but at the same time generating a network effect by people returning frequently. A great example that has tried to find this balance is BeReal.
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Derek Sivers
I have. Despite all the cost and fuss (space-age pod and salty water and showers), it was just a nice quiet place to lie down for an hour. Feel free to ask me anything about it. Curious to hear if anyone had a very different experience.
😀 Tom
I appreciate the offer. I'm not sure I really have any specific questions at this time. I first thought about them years ago, and it's just been an on-and-off curiousity since then. There is a local float center, so I supose I just need to try it at least once. I like the idea of medition, and I thought it could be used for relaxation, though I'm not sure at this point. I used to sauna for a while when I had the opportunity, and that was pretty relaxing. I guess I have a question: do you think it could be used for relaxing (any for the body besides just the mind)?
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👨💻 William Young
I had no idea it was this old! Happy sub-day
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🧿 Dav Bell
How to to back on the about page - from the mobile website pls edit: found it subreply.com/about edit2: why I can't reply to my message myself
😀 Tom
Has anyone here used a sensory deprevation chamber before?
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I have. Despite all the cost and fuss (space-age pod and salty water and showers), it was just a nice quiet place to lie down for an hour. Feel free to ask me anything about it. Curious to hear if anyone had a very different experience.
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☔ Johannes
I liked it a lot, actually. One of my favorite sci-fi series. And yes, I think I heard something about that! The Wandering Earth was made into a movie in 2019, but it seems kind of so-so unfortunately, I hope Remembrance of Earth's Past does better.
👨💻 William Young
What are the thresholds to actually keep your name? Haha.
☔ Johannes
Death's End by Liu Cixin, the third book in the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy. A to me in parts very cynical but intriguing take on the sci-fi genre.
🤔 Peter Kingsbury
Thanks for the info... cheers! 🍻
🦚 Paulo Koch
Is this the peanut row for watching Elon shoot himself in the foot?
👨🏻💻 Dylan Taylor
Ok this is neat
🦆 Konstantin Gorodinskii
What is up? Oh, there's an edit button here
Terry
for sure! still finding my way around
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Starting a thread so i can keep my account. Feel free to reply below to keep yours :D