I was already entertaining the idea of a Lemmy switch after they announced the imminent death of my beloved RiF. Lemmy was mentioned many many times in the 3rd party app threads discussing the api changes.
They went ahead and hastened my transition by permabanning me (and two of my alts) for "report abuse" since I dared to regularly report all the obvious spam bots that filled so many subs. Meh. I could have made more alts but really just didn't give a fuck at that point. Sure hope Spez's pedo ass enjoys his already failing IPO.
I have a suggestion. You may find it beneficial to add a multiple-selection question about the primary types of communities that Lemmy users subscribe to. E.g, "what are the communities you primarily use on Lemmy: Tech, Sports, DIY, Politics, Gaming, Memes/Funny" etc.
It will give you a better view of the kind of user demographic that preferred to migrate vs stay on Reddit.
You might also want to add an option for "Niche/special content" as one of the reasons I miss Reddit. Because that is the #1 thing I miss, finding random car subs that could answer all sorts of mechanical questions.
Change your user agent to Chrome/Windows. 99% of the time, weirdness will go away.
I have daily driven Firefox for about 8 years now. There is exactly 1 (one) site that I've had not work in FF because of an actual incompatibility that user agent switching didn't fix. Is one single site worth feeding Google's monopoly?
It's only there to save money. Otherwise they would see themselves as being defrauded if people bought life insurance policies for 2 months and then jumped off a bridge to get money for their family- their rate-of-return calculations don't like that.
Remember. Insurance companies are not in the business of protecting clients, they are in the business of extracting monthly payments. Everything they do, every bit of inane crazy backwards bureaucracy they build, is EXCLUSIVELY to maximize incoming payments while minimizing payouts. This applies to car, home, life, health, and every other form of insurance out there. And life insurance is one of the most loosely regulated types (aka, the worst). Yes its technically discrimination, but they couldn't give a rats ass about anyone killing themselves, since it isn't a legally protected class they only care about not paying for it.
If you don't use extra lean ground beef for chili, and then don't drain it well during cooking, the fat and grease will tend to separate the rest of the sauce and give it a weird oily texture. The plant based stuff doesn't have that grease so it's harder to fuck up. If prepared right the real meat still tastes better. You also have to heavily season it during cooking.
Some of the best chili I ever had was actually made using seasoned ground turkey. Because that's naturally a lean meat.
So far the only places I've gone with valet parking are using it to charge $30 an hour as extra profit, just because it's valet. Totally normal parking garage otherwise, no increased density or double parking. Very much not a fan.
I've had talks with a few PhD's and a few masters and bachelor's in mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering. Both in my current industry and at my university.
I am not doing a Ph.D, so take my comment with a large grain of salt. But the consensus I've gotten from those I've talked to about specifically engineering disciplines is:
Get a Ph.D if you'll want to become a university professor, or get into research/R&D at national labs.
Get a bachelor's and/or a bachelors+masters if you want a normal career anywhere else in any industry. Many companies have programs where you get a bachelor's, go get a couple years of work experience at an entry level engineering job, and have the company pay for the master's a few years later as you can take a masters program part time.
The trap I've had described to me is that Ph.D's often become over qualified for typical industry entry-level positions, and the number of Ph.D specific postions much narrower and specialized, making job seeking after graduation actually harder than if you simply got a normal bachelor's with one summer internship. Of course once you get in your salary will be much higher- offset by some degree by the extra 100k in student loans you'll likely have.
Ph.D's specialize in much narrower fields than undergrads, so lateral mobility is reduced once you're "set" in a specific field and industry.
It's also incredibly difficult to complete compared to undergrad, and will require a ton more of your time- time that could have been spent developing earning potential and a normal life.
I know it's definitely not for me- I don't even know if I could survive long enough mentally to go through a master's program. But your mileage may vary, of course, depending on where you want to take your life.
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Of course its an Oregon driver...