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Jesse is smarter than what we give him credit for. in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 2 years ago

Until someone adds a leap second

I'm a beautiful woman, most men would say "yes" to me but I'll never know until I stop being shy, low self-esteem, awkward, aloof. How to get from "Whoa I'm attracted to him," to sealing the deal? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Also works for attracting a certain set of men.

Angus Deaton on inequality: ‘The war on poverty has become a war on the poor’ in c/hackernews@derp.foo

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I wondered why Angus Deayton was suddenly talking about inequality for a second there...

I won’t download your stupid app in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Is it going to boost profits though? This sort of thing is always presented as an easy way to boost ad revenue but when you're selling ads at the volume reddit is I would have thought click-through rate would be king and it's going to decimate that.

The Peasant Life in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 112 points 2 years ago (19 children)

I mean, the actual source for this statistic is usually "The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline of Leisure" by Juliet Schor who in turn got the number from an unpublished paper written by Gregory Clark in 1986. Clark did eventually publish a paper in 2018 where he increased his estimate to 250-300 days (which may still be less than some modern workers work).