John Roberts (u/johnr73)

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Hit my 100th show finished and my watch list is totally different now

I used to just grab whatever looked good on the main page of a streaming service. I'd watch the first episode of ten different things in a night and never finish any of them. About a year ago, I started keeping a list on my phone. I add a show only after reading a few reviews from people who like the same stuff I do. The big change was finishing 'Dark' on Netflix. That show needed my full attention, and it felt so good to see it through. Now I pick one show at a time and commit to it. My list is shorter, but I actually finish things and remember them. Does anyone else find they enjoy shows more when they watch them one at a time instead of jumping around?

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c/backlink-building•

johnr73•2mo ago

Heard a guy at the coffee shop say 'links are just digital handshakes'

He was telling his friend that a good backlink is like a real introduction, not just a name drop. It made me stop focusing on just getting my link on any site and start looking for places that actually fit my content. How do you figure out if a site is a good 'handshake' for yours?

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c/botany-lovers•

johnr73•2mo ago

Vent: My friend in Portland called my orchid care 'plant abuse'

She pointed out I was watering my Phalaenopsis twice a week, which was drowning the roots. I switched to the ice cube method, using three cubes once a week, and it's finally putting out a new spike. Has anyone else had a friend give you harsh but correct plant advice?

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c/ethical-tech-dilemmas•

johnr73•2mo ago

Hot take: I got pushback for saying AI art is just a tool, not theft

A few months back, I posted here that AI image generators are no different than Photoshop filters. A user named 'DataDriven' replied with a 2,000 word breakdown showing how the LAION-5B dataset scraped millions of images without clear consent. They argued it's a system built on taking work, not just building on it. I looked into it more and they were right about the scale. I changed my view. Now I think companies training these models need to get permission or pay people, full stop. How do we push for that without killing the tech completely?

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c/career-advice•

johnr73•2mo ago

I started turning my camera on for every single work meeting

Honestly, my company went fully remote in 2020 and for the first couple years I kept my camera off 90% of the time. I figured it didn't matter as long as I got my work done. Then, about six months ago, I decided to try an experiment and turn my camera on for every single internal call, even the quick 15-minute check-ins. Ngl, I expected it to be draining and maybe a little pointless. The weird thing is, the opposite happened. People started remembering my name more in cross-department projects, my manager mentioned my 'increased presence' in my last review, and I got pulled into a couple of cool initiatives I'm sure I would have been overlooked for before. It felt like I went from being a name on a Slack list to an actual person on the team. I'm not saying you need to do it, but has anyone else noticed a real difference in how they're perceived at work just from being more visible on video?

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