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Kolanaki, in What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?”
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker bought the real Casa Bonita and improved everything all around; from the decor and atmosphere, the food and drinks, and pays the staff, IIRC, $32/hour.

It’s not a big conglomerate, but it’s the closest example I could even think of.

JakeBacon, in What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?”

Minecraft maybe? I would say at the minimum it’s a net neutral but considering how far off the deep end Notch is now I imagine it was a good thing.

OrekiWoof, in What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?”

GitHub started adding new good features after being acquired by Microsoft

aes,

didn’t they like… scrape everyone’s open source code for an ai and then gatekeep that shit to their own infra?

otter, in Moving from reddit rn, a good place to get started?

Welcome! I’d recommend subscribing to !communitypromo, to see recommendations over time.

We also have a guide for finding new communities here: lemmy.ca/post/5581032, which I’ve copied below for you.


A great way to find lesser known communities is to look at the /communities page on an instance. For example: lemmy.ca/communities

For a list of instances to look through:

  • pangora.social (NEW): Great way to find instances related to a particular topic. This is also great for picking an instance when first making an account/moving accounts.
  • awesome-lemmy-instances: not that organized, but it

🔎 Search pages


🔥 Apps and Browser Extensions


🙌 Communities for discovering new communities:

Here are some other communities, some of which are less active:

Remember, you can also post questions about finding new communities right here!


👽 Coming from Reddit?

Pons_Aelius, in Those who didn't initially want kids, but got influenced/pressured by their partners, how that played out?

I was pressured by my partner to have children. I had said from the outset of the relationship that I didn't want kids. That was all fine, for the first year-18 months, Then things started to change.

how that played out?

We did not have children, we are no longer together.

Omega_Haxors, in Those who didn't initially want kids, but got influenced/pressured by their partners, how that played out?

My cat wanted to have kittens. I did not. They had other plans. Three beautiful kittens. Sold Two. Kept the one who snuggles up with me every night and purrs me to sleep. Wake up to this now: ::: spoiler image Two snuggle kittens

No longer against the idea.

zero_iq,

OMG I can’t believe you had the audacity to write an answer about cats in response to a serious question that is clearly about goats.

papabobolious, in Those who didn't initially want kids, but got influenced/pressured by their partners, how that played out?

I always liked kids, but never saw myself having any.

I met a girl who was dead set on children and already ended a long relationship due to the partner not wanting kids.

I decided I could have one kid, as long as it was a few years in the future so I could do stuff you don’t really do when you have kids.

Years went by, pregnancy happened. Having a kid is exhausting but at the same time having a kid who considers you their most important person in the world is an amazing high and something you will never experience by babysitting someones kid.

I don’t regret having my child, I love my child very much and they surprise me every day with how capable they are of stuff, to the point I am amazed this little person is related to me at all.

I’m at peace with my decision even if I had other plans and might sometimes miss what could’ve been with less responsibility, but at the same time I will grow older and I will have less responsibility as my child gets older too. And as one grows older I imagine running around town being up to no good gets old as well.

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

Thanks for sharing this

tweeks, in Those who didn't initially want kids, but got influenced/pressured by their partners, how that played out?

She wanted to stay with me even without kids, but after the first days I saw her become an empty shell of a person. This was her meaning of life, apparently even more than we both thought. I could leave her, but that felt horrible as well.

Now we have a kid; the first few years were a personal nightmare for me because of mental health issues. Lack of sleep icw depression and what more makes parenting extra intense. I tried with all my might to not let it affect our child, I hope I managed to so far.

It’s a lot better now, the kid is great and I’m amazed how much love I feel, but I always feel guilty. For giving life (something that goes against my principles as I did not want to be born myself) and for not being able to 50/50 care because of the mental shit that makes me unable to. Aside from that the usual, missing my freedom, the continuous responsibility.

I would not do it again in a reset of my life, not because of the kid who I genuinely think is great, but due to my lack of mental health, which has the potential each and everyday to ruin it all for them (which is a compulsive intrusive thought in my mind). But I hang on, I try to.

With all the love and respect, I would not recommend anyone in my situation.

PlasmaDistortion, in Do y'all have any suggestions on how to stimulate an unruly puppy?

Your dog wants love and attention, not distractions. That may change a bit as they get older but some dogs are just this way.

glad_cat, in For the thing you're in charge of, what does it take to do a good job?

Programmer:

Don’t be a smart ass, write good code that others can improve.

Listen to everyone: others programmers, managers, clients, bosses, etc.

Follow all the procedures, don’t pretend you’re above anything.

Read books because the programming world is changing once or twice a year, and you don’t want to be the guy who is behind the current trends and best practices.

figaro, in What’s a company that objectively improved after it got “bought out?”

Motorola, while it was owned by Google, was actually quite good. The Moto g and the Moto x line were started in that era. The original Moto x was one of the best looking phones I’ve ever used.

serial_crusher, in For the thing you're in charge of, what does it take to do a good job?
@serial_crusher@lemmy.basedcount.com avatar

Software engineer.

Understand requirements even when they’re not communicated clearly (or when you have to guess and make them up yourself)

Tell an idiot they’re wrong without telling them they’re an idiot.

Write code other people can maintain.

variants, in Why it seems a majority of political communities are left-sided?

Most people dislike that everything is being dragged down for profit margins instead of taking care of humanity

bloopernova, in Why it seems a majority of political communities are left-sided?
@bloopernova@programming.dev avatar

“Reality has a well-known liberal bias” Steven Colbert

AngryHumanoid,

Close: “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.”

Mister_Rogers, in Why it seems a majority of political communities are left-sided?

To try to give you a genuine answer, perhaps because 1) Lemmy is a left leaning environment generally, 2) if you're American, because the majority of the western and 1st world countries are dramatically more left leaning than the US (I live in Canada, and your democrats are more right wing than our main right wing political party)

Narrrz,

here in NZ, our last right-wing leader laughed aloud when asked if he was religious, on national tv, and said no.

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