Thanks, great story (which I didn’t know) and some examples of why PHP is/was bad. Great write up!

What are those warts? I’m not trying to be a dick, I’m just not educated enough on this subject. Is it more the ease of use (needing much more lines of code to do something or you need to build things yourself since there isn’t a function for it) or more the way the language is build (multiple functions doing the same thing or misorder of arguments)? Or is it just the performance?

I started with PHP years back, shifted to Android/Java and then to C# (Xamarin) to Javascript (node.js/React(Native)). All in a hobby/personal project form, so I didn’t bump into problems with PHP most peofessionals seem to have and I still use it for API’s sometimes.

Funny that a lot of people responded by bashing on PHP, but I saw very little real arguments why PHP is so awful. What makes PHP that bad besides being the target of memes?
I mean “lame”, “old” or “dead” aren’t particularly convincing arguments.

Shit, I have a pea for a brain then. And yes, of course I tried it. Funny to know and indeed a great reminder.

Would these tools still work after the API change?

Funny, I always pictured the brain a bit bigger. Maybe due to TV series and such and because I couldn’t really judge what the size would be based on the head.
It sparked a controversial question in my mind, does a bigger brain make you smarter (so big headed people could be smarter). One page I came across (which looked at least a little legit) was this: Stanford Ask a neuroscientist

I think one of the big problems is that the mods are just as ‘addicted’ to reddit as the users are. The mods don’t want to lose their community. If it’s not for all the work that went into it and the joy they get out of it or for providing a community for a niche group, it’s for the ‘powertrip’ of being a mod.
So it’s also a case of selfdiscipline. Are they able to restrict themselves.

I have a VanMoof S5. I wanted an ebike to do some riding around town to avoid taking the car everywhere. And it succeeded. I take my bike for all rides that can be done in 40 minutes or less (one way). So that shaves quite a bit off my car usage.
Would I buy it again? If Veloretti didn’t bring out their ace two, I would’ve said ‘yes’. Now, I would at least test ride the Veloretti. The customer service of VanMoof is shit. I’ve send them two messages about different subjects. The oldest one is 1,5 month old and they never replied (outside their automatic replies). They said they would reply within 5 business days, and they can even make money if they reply. I knew this upfront, so it was a calculated ‘risk’.

Yes, Kbin/lemmy needs enough good and original content to flourish. What I currently miss is the niche subreddits on lemmy. For specific brands or particular products or hobbies it’s easy to find a community on reddit, but there are only a few already available on lemmy.