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clusterduck28

So I think the best strat here is for the users who did get the new layout to just stop using the desktop version of the site for a while, like a week or a month or however long their 'experiment' is supposed to last, while the users who didn't get the new layout should keep using the desktop version like normal or, perhaps, use it even more than usual.

My guess is that they're doing basic A/B testing on the new layout to see if it would boost engagement: the userbase is split roughly 50/50 between the 2 versions and they are going to be comparing the engagement data between the 2 groups of users to see if it's worth it switching everyone to the new layout or not.

Basically, if you got the new layout and don't like it - don't use it. If engagement metrics of group B (new layout) are lower than those of group A (no change), the experiment will be considered a failure and they will have to reverse the change.

If your tumblr suddenly looks like twitter - it's a sign to log off and go touch some grass! (or just use the mobile app since that engagement data isn't relevant to this particular experiment)

#I have it it's atrocious and I'm gonna bounce now
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dogtoling
Anonymous asked:

i need more cute ways to enrich baby inklings omg

dogtoling answered:

youre in luck anon

there's definitely more stuff you should do with a child. but start with these and you can't go wrong! inkfish hatchlings are surprisingly intelligent and they learn fast and start moving around and developing pretty quickly, so you can start doing most of this stuff in the first week or two.

Bonus:

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principleofplenitude
“The first note known to have sounded on earth was an E natural. It was produced some 165 million years ago by a katydid (a kind of cricket) rubbing its wings together, a fact deduced by scientists from the remains of one of these insects, preserved in amber. Consider, too, the love life of the mosquito. When a male mosquito wishes to attract a mate, his wings buzz at a frequency of 600Hz, which is the equivalent of D natural. The normal pitch of the female’s wings is 400Hz, or G natural. Just prior to sex, however, male and female harmonise at 1200Hz, which is, as Michael Spitzer notes in his extraordinary new book, The Musical Human, ‘an ecstatic octave above the male’s D’. ‘Everything we sing’, Spitzer adds, ‘is just a footnote to that.’”

— “Symphony of a Thousand Millennia“ from Literary Review

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runningforthemills
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me when i fucking hit something me when i fucking hit something me when i fucking hit something me when i

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farflypants
lightkrets312 asked:

oatmeal poll op and the salt thing is wild to me, but like... is it to bring out the sweetness of the food? (genuine question)

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farflypants answered:

The salt brings out the flavor of the oats and rounds out the sweetness. Plain oatmeal doesn't have any in it and can be very bland. Just like most baked goods recipes n stuff that are sweet, they add a little bit of salt for flavor! It really does make a world of difference. As long as you don't over do it and stick with what your pallet likes. Also the packets of flavored oatmeal have salt in them already. Its why they always tasted better to me than how I used to make oatmeal with just brown sugar. Also if you add butter to your oatmeal, check if it's salted butter before adding any extra salt cause that might be just enough. Salt is easy to overdo.

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copepods

coworker told me he “hates all mollusks” today. and to each their own obviously but like… theres 100k species of mollusk… you really hate all of them bro? nautiluses and oysters and snails and nudibranches and chitons and thousands of animals youve never even heard of???? what did ammonites even fucking do to you

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mallsharks

he hates sea bunny?

AND leaf sheep??

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thesadnessrabbit

If the WHOLE COUNTRY'S economy cannot work without the labor that UPS workers provide, than their labor is worth their demands and more.

No other conclusion can be rationally made from this information.