"So the #1 best rule [for going viral] is: Have overwhelmingly awesome content. So good that people intrinsically want to spread the word."
https://blog.asmartbear.com/darwinian-explanation-and-advice-for-going-viral.html
From: Darwinian explanation and advice for “Going Viral”
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I'm not there yet. I think modern appliances are getting better though.
(Does a microwave really need to know the current time?)
The Stack Overflow moderator strike has come to some agreements! https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/391847/moderation-strike-results-of-negotiations
This seems like a good outcome, and it should help communication going forward.
I can't think of any other cases where volunteers have successfully run strikes in tech before.
An incredible 7 minute demo of APL, going from constructing an array to visualising Conway's Game Of Life, built incrementally without loops or temporary variables: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9xAKttWgP4