You Should Know These Industry Secrets
Coder Mike Bilokonsky asked Twitter to talk about things “that everyone in your field knows and that no one in your industry talks about because it will lead to total chaos.” The answers came from everywhere, and they ranged from life-changing to useless. Someone – cold irrefutable facts, someone expert analysis, someone – unfounded opinions. Here is the most interesting, shocking and informative.
Myk’s answer is in line with many cybersecurity advice: your data is always less secure than you think.
Coder Maciej Ceglowski intervenes:
Recycling programs will not solve our problems:
Libraries throw books away all the time, and that’s okay:
Petitions are just mailing list compilers, says Matt Fitzgerald:
The 401 (k) model, popular in the early 80s to replace pensions , is still in beta testing:
Aside from explicit difficulty settings, video games may have secret difficulty settings to make you feel well executed, according to game developer Eric Holmes:
“Off the record” is not a legally defined term, says journalist (and former Gizmodo editor) Maddie Stone:
According to director Amber Treadway, casting is a racket:
According to comedian Cat Barbadoro, the stand-up comedy industry is supported by corporate performances:
The illustration industry is fueled by non-standard furry porn, says illustrator Slim:
Some of these “secrets” might make you think, “Come on, everyone knows this!” But think about how the world behaves like no one knows it. For instance:
While many believers regard the Bible as poetry and metaphor, they may be surprised to learn that this was the original intent, says seminarian Alex M. Griffin:
As for the other obvious but infuriating news, your professors have probably never been taught how to teach:
You don’t really need to “rate and check” your favorite podcast:
It is quite clear that the speeches were written by a phantom, but less obvious than all other important political documents:
Lawsuits and pressure from above have successfully deterred journalism, says Guardian columnist Moira Donegan:
It’s nice to know that one well-known fact about mitochondria, used as a meme to illustrate how little people remember from school, is not entirely true:
It spoiled me when I first found out about it many years ago. Like many of the concepts I studied in school, the concept of “species” is actually a construct created by scientists, not a physical absolute:
“You can’t learn anything about a planet until you shoot a spaceship at it,” says planetary scientist Emily Luckdavalla:
Hank Green, YouTube author and popular personality, says that platforms like YouTube only work because they inflate the expectations of the people who create the actual content:
While Facebook has deliberately lied about its audience size , digital media has shaky metrics everywhere, says podcaster and video creator Mike Ragnetta:
Some clothing sizes are subsidized by others, says lingerie writer Cora Harrington:
If you are swimming in or near the ocean, you are surrounded by sharks:
Researchers and scientists will gladly send you their work for free:
Scent consultant Nick Gilbert says that most of the essential oils you can buy are not even real:
Alcoholics Anonymous is driven by reputation, not results, says Marie Davis:
“So are rehab clinics,” says Tracy Helton Mitchell:
Some of the joking answers were actually funny:
To learn more about industry secrets, read all of Mick’s question quotes-tweets here . Don’t make life decisions based on any of these statements without checking the facts.
Oh, but remember, professional fact-checking is actually a house built on sand: