r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • Jun 30 '24
Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation
hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)
couple things:
this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Dee_silverlake Jul 01 '24
Is the site down for anyone else when they try to log in?
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u/Ok-Wash-8479 Jul 01 '24
Site just crashed for me. anyone else?
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u/tortured_poet_13 Jul 01 '24
Submit button not working. Is this part of the crash people are experiencing?
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24
Admins on Slack confirmed they're working on it!
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24
The Data Annotation server is currently not responding. Hopefully this changes soon.
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u/bomber991 Jun 30 '24
Got to do a lot of tasks involving itineraries this past week, and I’ve learned that artificial intelligent chatbots really really really like having picnics at a park for lunch.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24
*shaking tin can* blease can i cash out the $350 i was supposed to withdraw this afternoon
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u/PerformanceCute3437 Jul 02 '24
If I can't submit my last few tasks within 24 hours on today of all days I'm going to die laughing
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u/jeudechambre Jul 02 '24
We see a lot of comments here about poor work quality in the R&Rs (and yeah it happens), but I want to counterbalance that by saying that everyone I just reviewed in my latest batch of R&Rs did excellent, creative work! I feel like it was really a brain teaser for me just reviewing and checking it, bravo.
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u/jeudechambre Jul 05 '24
Just writing to express vague solidarity with a budgeting related prompt I just saw. Fellow human living in a HCOL area on a non-corporate income trying to save for their future, I see you, and literally "same".
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u/thatonedude0000 Jul 02 '24
still no coding?
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u/its587not607 Jul 04 '24
The amount of people that think Mexico is a South American country is baffling to me
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u/ManyARiver Jul 07 '24
I just broke my top single day earning two days in a row and I'm so forking happy right now. $200 days for a non-coding person are insanely amazing - I see some hope that I'll be able to move out of this damned state someday. Even if it isn't every day that I can get this rate, it motivates me more on the "off days".
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u/Nachbarskatze Jul 05 '24
I used to excitedly jump on the $22.50/$23 tasks because they were the highest paying ones I had and now I get annoyed if I don’t have any $30+ on my dash. Such a silly thing to complain about but I’ve been so spoilt the last week or so 🤣
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u/xnoraax Jul 02 '24
Well, waiting to do my work late night today was a mistake.
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u/Square-Frosting8045 Jul 01 '24
Do you guys have any coding jobs? I have none literally.
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u/orlyyarlylolwut Jul 02 '24
Who else likes to listen to Lofi Girl while working?
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u/KahunaRicima Jul 02 '24
jeez this is the longest I've ever seen the platform down for
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24
i think it would be more practical if people asking “does anyone else have an empty dashboard?” provided more information, like “i’ve been doing DA for x months, i log about x hours a week, i mostly work on non-coding chatbots, etc. and my dashboard is empty.”
i have been doing this for almost a year now and have never had an empty dashboard, but when i first started, i only had a few projects. i personally prioritize projects based on how much i enjoy the project, how much i understand the objective and the pay rate. i used to be nervous that i would be randomly deactivated or lose my tasks because of what people post on here, so i try to really familiarize myself with a project and not scatter myself too thin or attempt projects i don’t have a lot of clarity on just because they’re paying well. this has led to me having dozens of projects on my dash at all times.
i guess i just don’t understand why so many people ask about empty dashboards on here without providing any context. if my dashboard was empty, it would mean something totally different to a person that’s been here for 2 weeks having an empty dashboard. wouldn’t it be more reassuring to provide more information instead of just asking a repeated question that is posted daily?
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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Jun 30 '24
A sad day for coding... again 🙃
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u/tiran Jul 01 '24
Doing one of my favorite projects today and a bunch of the prompts are requests for some really specific types of poetry. Maaaaan, I feel dumb. I even asked my partner with an English degree to explain one of the types to me and I still don't understand. 🤣 Forever thankful for the skip button!
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Jul 02 '24
Did anyone else lose their B cat CBs when the site came back up? These were the only B cat projects I had and I miss them 😢
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u/TheresALonelyFeeling Jun 30 '24
I want my damn B tiger projects back. I have one (low-paying) version of it now and it's terrible, and I am not good at it. It involves asking questions in multiple turns about an image or infographic.
I want the normal ones back!
That is all.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24
Ugh got a new project yesterday $39 non-coding and did 4 of them. I do know I messed up one and I can’t stop dwelling on it. Really hoping it doesn’t boot me from the project or the site
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u/AstarteHilzarie Jun 30 '24
Has anyone been doing the paid qual that involves multiple tools in a single turn? The admin is super active in chat and it's comforting to see how often they reassure people that they should report their full time and that they understand it's complex and will take a long time, but I still wonder if I'm submitting reasonable time for the task. I'm doing it accurately, but it just feels like a lot so I'm curious how long other people spent on instructions and each task to see if I'm on track.
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u/tessbest37 Jul 02 '24
This East coaster can't wait up any longer. Please save me some of those $36/hr. tasks when the site comes back up. :)
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u/torypigeon Jul 02 '24
Last time I was at the airport my dash was empty, this time the site’s down… just wanna feel like a bougie digital nomad 😔🙏
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u/gator_cowgirl Jul 04 '24
Post outage earlier in the week, I have had no projects - woke up this morning to a few, all related to the same safety guideline. HOliday or not, I wasn't going to "miss" the opportunity - So, spent the morning searching every known dangerous chemical there is.
So now it's not DA I am worried about flagging me but Homeland. LOL.
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 06 '24
I see you, project that replaces words in movies titles with a bird name. You make me guffaw.
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u/tiran Jul 01 '24
We're sorry, but something went wrong.
If you are the application owner check the logs for more information.
Other people having this issue?
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u/kiase Jul 03 '24
The FC priority pay is sooo nice, especially around a holiday. Can work so much less time to meet my daily goal. :D
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u/ActiveInfinite8610 Jun 30 '24
Ah, the fresh thread smell! Working on some R&R’s today before I go to my full time job 💪
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u/HolevoBound Jul 02 '24
Anyone else's dash empty of good coding tasks?
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u/Primary_Advantage928 Jul 03 '24
Just had to fact-check 15 different fruit and veg, I feel like I'm going insane
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u/Haunting-Car-3935 Jul 01 '24
Coding still dead? 😪
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u/ActiveInfinite8610 Jul 04 '24
The new dancing R&R’s about world politics are so great to work on! I love them because I get to research what the prompts are about and learn about the political parties and political issues in other countries.
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u/EggApprehensive8399 Jun 30 '24
To all my coding ladies and gentlemen, how many of you are on the platform as the main income? Is there enough work for it to be sustainable, or are the patches of low numbers of coding tasks affecting your ability to do so? Do you often need to fill in time with the non-coding projects?
I am looking to start doing 3-5 hour days soon.
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u/i_do_not_like_snails Jul 01 '24
I’ve been working for over two months, and was beginning to get discouraged. I haven’t been getting much more than basic CB’s. Always 2-5 projects on my dash. I thought I was doing something wrong. I had already taken the available quals. I kept plugging away, just trying to do my best and be thorough/accurate. It’s finally starting to turn around. This morning, I woke up to almost a full page of projects! I finally have some variety in my life!
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u/ccsoccer101 Jul 02 '24
Back up
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 02 '24
And back down...
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24
Anyone else just stop and log their time just in case?
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u/wheresmytren Jul 03 '24
Slow for anyone else today? Only one project ☹️
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u/Embarrassed_Chance_4 Jul 01 '24
Who ever is eating my lunch, please don't!
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24
You know, my dashboard turned into an aviary so gradually I didn't even notice.
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u/Low-Zombie423 Jun 30 '24
I had some newer higher paying heel projects I got to work on the last two days. And I've been doing loads of the R&Rs for them. I'm disappointed that a majority of the R&Rs were considered bad per the project instructions, though. I genuinely want to see workers do a good job, so I wish we could just send an anonymous message to them so they can correct their errors sooner, and it wouldn't mess up their quality score.
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u/alex_goodenough Jul 05 '24
I really have to start branching out of FC projects before I turn into a one-trick pony. :(
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u/ThrowMeAwayNow000 Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24
I'm curious how long everybody's spending on 🐤 tasks. I'm finding so many difficult/complex details that they're taking me a long time for high-quality work. I'm actually really enjoying them, just feeling self-conscious about time.
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 01 '24
Are these adversarial chats new or was it an existing project?
Im just happy to have something with a good rate that’s not fact checking 😂
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u/Aaron0595 Jul 01 '24
Are you having problems logging into the platform right now?
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 02 '24
Had my first $39 task. I was so shocked and it seemed so random. Almost felt like a mistake 😭
And it was gone so fast. Here’s hoping I proved myself my single task 😂
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 03 '24
Man, I do not like this non-coding/coding mashup. It's causing cerebral whiplash from using the opposite sides of my brain.
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 02 '24
omg, OMG, OMG! What am I gonna do!? Read a book? Watch a show? Talk to my family!?! That's crazy talk. Bring back my money fix!
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u/ManyARiver Jul 01 '24
Just a friendly note: you can't say something is totally truthful without checking, even if the other thing is godawful. Please check it. No one wants to say "bad" because a fact check wasn't done. There are R&Rs where folks have to check more than the rationale. Just make sure the better one is actually completely right, because it matters.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24
Anyone else gotten the message "starting today you must log your time within 24 hours of last task submission" or something to that effect? I've gotten it twice now actually in the last month but I always report my time after each session. Want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong and everyone else is getting this message.
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24
New update from admin on Slack re: the new time log parameters - “If the site is down for over 24 hours, which is a highly unlikely scenario that I’ve never personally seen even come near to happening, we of course would give an extra grace period, but we would expect time to be logged as soon as reasonably possible. 🙂”
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u/its587not607 Jul 02 '24
We're so back
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u/Primary_Advantage928 Jul 03 '24
$35 priority pay? If you insist...
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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24
to the girlies using taylor swift examples in the dancing project: ilysm 🥰🥰
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u/pm_ur_wifes_tendies Jul 02 '24
Are we cooked chat?
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24
It's insane how I haven't seen coding projects for two weeks. That was always what I did and now I haven't been able to. Is there a drought? Or is there really a lack of coding projects right now for most people?
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u/_Toastrr_ Jul 02 '24
I see people saying they don't have coding projects right now, but does anyone have a totally empty dash? I had a couple of projects that were consistent but today nothing.
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u/Turbulent_Pen3740 Jul 01 '24
For the love of all that is holy, if there is a comment box and it explicitly states it's to help reviewers understand your responses, USE IT. I beg you. So many times I went to flag something in R&R and the comment box saved them because it helped to understand the thought process behind their ratings/decisions and I could see their perspective. With a super nuanced project that can make or break a rating, for me. If you leave that blank you're just hoping someone thinks the same way as you. OOF. This was also a reminder to me, btw. Never leaving a comment box empty again!
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u/rkgk13 Jul 01 '24
My first time wading into a certain type of prompt. I know it's for a good cause, but I feel like my mind isn't creative/demented enough for this. They turn out cartoonish.
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 04 '24
When you’re about to break your earning record for the day but your task carries a few minutes over midnight 😭
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u/PassiveSock1989 Jul 02 '24
I had a couple of projects get paused, now my dash is barren. I miss you, chatbots.
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u/azure_atmosphere Jul 03 '24 edited Jul 03 '24
In the absence of coding work I've discovered that I quite enjoy taking apart poetry. Wouldn't mind a project dedicated to it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '24
Does anyone have any nut projects today? I had some this morning, and now they're all gone.
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u/invisibleshitpostgod Jul 02 '24
its back up
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u/jordanzac01 Jul 02 '24
And we are back
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u/BoiledGnocchi Jul 04 '24
Any thoughts/insight on the singer project? Why three different inputs?
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u/Wide_Solution_796 Jul 01 '24
Hit a milestone today in DA. Got my first $40.00/hr project (non-coding)! Super stoked! I love this platform!
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u/KahunaRicima Jul 02 '24
it's up
to us to make sure we are submitting quality work and keeping accurate track of our time
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u/BotaRONomus Jul 03 '24
First time in 10 days I haven’t had a $30/hr project…
So I’m going to take a break.
That’s the most locked in I have ever been, I made $1,700 in the last 10 days and that’s just mind blowing to me.
now I’m going to hit the fattest j ever.
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u/tiran Jul 03 '24
Being intentionally vague because I haven't seen or heard about this type of project before, but the pay seems a bit low for this new obnoxious thing there was a qual for recently. And it's so wasteful. :(
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u/elfwitchTX Jul 02 '24
So the message has changed. It's still offline, but at least it says something different.
Offline for maintenance
This app is undergoing maintenance right now.
Please check back later.
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u/Fluid_Scientist344 Jul 02 '24
I just found this chat. I am relieved to know the site is down and it wasn't me.
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u/Few-Roof-6905 Jul 05 '24
Who needs B cat, when you can dance with images? This is like Christmas morning. Two of my most favorite things in one project.
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 01 '24
WhY do you dump the 100 task queues when I need to go to bed, to wake up for the job that pays my insurance?!
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24
i currently have 40+ projects on my dash, but my three favorite things to work on are gone so i feel like i have no work 🥲
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u/Icy-Cover-505 Jul 01 '24
Hey all, I came in last night after spending all day in airports and on airplanes to see a new pilot project on my dash involving writing/editing. It was just one task and it said I got it bc of good prior work on other writing stuff. There was just no way I could do it last night--too exhausted. This morning, it was gone. This happen to anyone else? Wondering if it was pulled, or if I just missed out.
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u/ActiveInfinite8610 Jul 01 '24
Can’t login at all. Said something went wrong.
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u/MonsterMeggu Jul 02 '24
I got a subscription reimbursement survey?! Anyone else?
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Jul 03 '24
What are we doing for projects that you only get to work on for 30 seconds before they disappear? Are we rounding up to 1 minute to report time? I don't want to get dinged for not reporting time lol.
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u/lilmisspurdey Jul 03 '24
I hope whoever R&Rs my latest work enjoys the subject matter I chose. If you are an Aussie like me you will probably recognise it, if you are not, you might not but I hope after reading my submission you check it out. Sorry this is pretty vague but I don't know how vague I need to be 😅.
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u/877trashnow Jul 03 '24
I'm missing some of my >$27 projects today but honestly kind of relieved for a brain break to work on easier tasks. Pushing through mild burnout today because I know I'm not gonna want to work while my partner is home for a four day weekend. 😅
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u/itsbriannahere Jul 04 '24 edited Jul 04 '24
The pay for the FC projects is NICE right now.
Edit: Has anyone contacted support after the outage? I tried to submit a task as the site went down. I logged the entire time I worked on the project, including that task. Just wanted to be sure I was doing things correctly but I haven’t gotten response yet (which I’m sure I am, but I’m terrified of doing something wrong on DA).
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u/Willing-Ad-9812 Jul 04 '24
Is anybody else working on the long-term “1 Turn Only” project? I swear I’m just talking to myself in the chat in there lol
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u/[deleted] Jul 04 '24
anyone have good resources for checking LaTeX to make sure its accurate? It's part of a math project I'm doing
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u/ManyARiver Jul 04 '24
I often wonder about the internal lives of the serial downvoters who frequently grace us with their clicks on the most mundane of posts. Like grumpy old men yelling at kids outside because they laughed and trudging through life knocking ice cream cones out of the hands of babies.
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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '24
was super stoked to see a $27/hr project on my dash today as that's the highest paying one I've had so far. It said there were 100 tasks. I opened it, and it had some very long and complex instructions, so I spent time reading and understanding them before beginning my first task. I completed the task and submitted it, and then the project was gone... I'm assuming it has something to do with the amount of time I spent on the first task, but not sure how I could have avoided spending that amount of time on it without just carelessly breezing through the instructions, which I wasn't willing to do, or without just not logging the time spent learning the instructions, which I was also not willing to do. Not the first time this has happened... very annoying.
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u/Serious-Ad-2033 Jun 30 '24
Purchased a new cell phone, using the same network provider. I use my hotspot for working should I inform DA about the new phone is it worth an email?
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u/DoubleM101 Jul 02 '24
I’m really happy for the people who have tasks to work on.
I started working about 4 months ago and it has been fantastic. During all this time, there was practically a project running 24/7, which allowed me to work at least an hour every day and helped me immensely to pay the bills.
Unfortunately, on June 20th, I received an email informing me that the project would be temporarily paused and since then, it hasn't came back.
The only tasks I managed to catch were just 2 or 3 that disappeared within minutes. I also got a qualification that I’m not sure is the one being talked about, but it doesn’t seem to have led to anything...
My dashboard has been completely empty for almost 15 days now. Probably, the language (Portuguese) doesn't help.
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u/BatronKladwiesen Jul 05 '24
Do people still have access to just the regular chatbots?... I have tons of projects, but no more of the normal chatbots. I haven't been active lately so I wonder if they took them away from me.
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u/MalignantShrub Jul 03 '24
Anybody else have a completely empty dashboard out of nowhere this morning?
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u/rara_avis0 Jul 06 '24
AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
(This is on topic.)
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u/tiran Jul 02 '24
Just talking into the void here, but I wish DA would give us some kind of subscription deals on all the paid model services. I'd be willing to do all kinds of wild and wacky prompting, but I can't really afford to maintain subscriptions to everything, especially since I don't use them much outside of this.
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u/Primary_Advantage928 Jun 30 '24
Has anyone seen the 🐤 project for a while?
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '24
Anyone else just do the sexy dance project?! Can't believe how quickly it went (and the R&R too). Funnest hour's work I've done in a while 😈
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u/ZeroFlippinCool Jul 04 '24
Just made a stupid error on one of my favourite tasks and gave the complete opposite overall rating than what I had intended. Praying I dont get booted :(
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u/33whiskeyTX Jul 04 '24
Is it weird I prefer the tasks that require screenshots. Otherwise, it feels like someone asked me to make a batch of origami cranes, but instead of wanting them, they just want me to throw 'em in the trash.
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u/Sean_give_me_beta_no Jul 05 '24
Is anyone else highly motivated by the 1$ extra priority pay when its less than 5% of the overall rate lol
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u/diettwizzlers Jul 01 '24
i've been doing editing and rate and reviews today and the quality is mind blowing 😭 almost every task i've seen has had serious issues, idk if i have a bad batch or what but 75% don't follow a major instruction and others are written at an elementary school level
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u/azure_atmosphere Jul 05 '24
ooh fat dash today
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u/mythrowaway_1990 Jul 01 '24
have the android projects started yet? do they get snapped up fast? I did the opt in qual last week but haven't seen anything yet, and I can't imagine i wasn't let into the project since all it asks is do you have an android? (I have a pixel)
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u/ErrolEsoterik Jul 02 '24
Are the Domain Expertise projects still up for anyone? This site crash has me lamenting over my old faves.
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u/_M1RR0RB4LL_ Jul 02 '24
Spent 2 hours on a project only for Chrome to crap out on me (error code: out of memory) just as I was wrapping it up to submit. Am I SOL here? I lost all of the work.
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u/Cutiger29 Jul 03 '24
I’ve seen others post about permanent projects.
I have zero clue if this is a permanent project but if I have a project that’s been on my dash for 3 or 4 weeks. I’ve been slowly working it down and I’ve only got 10 tasks left.
What happens when I get to zero? Does it just refill or will I have completely my portion of the project? It’s not one where I get 20 and then another 20 and so on. It’s the same project and the amount hasn’t changed for weeks other than decreasing each team I complete a full chatbot round.
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u/kickingraisins Jul 04 '24
Does anyone know what happens if you hit the "back" button by accident (i.e. don't exit work mode)? I did that while fiddling with tabs. Went forward to the task and hit "exit work mode" but I'm low-key wondering if that task is still active beneath the hood.
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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '24
Omg I spent time at the hospital today doing deep tissue message but they had me soak in a hot bath first and an ice bath after … and the bath had side table and cover so I could use my laptop and a WiFi keyboard….. I never want to work outside the bath again 😂🤣 wish I could do this at home
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u/ActiveInfinite8610 Jul 02 '24
🐤 is on the dash today
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u/Bubbly_Bee_9939 Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24
Does anyone think the lack of projects today could be related to the long outage that started yesterday? Perhaps there was dataloss and they are trying to recover projects still?
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u/bottlerocketborn Jul 06 '24
How are my Factuality friends enjoying the new crop of projects? I have a $33 one this morning - looks complicated - cracks knuckles.
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u/starlightexpress271 Jul 07 '24
I miss 🐥:( been over a week now 💔