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901.
by CivBase 6y ago
It would be much easier to create a "free speech flag" instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Flag
902.
by CivBase 6y ago
It really would be nice if we could get some legally-recognized standards for data schemas and interfaces so projects like this wouldn't be so necessary. But I have absolutely no idea if there's any precedent for that or how we&#
903.
by CivBase 6y ago
The article wasn't talking about the government gaslighting scientists. It talked about scientists gaslighting each other . This is nothing new. Science isn't clean. Just like anything run by humans, it's full of politics
904.
by CivBase 6y ago
It's not fraud. The companies did nothing illegal. I'd argue they did nothing wrong , either. The real fault lies with the state governments competing for corporate tax dollars. > By incorporating there, a company based in
905.
by CivBase 6y ago
Loopholes like this are why I balk when any politician talks about raising corporate taxes. I agree that businesses should pay more, but until loopholes like this get plugged I don't believe it will do any good. At best it's a w
906.
by CivBase 6y ago
Why do so many people think science is some neat and clean process adhered to by altruistic seekers of knowledge in lab coats? Science is chuck full of competition, posturing, and political shenanigans - especially for popular subjects wher
907.
by CivBase 6y ago
If people are worried about Spotify mistreating Joe than, no, there's nothing to see here. But there is absolutely something to see here for those who are worried about preserving content and the precedent for censorship in future epi
908.
by CivBase 6y ago
> As the methodology states, they compiled a list of 2,039 terms, and did the manual and automated preprocessing work to dedupe that list (the result of which seems to be here [0]). They subsequently vetted the final list in collaboratio
909.
by CivBase 6y ago
Describing what makes a term hateful is not the same as explaining how it got on the list. There are plenty of better known hate terms which are conspicuous by their absence. Naturally, the more obscure the term the less likely it is to b
910.
by CivBase 6y ago
But they don't give background for how they chose the terms they used as inputs. They just hand-wave through that part of the methodology. All you have to do is cherry pick the inputs and keep re-running until you have the desired out
911.
by CivBase 6y ago
It's very easy to make a list like this look asymmetrical when your article cherry picks the most outrage-inducing results from your test and disregards any results that don't fit your narrative.
912.
by CivBase 6y ago
I dislike Google as much as anyone else on HN, but this article is reaching so far I'm afraid it might pull a muscle. They just cherry pick a bunch of terms that were and were not on some random blacklist in a misguided attempt to pai
913.
by CivBase 6y ago
As much as I dislike Google, I don't think there's anything to see here.
914.
by CivBase 6y ago
> Also you have to click "I Agree" No thanks. My preferred method for removing cookie banners is to just delete the node from the DOM. It works 99% of the time and I don't have to agree to anything. I suspect it's
915.
by CivBase 6y ago
Users just want pages to load fast. UI developers (presumably) just want to maximize user happiness. A SPA is just a way to front-load resources for a website so users don't have to re-load redundant resources for each new page. Whet
916.
by CivBase 6y ago
No problem. With all the bad news out there, it's easy to get hung up on minor setbacks and loose track of how things are genuinely getting better overall.
917.
by CivBase 6y ago
I'm disappointed WhatsApp became the defacto solution for secure communication. I am also disappointed Signal became the defacto alternative. I also think Matrix is a better solution and I'm rooting for it. But I think your res
918.
by CivBase 6y ago
Agreed. What even counts as "AI that interprets human emotions"? Is a suggestion algorithm designed to maximize clicks "interpreting human emotions"?
919.
by CivBase 6y ago
> HTML is unpleasant to write. Is it really, though? HTML is a very deep toolbox, but to write blog articles you really only need a handful of tools on the surface level. If you were previously using markdown, all you need to do is rev
920.
by CivBase 6y ago
I assume the complaints about "the internet" are mostly referring to the parts of the web people interact with most frequently, which would definitely not include HN comments. facebook.com alone probably serves more page requests
921.
by CivBase 6y ago
I thought this too, but it's definitely easier to say in an HN comment than it would be to do in the moment.
922.
by CivBase 6y ago
How sad is this industry that it's typical that a perfectly functional, $800 device has to be replaced after just three or four years because it stops getting security updates.
923.
by CivBase 6y ago
I've thought about trying LineageOS. I tried and failed to get it running on my old Galaxy S3, though. It wasn't a big deal because I long-since stopped using that phone. But I'm a bit more cautious about trying to do that
924.
by CivBase 6y ago
> As a programmer, please first define the words "programming" and "easy" I came her to say pretty much the same thing. As far as I'm concerned, "programming" is just the art of writing instructions. F
925.
by CivBase 6y ago
My wife is a teacher and, like most people, she sometimes complain about her work. The most common complaint I hear is that students don't pay attention or do their assigned work, then turn around and complain that they haven't l
926.
by CivBase 6y ago
My first (and apparently last, now) LG phone was a V30. It's currently my main driver and I have no plans to get rid of it. It has expandable storage, a headphone jack, a full screen with a very thin chin and forehead, a decent camera
927.
by CivBase 6y ago
I knew they were making a new Space Jam but seeing as it was just called "Space Jam", I thought it was a reboot. Looks like it isn't really a reboot, but it's also not a continuation of the story so I wouldn't call
928.
by CivBase 6y ago
This is hilarious. Unfortunately for them, the movie industry has discovered there's more money in rebooting a nostalgic franchise than adding a sequel, so there will probably never be a "Space Jam 2". I wonder what their ja
929.
by CivBase 6y ago
That's because it's not common sense to compare sanitizer-induced cancer rates to overall COVID rates. To determine whether the use of hand sanitizer is a net positive, you have to compare the deaths caused by hand sanitizer to t
930.
by CivBase 6y ago
I suggest changing the title to "Crowdfunding a Direct Ballot Initiative for Right to Repair". The current title is probably not very attention-grabbing because it makes it sound like the video is just about Louis Rossmann's

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