TimTheTinker

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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   #290 6 hours later. This must have been down-modded. Before we ascribe political intent, however, consider that they may downmod controversial posts regardless of political leaning.
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   That's kind of an "us vs them" statement. Tribalism in any camp is counterproductive.
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   Another article along similar lines seems to have received similar un-accounted-for down-modding: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14834758
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   Is this being downmodded? (230 points, 3 hours ago, 298 comments, and already on page 4)
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   That's a rather ad-hominem response/dismissal. Care to address the blog post's arguments?
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   This comment isn't complete without the observation that society can survive a near-complete annihilation of men, but not women. Equality is a meaningless term unless we specify what needs to be equal. In my worldview, men and women ou
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   "Scientific consensus" is a term I dislike, as it seems more opinion-based and authoritarian, and less evidence-based.
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   I took it as more of an argument against intentional, institutional discrimination (e.g. affirmative action) than an endorsement of the current system or an argument that we should leave things as they are.
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   by TimTheTinker 9y ago

   Here's an article that provides some factual support for the author's viewpoint, with commentary (this was featured on HN a few weeks ago): https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rabble-rouser/201707/w
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    by TimTheTinker 9y ago

    Is this being modded down? (93 points/6 hours, and already on page 3 after being on the front front page 2 hours ago...)
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    by TimTheTinker 9y ago

    Interesting. I bet it runs the same way in criminal court -- courts specializing in a particular type of crime would be more likely to rule in favor of the prosecutor in cases concerning that type of crime. (Or did I misunderstand what you
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    by TimTheTinker 10y ago

    It also introduces potentially significant new attack surface.
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    by TimTheTinker 10y ago

    Good point.
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    by TimTheTinker 10y ago

    Scaling cooperation is impossible because for a given person, it can only work within that person's trust network.
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    by TimTheTinker 10y ago

    I think this article touches on a very interesting philosophical paradox of human nature. It's hard to state pithily, but I'll try. We're all slaves to something or someone (Bob Dylan's "Gotta Serve Somebody" c