XiJInPaddington

6 ms·

1.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
Now you're talking about something completely different than what you were talking about initially.
2.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
If something is worth doing it's worth doing. I'm glad for example the people trying to cure various diseases don't have the characteristic that you call humility but I reckon is something else entirely.
3.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
"As a nudge in that direction, I've...downweighted the generic subthreads which were rising to the top like bloated balloons and crowding out more interesting discussion (as typically happens in these cases)." - dang, master
4.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I'm surprised they didn't mention family. The last company I worked for, the daughters of one of the big-wigs were constantly getting promoted, even though they lacked any qualifications and weren't particularly competent wit
5.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I didn't realize that was an option - thanks for the hint.
6.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
It's strange to me how any censorship from Facebook is savaged on this site but I rarely see censorship on HackerNews criticized. This website habitually shadowbans people and controversial comments are hidden as if they never existed.
7.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
It's extremely rad that you can trace your ancestry back 1000 years. I guess I don't have much else to add besides that, but I'm someone whose knowledge of their ancestry stops 2 generations up so I'm kind of in awe by t
8.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
Modi reminds me a lot of Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan famously said democracy is like a train in that you get off once you've arrived at your destination. I see similar impulses from Modi and the BJP. I can very easily see Modi talking abou
9.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I certainly would have done the same, but there is a certain level of disdain I have toward these people with their faux outrage that is manufactured solely to maneuver themselves into a position where they can grab more benefit. This perso
10.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
God forgive me for defending Facebook, but doesn't it seem like a government totally controlled by the Murdoch empire is essentially shaking down Facebook? If Facebook can't reach an agreement with the media companies, aren't
11.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I feel like efforts like this is just a hamfisted example of preaching to the choir, a feel good bandaid for liberal worshippers at best. I don't see this affecting the minds of people who think a picture of Mohammad is cause to behead
12.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
Because its the same thing as a person setting your house on fire then advising you not to breathe in the smoke. Advice like telling people we are drowning in plastic because we don't recycle, telling people with no access to public tr
13.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I'd like to state I did not submit this to make any political statement. I simply had no idea this sort of ideology existed and found it interesting to say the least. The scenario via which adherents would "destroy Japan" is
14.
Anti-Japaneseism(wikipedia.org)
1 points by XiJInPaddington 6y ago|1 comments
15.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
Quite frankly I do not think people like Majorie Greene or Steve King being stripped of committee assignments sounds at all like a dictatorship. If anything I think that sentiment is really insulting to opposition leaders in actual dictator
16.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
Am I alone in thinking the government reaction to this shows the complete ideological bankruptcy of supposed "free market" Republicans? When push comes to shove, they support government intervention as much as any bleeding heart l
17.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
That's pure speculation. We don't know what they would want, what they would do, how their society would be arranged. The only thing we know about a race of immortals is the fact that they are immortal.
18.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I would give so much to live in a society where people like Aubrey de Gray are heroes like Elon Musk is in ours. The fact that people die does not have to be immutable fate. We look back at people seeking the fountain of youth or the philos
19.
by XiJInPaddington 6y ago
I wish this site would be less heavy handed when it comes to shadow banning. It seems like a significant number of comments ends up getting shadow banned and I find it both frustrating and a bit insulting. Compared to here, Reddit is an oas