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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I would argue that people whose emotions are easily affected by an external influence is the definition of not-well-adjusted.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I don't think its fair to completely blame Social Media and relieve people of all responsibilities. After all, human beings aren't lemmings, if they are being manipulated, then they should bear responsibility for being manipulated
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I'm sorry, but how does this have anything to do with "addiction to outrage"? Unless you're implying the Asian-Americans upset are unjustifiably "addicted to outrage" or "less-adjusted", which I'
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Addiction to outrage isn't ruining anybody's life. It's an inability to control one's emotions that's ruining people's lives. When somebody says something offensive to a well-adjusted person, do you know what t
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
That's true, but just because I didn't experience it doesn't mean imaginary enemies isn't a well-worn tactic used in society. The Jews were demonized by Christians in the ye-old days based on imaginary qualities that sim
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
My problem with "woke culture" is that it's constantly fighting an imaginary enemy, some abstract concept that's been conjured up. I hazard to say this post is a good example of the problem.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I feel like history is going to look at this phenomenon as a strange curiosity, the same way we look at the Inquisition or the Salem Witch Trials today or even some of the communist revolutions. People will say "It's pretty unbeli
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I don't think this is surprising. You can't expect to constantly lambast an entire nation of people and still expect them to treat you favourably. That's not how humans work.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
You're arguing a false dichotomy
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Sure, but announcing it loudly and publicly is self-serving.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Well, keep in mind the ask doesn't relate to personal websites. I didn't want to put a specific boundary on the type of website, but really, I'm most interested in commercial websites; since they have the most need to strike
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
This is good stuff, let me add a few you might be interested in: - https://www.justinobeirne.com/ - https://clar.dev/en/ (This one is kinda over-done, but it's quite performant, and I do like its
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Ask HN: Inspired web designs that aren't overdone, but also not overly-brutalist
2 points by asjldkfin 6y ago|5 comments
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Not if they build garbage well, the quality of the code and the quality of the product are independent.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
No, the advice Purdue asked for bankrupted the company. Just like how asking a programmer to build a garbage program doesn’t mean the programmer is trash, it just means the specs are.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
No, it’s a perfect analogy, because it illustrates that efficacy is independent of moral perspective.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Mcks wasn’t asked for advice on ethics, they were asked advice on increasing sales. If you go to a Tattoo artist and ask for a portrait tattooed on your face, it might be gauche as hell, but that didn’t change the fact the artist might’ve d
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
There’s a difference between a criminal and civil case. Crimes are boolean, civil is proportional in terms of punishment. Nobody is going to jail, so this is a civil case. If you break your neighbour’s car, you pay more if it’s a BMW than i
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
1. I think that’s making a guess into their intentions which we’re not qualified to do 2. Even if we take #1 for granted, the $500MM figure is still based on something. The counter-party could’ve settled for $100MM or insisted on $1B but th
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Except there is, a negotiation is based on the next best alternative; which is the legal system. Mcks wouldn’t have settled for that much if they thought they’d fare better in court.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
That's not how justice works; damning quotes determine guilt; not the magnitude of guilt.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
A $500MM fine is a bit beyond "shame on you for taking dirty money". I doubt any marketing firms working for Purdue was fined $500MM despite contributing to the same outcome. And that's because they didn't have the same
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
That's not the point; you can't say their advice is ineffective, while also condemning them for being effective. The top comment derisively states: "The whole business is a scam built around sending in some 26 year-old with
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
It's funny reading comment here saying how "Consulting is useless BS" whilst also condemning them for "turbocharging Opioid sales"
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I’d argue that your last statement is a false dichotomy. art, logos and ads are arguably all ideas in themselves. on a side note, i’m surprised this post is being upvoted, the design seems pretty antithetical to the HN ethos.
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
This: https://github.com/ActivityWatch/activitywatch I find my "estimation" and my "reality" are always pretty far off. You need to track this to get an accurate assessment. This is the best tool fo
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
I've been looking for a way to answer questions like: - "How long did I REALLY waste on Reddit/Hacker news yesterday?" (39 minutes, not as bad as I thought) - "How long do I spend in front of my computer on average?
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Automatic and invisible time tracking – open-sourced – privacy focused(github.com)
2 points by asjldkfin 6y ago|1 comments
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Can anybody with experience using Node-Red and n8n comment on the difference between the two?
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by asjldkfin 6y ago
Love this app. Absolutely check it out if you are serious about keyboard navigation. The only suggestion I’d make is to have the cursor return to its old position after an action. But it’s a minor nitpick.

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