awak3ning

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by awak3ning 4y ago
Tell me you're doing a bailout without telling me you're doing a bailout
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by awak3ning 5y ago
That's hilarious. I can't deny that he is incredibly intelligent, but it always makes me think what he could accomplish if he had humility and could get along well with other highly intelligent technologists
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by awak3ning 5y ago
Wolfram's ego has always been the most off putting thing about him and his project. I was quite disappointed by the lack of Clojure relevant material in this Keynote and the unabashed emphasis on himself and his product.
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by awak3ning 5y ago
This is what the libre ethos is all about, so proud to see people putting their values and morality before profit!
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by awak3ning 6y ago
While I would never be one to question the value and power of internet forums to facilitate meaningful social interaction, I do question that this value can (or should) be realized by financial markets. This makes me very concerned that the
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by awak3ning 6y ago
Well it is also important to note that censorship is a continuous variable. Censorship can gradually increase over time, and what many people in the US are observing is that even in the absence of any censorship (Note: I do not think there
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by awak3ning 6y ago
threeseed, I do not believe that you have an accurate mental model of the world or technology and social platforms in particular. It could be argued that "the web is as open and free as it ever has been", but I do not think this a
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by awak3ning 6y ago
As someone who enjoys technology and liberty this is a very disturbing development. We do not have a well diversified portfolio of options of tools and platforms for communication due to corporations monopolizing and conspiring together to
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by awak3ning 6y ago
Well this is actually somewhat disturbing, but if you think of social media corporations as organisms that are trying to further their own self-interest it does make sense. In order to protect and preserve their monopolies and undue influen
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by awak3ning 6y ago
This seems like a fairly antiquated view that does not map well to the current era or actual definition of censorship (A cursory internet search will help to better inform you as to what censorship entails and what actions may reside within
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by awak3ning 6y ago
Very disturbing example of censorship and de-platforming. The rationale for permanent ban seems both reactionary and subjective. The scant analysis provided under the "Assessment" stretches the words and context of the tweet to im
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by awak3ning 6y ago
If Social media and the news media were not around to radicalize and polarize Americans, this would not have happened along with many other events this year :)
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by awak3ning 6y ago
If I were a foreign actor with malign intent towards the US, I would be very pleased with how things are playing out. 1. Corrosion of formerly stalwart American Institutions 2. The majority of Americans being habituated to mistrust their fe
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I think that the major filter is this: In order to receive the main benefit from Hacker News you will have to expend effort in reading and digesting the content, and engaging in meaningful discussion where possible. There are much better pl
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by awak3ning 6y ago
In an insane world, Hacker News is one corner of the internet that I find to be "normal" and "sane". God Bless you Dang!
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I have bad news for you all. This isn't just a phenomenon occurring in those far-off Asian countries...
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by awak3ning 6y ago
The notion that "Not doing politics" is political position is a fairly recent fallacy. I believe that the individuals who parrot this sentiment verbatim have been reinforced with this idea from lobbyists and monied interests (incl
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by awak3ning 6y ago
The answer to the question is no. Companies should not do politics. Companies, however, will continue to do politics so long as it furthers their self-interest as there is a failure of separation of powers between government and corporation
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I think that the point being made is not that religion has facilitated negative outcomes, but that the trope of "church impede scientific process. church absolute bad" is an example of a biased retrospective view adopted as a comm
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I believe that the author of this paper paints a simplified view of the world, and the examples they draw on do not imply the conclusion they are proposing. For example, in the case of big tobacco, the stance that "smoking is safe&quot
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I am in strong agreement with this. I feel like it is selling kids short to not give them exposure to the Linux environment that underlies our modern world. To me, it really comes down to empowerment of others. If you are not taught how the
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by awak3ning 6y ago
I am referring to the ability for consumers who purchase a hardware product with these Corporation's operating system installed to be able to dual boot, or replace the OS with a Linux distribution. I believe this is both in line with f
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by awak3ning 6y ago
Honestly, I don't think anyone is holding their breath for the day that corporations like Apple and Microsoft give the world the Linux that they deserve. Imagine if these power brokers didn't exist and a whole generation of childr
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by awak3ning 6y ago
The diagnosis of the fact that it is a systemic issue is certainly accurate in my eyes. We need a system of incentives that would make the class of people that you identify as "HN contributors" to feel that the cost of their cowar
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by awak3ning 6y ago
This post sheds light on a very simple but important age old lesson. Judge people by what they do, and not what they say. While corporations like FaceBook would purport to have liberal values, in reality they hold these beliefs only insofar
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by awak3ning 6y ago
That's a very good resource, I find that even if one truly believes that the news or political media is not warping your vision of reality and your beliefs that is not the case. Once you step back and view the situation from the outsid