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by awb 5y ago
> force the public to confront the fact that the commentary they are seeing may have, in fact, originally been on something entirely different than the context it is currently presented in. How is this a good thing? I’d have 0 confidence
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by awb 5y ago
> The observation that Twitter has become a public square is undenieable Please, provide some content besides just a broad declaration. I don’t understand why someone would come to this conclusion.
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by awb 5y ago
> It is a de facto public square. This is not up for debate. You provide no evidence and then try to shut down other opinions? This is certainly not a self-evident fact. Maybe the public square is still the public square? Or the Internet
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by awb 5y ago
> this is the behaviour of a free speech absolutist? Because it’s just a catchy phrase that sounds good on paper. What’s a “free speech absolutist” position on spam, NDAs, calls to violence, libel, national security, fraud, false adverti
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by awb 5y ago
> I guess that means we should absolve ourselves of any responsibility for it? I don't think so, I just think it's a complicated topic without many easy answers. > How do we apply that idea to our involvement in building fut
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by awb 5y ago
Any tool can be turned into a weapon.
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Two key tech execs quit Truth Social after troubled app launch(reuters.com)
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by awb 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html > What's the relationship between YC and HN? > Y Combinator owns and funds HN. The HN team is editorially independent. > Are negative stories about YC suppressed on HN
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by awb 5y ago
> It isn't clear whether or not they would have proceeded if there hadn't been a leak. Right, just many folks on this thread like OC insinuating that it's already been built. I think asking why this idea got as far as it d
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by awb 5y ago
> I'd say the first and only rule is that there aren't any rules that everyone must follow. There will be subpockets with different subcultures, with each one building and enforcing their own set of rules, but no single central
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by awb 5y ago
Yeah, this leak is about a brainstorming session. It was a stupid suggestion that apparently hasn’t seen the light of day.
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by awb 5y ago
> shrugging our shoulders and saying that it's all "private" so rights like free speech don't apply Centralized control over industry can have some pretty bad consequences too.
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by awb 5y ago
No programmers implemented this yet. > a planned internal messaging app > “This particular program has not been approved yet and may change significantly or even never launch at all.” > “If it does launch at some point down the roa
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by awb 5y ago
I don’t think companies are required to provide a break room, are they? If a company goes above and beyond the requirements of the law and then removes that perk, I don’t see any legal issue with that. As long as they’re not a monopoly, the
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by awb 5y ago
> I would guess it's the reverse, judging by /r/WorkReform You think /r/WorkReform is highly representative of an entire working class?
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by awb 5y ago
> He's basically a free-speech absolutist. What does that mean? Every country and every person I know advocates for at least some restriction on speech. Spam, fraud, violence, NDAs, national security, libel all come to mind. I don’t
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by awb 5y ago
The next tweet: > Haha fine, I probably don’t disagree with you, but even if I did then still!! Not a great example.
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by awb 5y ago
And every groups convention with judges and legal decisions. Interpreting language is inherently really, really difficult. It can always get better, but never be perfect.
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by awb 5y ago
HN was designed to be independent of YC interests. And Paul G doesn’t seem to care to be involved in the moderation of HN. The rules were established at it’s inception and enforced by others. Musk seems far more reactionary to hot button is
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by awb 5y ago
For people wondering why, it’s because the majority of people consume content and a small minority create content. A small minority can easily be inundated by another small minority, especially when the barriers are close to 0 (creating a f
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by awb 5y ago
> Why would he run for president, when he could quite possibly own a planet if he keeps moving forward with his Mars goals. Countries have armies. Armies enforce international (and eventually planetary) rights. Countries also make laws.
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by awb 5y ago
> not have one side find a "terms and conditions" clause Those are the rules of using the platform. Not sure why enforcing the rules would be considered a bad thing. If you don’t like it, advocate for changing the rules. Seems
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> But the problem is that actions to 'rehabilitate society using racial/gender lense' is just an excuse to bring out and institutionalize the casual bigotry of the ostensibly offended. There are plenty of well intentioned
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by awb 5y ago
Sure, but an apology to me kinda feels like an acknowledgement that someone else's reality is valid. Not that I agree with it, or have the same reality, but just that I believe their experience is real. If someone says "You'r
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by awb 5y ago
That's an interesting way of looking at it because I see the ability to apologize as a sign of strength, respect and leadership. And when someone refuses to apologize, I usually see fear and untrustworthiness. If someone was apologizin
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Ethics and apologizing seem very intertwined.
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by awb 5y ago
Honestly, if I see a Substack URL on HN more often than not it’s going to be some biased outrage in reaction to someone else’s biased outrage. Substack seems to be a pretty efficient echo chamber, having people subscribe to read individual
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by awb 5y ago
> We are all homo sapiens and should be offered the same opportunities as everyone else. Do not discriminate against race, against gender, against religion, against political affiliation, or any other category that may be used to make pe
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by awb 5y ago
Check out the “Extra Styling” section. Classes: * .sticky * .row * .col * .col-[1-12] * .card * .card .info * .card .warn It’s minimal, but not 100% classless, unless you stick to the basic styling, which isn’t as comprehensive.
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by awb 5y ago
This one does look pretty good. However, it still seems to requires classes for columns (which didn’t work on mobile), cards and a few other things. FYI, if you’re interested in alternatives, I wrote a 100% classless CSS stylesheet that inc

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