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by camdenlock 10y ago
You're being downvoted because it's despicable to create and bandy about a scientific-sounding term like "white fragility" in a conversation that people are sincerely trying to have. You're effectively removing your
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by camdenlock 10y ago
None of this is particularly surprising, but it is sobering to hear it from the horse's mouth. Insane racist sexists didn't win this election for Trump; dogma did. One can no longer openly discuss certain extremely important topic
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by camdenlock 10y ago
I don't recall suggesting that it wasn't. I'm just saddened that a thoughtful reply gets bombed because it expresses unpopular opinions. I'd much rather see a rigorous discussion vs. a shout-down. You'll have to pos
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by camdenlock 10y ago
It's pretty sad that this comment is being flagged into /dev/null. The points are at least thoughtfully constructed and deserve proper responses from those who disagree, not just knee-jerk slamming of the flag button. Convers
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by camdenlock 10y ago
A rare appeal to reason and thoughtfulness! Well put.
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by camdenlock 10y ago
It's trendy right now to "listen and believe." Outrage can score you some serious Internet popularity points, particularly when your claims are about men being sexist pigs. Don't ask for any evidence, just grab the pitch
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Oof. This isn't good for Apple, and I say this as a fairly big Apple fan. From my perspective as a programmer, Apple's success has hinged entirely on the quality and innovation of their OS and dev tools. For a long time, both of t
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by camdenlock 10y ago
This isn't so much a "walkthrough" as it is a terribly-shot video of someone bumbling through some of the Switch OS screens, but! Nonetheless, the UI looks snappy and pleasant, and I wonder if this device could ever be a work
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Bingo. This is precisely what Google needs to pull ahead. Apple's going to commence soiling their collective knickers in 5... 4... 3...
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by camdenlock 10y ago
This could be the first time Apple needs to truly worry about Google. The one massive lead Apple still has over Google (and the other major players) is the incredible OS they inherited back in 1997 and continue to extend and maintain today.
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Compiling codebases, bringing services up/down in Docker containers, testing client-server workflows, etc. These activities, especially when repeated throughout the day, can be quite computationally-expensive, taking a significant toll
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by camdenlock 10y ago
When I bring my 2016 MBP into the office, it runs out of battery near the end of the day, and I have to plug it in for those final 2 or 3 hours. Very satisfied. My colleague with a new Surface Book has been shaking his fist at me, wishing h
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by camdenlock 10y ago
I'm not referring to Wikipedia's written definition of NPoV, I'm referring to its application. Many Wikipedia articles in their various states (past and present) don't fit into any kind of "neutral viewpoint" i
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by camdenlock 10y ago
(yes, "bona dude"; not gonna fix that one...)
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by camdenlock 10y ago
I expend a lot of effort to avoid Wikipedia as a bona dude source of truth, and man is it difficult. The desire for a single easy-to-access repository of knowledge is incredibly strong, but over the years, I've been stung repeatedly by
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by camdenlock 10y ago
> Working at a large, successful company lets you keep your isolation. If you choose, you can just ignore all the inconvenient facts about the world. Is this why social justice extremism is so popular in Silicon Valley? I mean, social ju
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Having spent my youth childishly ranting against the evils of M$, and now coming to terms with the fact that I sincerely use VS Code because it's great, I can't shake the frequent uncanny feeling that I'm stuck in an episode
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Oh dear...
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by camdenlock 10y ago
I haven't yet used this Unicode codepoint, standardized in Unicode 9, but I don't think a better opportunity will present itself for a premiere, so: EDIT: oh my god, HN filters out emoji codepoints, how utterly barbaric. Anyway, i
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Thank you. When going to the source (Derrida, et al), one gets the sense that deconstructionists have absolutely no desire to enlighten, educate, edify, or indeed provide any value at all to the reader/student. Quite the opposite, in f
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Indeed. It's distressing how this tactic can be (and is) employed by all sorts of unhinged extremists, from radical postmodernists to Trump and his cronies. Being an obscurantist is apparently a great strategy if you want to fool and e
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by camdenlock 10y ago
I upvoted you, but I also felt compelled to leave a more substantive response to your comment: Brav-fucking-o. Since you seem keen on the idea of shining a light on liars and abusive pedagogues, you'll no doubt enjoy this (now-ancient,
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by camdenlock 10y ago
> Derrida’s famously difficult thought is often dismissed as “post-modern” nonsense. Is there more to it than might first appear? TL;DR: No. Well-written article, though. Unfortunately for the author, Derrida's philosophy is fundame
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Cute exploit names AND custom branding/logos, no less! It's 2017, man. Every little last thing can be bled dry for some sweet, sweet Internet attention. It seems to be one of the most valuable currencies of a new generation of peo
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by camdenlock 10y ago
The escalating abuse of the word "awesome" is like the overuse of dynamic compression in music. When every expression is fever-pitched, there's little room for interesting expression. I also notice that the most shameless abu
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by camdenlock 10y ago
It becomes an even stranger thing to focus on when you consider that the main avenue of contribution to open source projects is the Internet, a medium where identity is irrelevant. You can be an incredibly productive member of a community a
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No. D:
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by camdenlock 10y ago
Oh, wow. Found the grad student. Maybe this postmodernist word salad phenomenon is the result of humanities students and professors (mistakenly) thinking that their area of study contains no more legitimate things to investigate. Consequent