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by dang 7d ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49763697 . Thanks!
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by dang 7d ago
I've added that link to the toptext as well. Thanks!
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by dang 7d ago
Ok let's give it a go!
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by dang 8d ago
> You sound like a Panglossian fool. I'm not really sure what to say at this point. You seem totally immunized against reason. I realize both sides in this argument got unduly personal, but the attack you posted in this comment is p
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by dang 8d ago
Just for context: parent comment was posted when the submission title was "Human brain is two separate organs, research finds". We've since changed it. (Perhaps the updated title is less objectionable?)
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by dang 8d ago
Thanks! I've changed the link above to https://www.newscientist.com/article/2589739-our-brain-evolv... from https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-human-brain.html .
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by dang 8d ago
Discussed a bit at the time: Warez: The Infrastructure and Aesthetics of Piracy - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29633143 - Dec 2021 (13 comments)
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by dang 8d ago
Ok, we've merged (most) comments moved thither. Thanks!
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by dang 8d ago
Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited comments to HN? It's not allowed here - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079
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by dang 8d ago
Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited comments to HN? It's not allowed here - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079
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by dang 8d ago
> Crossposting from the other thread Please don't do that! It makes merging threads a pain. If a thread is duplicate enough to be worth copy-pasting a comment to, it's hopefully worth taking the time to let us know at hn@ycombi
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by dang 8d ago
Could you please stop creating accounts for every few comments you post? We ban accounts that do that. This is in the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . You needn't use your real name, o
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by dang 8d ago
The submitter asked us to take this down because the language is missing some important elements they should have added before posting. I don't think we can do that because the thread is so active, but we'll bury this one so they
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by dang 8d ago
It's unusual, but there's no reason why it can't happen and I don't see anything nefarious. An enthusiastic new submitter is a good thing.
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by dang 9d ago
" Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. " " Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. " https://news.ycombinator.com&#
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by dang 9d ago
(most) comments moved thither. Thanks!
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by dang 9d ago
Please keep nationalistic flamebait off this site. It leads to nationalistic flamewar, which is some of the hottest, dumbest, and most avoidable flamewar that exists. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by dang 9d ago
Whoa - you can't attack other users like this on HN, no matter how wrong someone is or you feel they are. We ban accounts that post like this, as you surely know. We don't want to ban you, so please don't post like this! htt
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by dang 9d ago
Can you please not post in the flamewar style to HN, no matter how right you are or feel you are? we're trying for something different here. We've had to ask you this before ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35
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by dang 9d ago
Generalizations about people from countries A, B, C are almost certain to end in flamewar. Opinion is certain to be split in every country, and you can't know where all the commenters are from, even if a few people happen to say so. I&
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by dang 9d ago
Thanks and yes, there's often a sensible HN comment behind posts like the one I was replying to.
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by dang 9d ago
Comments moved thither. Thanks! I've added https://micahflee.com/flock-cameras-are-riddled-with-securit... to the toptext there.
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by dang 9d ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49692844 , which was posted a bit earlier
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by dang 9d ago
Discussed at the time: Vectorized and performance-portable Quicksort - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31622548 - June 2022 (142 comments)
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by dang 10d ago
" Don't be snarky. " " Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.h
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by dang 10d ago
Posting like this will get you banned here. If you'd please review the site rules and stick to them, we'd appreciate it: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by dang 10d ago
Posting like this will get you banned here. If you'd please review the site rules and stick to them, we'd appreciate it: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by dang 10d ago
Please keep nationalistic flamebait off HN, regardless of how provocative the topic is or you feel it is. From https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : " Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, no
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by dang 10d ago
He describes the style he did like as "Euler's style, so to speak". What was Euler's style in this context? i.e. as opposed to epsilons and deltas?
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by dang 10d ago
Since we asked you not to post like this and you've done it anyhow, I've banned the account.

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