elgernon

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by elgernon 5y ago
I have a theory that social platforms are so overwhelmed with flagged content because of ideological wars, they run out of capacity to address actual (and not imaginary) hate speech. People flag everything they don't like instead of do
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by elgernon 5y ago
I would never hire someone with public activism record. In fact I'd rather hire someone with prior criminal record, as they actually have a chance to recover.
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by elgernon 5y ago
this is the kind of comment I come to HN for, informative and based on facts.
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The drug liberalization experiment is immoral and must end(michaelshellenberger.substack.com)
5 points by elgernon 5y ago|1 comments
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by elgernon 5y ago
+1 on Macbook Pro, just wait a bit for new release: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/16/apple-event-preview-macbook-...
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1k Netflix employees threaten work stoppage over Dave Chappelle(thinkcivics.com)
92 points by elgernon 5y ago|209 comments
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by elgernon 5y ago
AI or not, as long as the definition of "hate speech" is open for interpretation and highly politicized this whole discussion is pointless
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by elgernon 5y ago
.." for sharing confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company"
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by elgernon 5y ago
good company, but arguably overvalued https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2021/10/12/gi...
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by elgernon 5y ago
so happy to see Bari Weiss on HN, one of the few brave souls in the media who still cares about journalistic integrity
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In historic first, Russian film crew lands after shoot aboard ISS(nbcnews.com)
2 points by elgernon 5y ago|0 comments
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Russia Is a Rogue, Not a Peer; China Is a Peer, Not a Rogue(rand.org)
7 points by elgernon 5y ago|1 comments
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Against Dog Whistle-ism (2016)(slatestarcodex.com)
4 points by elgernon 5y ago|0 comments
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by elgernon 5y ago
this, Netflix should not explain their actions. And if they suspend someone they better follow through and just fire them, indecisiveness projects weakness. I'm glad Reed Hastings fully supports this, he is a major donor to the DNC, t
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by elgernon 5y ago
These “marginalized” groups seem to be running the country though, and cancel anyone who disagrees with their agenda
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by elgernon 5y ago
the article is right, it's all about narrative, and these "optics" make SF politicians look bad
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by elgernon 5y ago
it's one if those ideas that sound bad initially but may turn out to be great in practice, like Airbnb and reputation is much stronger signal than leetcode hoops
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by elgernon 5y ago
I always use search for url lookup, it's way more forgiving ( with spellcheck etc) it's nothing to do with tech literacy, it just allows for faster finding of what you need
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by elgernon 5y ago
The downvote mechanism is sufficient. just remove the "flag" option and a lot of this unnecessary babysitting would not be needed.