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by hackuser 10y ago
> we don't care that much for people's stated preferences I strongly disagree. The foundation of democracy and liberty is self-determination. Civil rights protect their stated preferences and other limits to the law and governm
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by hackuser 10y ago
That argument suggests there can be no judgment about anyone, and everyone is helpless to judge good from bad. I'm not willing to abandon the idea of good and I hold people responsible, including myself, for their judgment. Yes, we nee
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by hackuser 10y ago
I know the policy; I've seen it ignored many times. Also, that applies only to articles about living people.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> HTTPS Everywhere would be a win IME, it breaks too many sites to give to all end-users; if the default configuration omitted sites listed as 'Partial'; maybe it would be passable. Maybe have a subcategory for intermediate use
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by hackuser 10y ago
> whoever made this list should include names that endorse it. Clarifying to my own comment: I trust that it is authoritative, but people who don't read HN need to trust it. Also, my whole comment is very much IMH - non-authoritativ
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by hackuser 10y ago
> not having Google Play Services would dramatically reduce the security posture of an Android device. I understand Verified Boot, but how would removing Google Play Services damage security? It would seem to reduce the attack surface.
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by hackuser 10y ago
First, thank you so much for putting together this list (you say "we", so I assume you are part of it); a great first step. What was your role? Do you endorse this list now and going forward? Second, whoever made this list should
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Google's standing policy Google can change or ignore its policy at any time, without telling you. Depending on your level of risk, you might not want your security to depend on someone else's goodwill, especially someone for
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by hackuser 10y ago
> I don't think listing a bunch of models nor even listing your ranking is beyond the comprehension or ability of journalists, lawyers, or activists. IME this greatly overestimates how hard this is for typical end users. Imagine if
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by hackuser 10y ago
What about a custom ROM (fork) of Android, sans Google apps? Not an option for typical end-users, of course.
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by hackuser 10y ago
Surely there must be some significant differences? It's hard to believe they are all the same. Claiming they are all the same is a strategy of propagandists (I'm not saying you are one; I'm saying it's a dubious approach
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Plenty of philosophy articles are also very poor Try the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy; it's amazing and authoritative, written by the experts. And free (but takes donations!). You'll never look up a philosophy topic in
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by hackuser 10y ago
> This is a problem for literally every source on Earth, and persists even among the most prestigious newspapers, books, etc. That's true but practically meaningless. Some sources are dramatically more reliable and accurate than oth
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by hackuser 10y ago
I now recognize Wikipedia as the original 'fake news' or 'fake information' on the Internet. Just like all those news stories people pass around, nobody cares about Wikipedia's accuracy. It's the same phenomeno
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by hackuser 10y ago
> This revisionism avoids the text of the Constitution of the Confederate States and the writings of Calhoun and the 1860 census of South Carolina. It avoids a lot more than that. The Confederacy themselves could have freed the slaves at
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Calhoun himself writes in 1837: ... What do you mean to imply by this quote? It's horribly discriminatory and it's actually pro-slavery.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> it's not up to "the U.S." to make such a decision; but to the current so-called administration. There is nothing "so-called" about the administration; it is the legitimate executive branch of the U.S., like it
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by hackuser 10y ago
Is there any basis to this? Any data about violence at protests to back it up? It reads like it's a creation of someone's imagination about what the 'other' side must be like (not the commenter's imagination, but wh
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Microsoft SQL server Express/Compact/whatever is not an effective replacement. Why not?
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by hackuser 10y ago
> overly-expository self-labeling When large numbers of people tell you to hide your sexual preferences and your gender identity in shame and even for safety, when they are target of public ridicule (e.g., gay jokes in movies), and when
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by hackuser 10y ago
Don't hold back on us: What are the differences? The strengths and weaknesses?
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by hackuser 10y ago
Every mention of Vim turns into promotion of NeoVIM. Perhaps submit a story about NeoVIM if you want to talk about it. And what value do comments like this add? How am I better informed after reading it? > NeoVIM is just... better >
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by hackuser 10y ago
Is that copied and pasted from somewhere? consad.com is a parked domain at GoDaddy (or gives me a 404 testing from another route). That and the exaggerated, sarcastic tone make me wonder whether I'm going to gain much from reading and
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by hackuser 10y ago
Agreed; I didn't mean to imply otherwise but I wasn't being very precise about it.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> this "college is not for everyone" attitude is about money, but about intelligence and personality characteristics. These things happen to also correlate with "wealthy," You're claim is that children born into
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by hackuser 10y ago
> I can't treat people with respect You should try a different forum than HN.
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by hackuser 10y ago
What's the difference between a system administrator and a plumber? I don't mean it as the first line in a joke.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> The 70 cents on the dollar thing has been debunked pretty thoroughly by now Not to my knowledge. Can you provide some reliable source that explains it? > yet people just keep mindlessly parroting it ... or are people mindlessly parr
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by hackuser 10y ago
A presumption of this article, and many like it, is a backwards-looking and somewhat elitist view of the economy and the workforce. Consider these quotes: * "What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalen
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by hackuser 10y ago
> If you want an average successful life, it doesn’t take much planning. Just stay out of trouble, go to school, and apply for jobs you might like. I wonder why so few manage it then? Perhaps it was easy for Scott Adams, but most people

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