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by hackuser 10y ago
> critics of all these theories exist and we consider them still scientists. That's not true; many are called "crackpots" and the like, and are excluded and ignored; the difference here is that these non-scientists are fun
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by hackuser 10y ago
Thanks for providing some data. Maybe the term started being used then, but not the concept. At least in my information bubble, it was an ongoing issue.
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by hackuser 10y ago
If Popehat and the Volokh Conspiracy are the typical sources, I suspect it's a slip of the tongue or mind blown way out of proportion, not some sort of official CNN policy or report. EDIT: Searching around, all I see are similar source
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by hackuser 10y ago
EDIT: To consolidate the discussion, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13353131
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Cnn covered the dnc leaks in a extraordinary biased way. Telling people it was illegal for them to view it themselves. I find this hard to believe. Can you back up any of these claims?
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by hackuser 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand the question. Why should people be included based on ideology? Put plainly, we want people who are factually right. Who wants otherwise? The Middle Ages were defined, in a sense, by the priority of ideology ov
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by hackuser 10y ago
What do you suggest?
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by hackuser 10y ago
> The 'real news' networks barely covered any of the DNC leaks That is not true at all. Fox covered it heavily, as far as I know; the New York Times and Washington Post both seemed to publish a new articles on the topic daily;
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by hackuser 10y ago
> The sudden obsession with "fake news" started last November after the election That's not what I saw. There was plenty of coverage before that of the tidal wave of false information. In fact, fact-checking Trump's s
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by hackuser 10y ago
The idea that conservatives should be represented in academia is a kind of a affirmative action, ironically - but for a group that has great power in the nation and world, not an oppressed one. The test in academia should be not ideology, b
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by hackuser 10y ago
Interesting claims, but what are they based on?
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by hackuser 10y ago
I've seen plenty of research saying the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Personally, having talked to people who are Trump supporters and fellow travelers, my experience matches the GP. It's an ideological movement: id
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by hackuser 10y ago
> The percentage of conservatives has declined rapidly in recent decades. We haven't seen an increase in scientific productivity because of that. Science worked just as well back when there were more conservatives doing it. Is there
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Universities and colleges have become very liberal, with hardly any conservatives left. Have they become more liberal? Academia has long been called liberal; I don't know that it has become more or less that way. Also, liberal is
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by hackuser 10y ago
Thanks. What kinds of niceties? I spent awhile looking at it and the other RH distros, and didn't come across anything saying CentOS was a server OS (not that I doubt you, I just would be interested in more details if you happen to kno
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by hackuser 10y ago
If the user just wants to get work done and doesn't care if they have the latest thing, why not CentOS?
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by hackuser 10y ago
> the people who have these devices are not going to even care about fixing their devices until their ISP disconnects them for spewing crap onto the internet It's not a matter of caring; there is nothing they can do about it. They d
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by hackuser 10y ago
I'm thinking of an elderly couple I know; they have no hope of fixing these problems and it's not reasonable to expect otherwise. They shouldn't have to fix them; the people who make the products should do it.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> We're all learning this the hard way. I'd be very disappointed if most HN readers are still learning this.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> A physical switch is for surety and peace of mind Theoretically, there's no reason to trust a physical switch more than a software switch, unless you've opened the computer and verified that the physical switch breaks all cir
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by hackuser 10y ago
> No. That would be reckless ... Maybe so, but I think the GP is correct. At least, it was true a year or so ago.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> It's almost the only option for in-vehicle audio Also, satellite radio is common.
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by hackuser 10y ago
Especially since the GP's author probably is not an albino rat (though I don't want to presume).
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by hackuser 10y ago
Everything is potentially dangerous. The article reported an experiment done on albino rats; that's not much indication of a serious risk to people; it only means that someone should look into it further.
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by hackuser 10y ago
> It does not mean you need to run home and rip all the lights out, though. From the article: we investigate, in albinos and pigmented rats, the effects of different exposure protocols It's much too soon to rip out the lights in a
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by hackuser 10y ago
> Mozilla is really just another software company owned by a nonprofit It depends on how one defines "just another software company", but I don't agree with that characterization: Our mission is to ensure the Internet is
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by hackuser 10y ago
It's sad that our discussion turned ugly; it's usually a good time to move on. EDIT: Edited it.
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by hackuser 10y ago
From what I recall, U.S./UK/French/etc. forces liberated at least several camps, so those would have been in Germany (not France or Benelux, and not on the Eastern Front). Also, they compelled local Germans to tour the camps,
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by hackuser 10y ago
I can't really answer, and I'm not interested in, what happens in a hypothetical world. Can you provide some links to real-world info that answers your last question? Here are some facts: The Times broke, and heavily reported the
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by hackuser 10y ago
> The NYT is also pretty heavy on "China-bashing" though that's not really unique to them I don't see it at all. The Times' reporting is equally critical, and in much greater volume, of the U.S., U.K., and probab

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