ilitirit

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by ilitirit 17y ago
> I know exactly what you are talking about. I don't think this is easy to fix. I've sort of "solved" the problem by living in the Bay Area After doing it for so long, I've realized it's not an easy problem to deal with. I think that y
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> I think the better description you're looking for is, "The conversations aren't as rigorous as I'd like." It's not that either, but then again it could be. We all have different ways of interpreting this. That's why the most importa
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> But I tried to put myself in his shoes I really appreciate the effort, but I think you've misinterpreted some key things. Much of what you said doesn't really apply to me or the problem I'm having. I don't blame you, after all you o
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> "How do I reconcile knowing spouting X and Y are egregious idiocy with socializing with people who do that?" You're right, but after reading this to myself I realized that my problem could be more like "how do I deal with the frustrat
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> The funny thing is, I blame RSS. Yeah, I can relate. I've always wondered if I would still have this problem if my thirst for knowledge wasn't so big. I've tried introducing some of my friends to things like StumbleUpon and reddit e
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> I don't think you should communicate these issues to other people. Which group wouldn't be offended? It certainly won't help anything. To an extent I can agree, but I think the internet is great for discussions like these. I'm not pa
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> It almost sounds like you have two very black and white social circles Actually, I have one social circle. Maintaining two (there were 3, in fact) was too much of a strain on my personal life. I have no doubt that if I had chosen an
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by ilitirit 17y ago
Something that I've noticed is that this usually happens in "poorer" areas. What country are you from? I'm from South Africa, and most people down here don't even have a computer, let alone the internet. My friends are different though, b
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by ilitirit 17y ago
FWIW, after reading the 40 or so comments posted so far, here are some of my thoughts, observations and things I've learned after submitting the original post (in no particular order): 1. Either there are very few people on HN who can rela
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> Most people have a socially adept friend I don't think this came out very well in my post, but I think I am very socially adept. I'm the "socially adept friend" that you're talking about.
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by ilitirit 17y ago
If possible, can you explain which parts of my post resonated with you most and how you would have put it in your own words? I'm trying to understand how I should communicate these sort of issues to other people.
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> I suppose the first lesson here is not to let people know you think lowly of them. You are absolutely correct, at least from my perspective (although I don't think lowly of other people in the way you might mean). If possible, I'll e
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> You sound like a socially-uncalibrated egotistical person who blames his short-comings on other people. Why do you say that? I ask because I'm genuinely curious about how to talk about these things without sounding like that, and w
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> However, the way in which you ascribe your lack of ability to get along with your fellow human beings to your much vaster intelligence is a little ugly. Maybe I didn't explain myself well enough, but I get along with other people very
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> In your case, you seem to not want to go directly from a strip club to a social establishment and get crunked. I don't mind the partying, but even in a club, a lounge is usually more intimate and people tend to strike up conversation
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> Personally, I try not to say things like "dumbing down" I know exactly what you mean. That's why I put in quotes. It just makes it easier to talk about. Usually, "dumbing myself down" in my case means suppressing knowledge that I ha
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Ask HN: "Dumbing yourself down" around your peers?
73 points by ilitirit 17y ago|111 comments
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by ilitirit 17y ago
"People only use 10% of their brains"
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by ilitirit 17y ago
The research paper says it's a sandbox. http://nativeclient.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/nacl/googleclie... Here's an interesting comment I read on Slashdot a while back that summarizes the paper: This is really a little operating system, wi
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by ilitirit 17y ago
Just because someone is wrong, it doesn't mean they aren't smart. But at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter to me what people on here think of themselves and others as long they can articulate their opinions in an intelligent and
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by ilitirit 17y ago
My opinion is that anything that doesn't add value to the discussion should be avoided. If you keep that in mind, most of the issues you raised become irrelevant. The high level of discourse is what attracted me to HN in the first place.
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The Security Implications Of Google Native Client(matasano.com)
110 points by ilitirit 17y ago|23 comments
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Microsoft bans memcpy()(blogs.msdn.com)
7 points by ilitirit 17y ago|3 comments
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by ilitirit 17y ago
Just to avoid further confusion, New York City has a population of 8 million. I was referring to the New York State. Either way, the point still stands.
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> Norway is a relatively small country with a largely homogeneous population of 4.6 million and the advantages of being a major oil exporter. This probably has more to do with their successes as a country than anything else. Smaller po
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by ilitirit 17y ago
Does anyone know what the EU does with the money? Is it distributed among the member states? Is it added to their budget?
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by ilitirit 17y ago
I didn't say I'm convinced that it doesn't belong on the front page, I'm said that I'm unconvinced that it does.
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What's the point of a Windows 7 ARM port?(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ilitirit 17y ago|4 comments
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by ilitirit 17y ago
> I would expect such indulgence for our primal trollish instincts from reddit. But HN? I resisted the reddit comparison but I'm glad someone else mentioned it. Furthermore, I'm unconvinced that this is the type of submission that shou
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by ilitirit 17y ago
When it comes to living in a society, I believe in degrees of free speech rather than absolute free speech. Sometimes tempered opinions lead to improved social harmony. I don't see a problem in this case though, especially considering the

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