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by internaut 10y ago
This will not be tolerated.
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by internaut 10y ago
You should see British 16-20th century period documentaries. I don't watch them anymore because the cognitive dissonance is overwhelming
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by internaut 10y ago
Thiel really did see a lot of things long before this election took place, notably a libertarian may feel the need to dismiss the wage stagnation and energy crisis as temporary aberrations, but Peter didn't factor that information out
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by internaut 10y ago
News organizations could post a bond on each article. Then they could lose money if they lie. For the main context of a story, for factual inaccuracies, for spelling mistakes, it could be contextual with different types of bonds. The questi
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by internaut 10y ago
Some things don't change Anigbrowl. http://imgur.com/a/sj98U I'll be in the HNchat.
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by internaut 10y ago
I usually give $10 per year. Not because I think they need it, but because they are an important institution. I'm concerned that the number of contributors is going down though.
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by internaut 10y ago
What I notice (since we're talking about 'Projects' it seems relevant) is that there is a very low take up of the Tiny House concept among the black population which mostly inhabits social housing schemes similar to the Proje
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by internaut 10y ago
My design will already have to use a heliostat to collect sunshine for daylighting, so it makes sense to use a cold mirror to take advantage of the infrared too while I'm at it, it's not much more of an investment.
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by internaut 10y ago
Have you considered getting rid of your mobile telephone? People's ability to prioritize is shattered with these devices or perhaps their ability to use them.
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by internaut 10y ago
You would enjoy James Burke's Connections series. It is curiosity driven. There are very few Renaissance men (and women) around today. I've met a startling number of people who spend time online but never encountered Wikipedia, th
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by internaut 10y ago
Definitely. If you examine the history of the British you'll find their architecture e.g. Georgian, was inspired by archeological digs and ruin sites in Italy. A lot of it bears obvious elements from ancient Greek and Roman temples onc
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by internaut 10y ago
He had a hobby of cracking safes. Not as a thief I think.
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by internaut 10y ago
You're right, excepting WMD, it is not about the relatively small numbers who die in terrorist attacks. The problem is that terrorism leads to sectarianism, and sectarianism leads to civil war. Northern Ireland is an excellent example
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by internaut 10y ago
> A "rebellious" person would see the merit in both and essentially coin toss. Perhaps a smart person is a rebel roleplaying as a conformist. In a game theoretic sense you get the most advantage without the penalty. It is one e
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by internaut 10y ago
The article makes a salient point but I'd say this was even true before the Internet companies existed. A huge portion of Muslim men are named Mohammad or some derivation thereof. There are notoriously few people called Mohammad who ar
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by internaut 10y ago
> And it really doesn't look very democratic any more It isn't, this is the executive part of the government. That aside misgivings and thoughts of bad faith by the opposing side are not special phenomenon. I remember when Obam
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by internaut 10y ago
If we had a society where people could educate themselves/be educated for 20 years, work for 20 years, have a vocation for 20 years, it might be a better world. Presently such a lifestyle is available only to a minority in our society.
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by internaut 10y ago
You've seen Sociology textbooks? Guilty as charged. I don't mind people doing this at a private university, but I think it questionable that we accept this at public universities. Imagine most economic programs were taught by Mold
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by internaut 10y ago
I see Urbit is trying to solve for X here. Who else?
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by internaut 10y ago
I'd like to remind the citizens of HN that I and other alt-righters here are rarely guilty of inserting political articles into the News Feed of this website. Otherwise my posting history would probably include a tide of Drudge Report,
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by internaut 10y ago
Another is that they are social scientists and journalists.
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by internaut 10y ago
Somehow I don't think it is just the alt-right that has trouble suspending disbelief with a social justice enthused media. There's a good reason why South Park has a character called 'Token'. These political messages are
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by internaut 10y ago
Civility has deteriorated since.
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by internaut 10y ago
I believe this is connected to stagnant wages (which starts in 1970s for Americans), with a catch. My hypothesis: 1. Counterintuitively, bad economic circumstances don't lead to chronic stress. People in countries with objectively terr
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by internaut 10y ago
In case you haven't seen this: https://youtu.be/zg5QMysuSYg Interstellar strikes a nerve with myself also. I take the dysfunction theme seriously because we are in a Stagnation. There's a thoughtful essay on the s
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by internaut 10y ago
Ask dang or scott to remove the block. Measures involving law and information are definitely in our domain. It didn't just slip under HN's radar because of the temp ban on politics, my search results show Congress website, Wikiped
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by internaut 10y ago
If you want to hear a truly unique soundtrack, check out Utopia (British television series): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2f6MfEzhvo I've never heard anything like it. Highly creative and matches the show's si
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by internaut 10y ago
Yes, and it's strongly connected to this other essay (2011) by Neal Stephenson on innovation. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13153558
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by internaut 10y ago
tldr; Gawker was a "critical investigative news outlet" say people who worked for Gawker. And the media wonder why they've lost credibility.
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by internaut 10y ago
> Sure they aren't cutting edge but they work and add a minor amount of value/security at home for little cost. I do some hobby things on the side (ads-b tracking etc) but other family members get the most value from the simple

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