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by ixtli 9y ago
"Until we find them, however, it’s probably better for us to delete the ones we use today." This is a really dangerous, reactionary notion. If there's something inherent in our social formations that are translating themselve
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by ixtli 9y ago
Snitching has a very specific definition here, i think: it's telling on someone to power. You can't snitch on the US government's secret abuses of power because the people deserve to know.
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Well, I’m a member of the public and I will always support basic research funding.
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The UI implies they recommend that I have more money saved now than I actually do. I agree!
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by ixtli 9y ago
I unironically love this.
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by ixtli 9y ago
Not sure we can have this conversation productively on HN but I will say that I'd encourage you not to read what I'm saying as "all men are rapists," but more that we live in a culture that does many subtle things that e
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by ixtli 9y ago
Oh i meant everything but that, heh. Not sure I have an opinion on the lede; i think i see what the author was trying to do.
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by ixtli 9y ago
I agree that the mistake of discounting the important role luck plays in success doesn't seem to know class bounds.
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I agree with everything you said but it still leaves me with nowhere to go in terms of combating the pervasive culture that results in sexist violence. Sure, everyone has struggles in their lives but certain groups have added difficulties t
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by ixtli 9y ago
Yes you are correct about what I meant by artifacts: stuff that flows from tribalism. Your question about what we're ignoring is super interesting and while I don't have great answers this reminds me of a super interesting concept
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by ixtli 9y ago
Perhaps I don't understand what you mean but it occurs to me that what's best for America can often be achieved easily by exploiting other countries (their resources, their labor, etc.) so the two nations outcomes aren't alig
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by ixtli 9y ago
This is a really interesting contradiction that I come across a lot. There's a narrative that the majority weaves for itself that it's under attack despite having a near total monopoly on power.
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A lot of comments saying "money and laws and religion are made up, too!" This is absolutely correct but avoids dealing with the spirit of the claim. The reason this is worth saying is because so many people believe that tribalism
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by ixtli 9y ago
I have some old friends that work in the american intelligence community (CIA, NRO, etc.) and they've explained to me that you consent to a lot of things when you join the military and get clearance that don't apply to civilians.
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by ixtli 9y ago
Ah. I wasn't aware that the source document had already been released. But whether or not someone could get in trouble for viewing an un-redacted doc is an open question afaict. The quality of the redaction probably doesn't matter
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by ixtli 9y ago
Absolutely. This wasn't the best hill to plant this flag on but it's still something I think the community should be aware of. It was more applicable when people were linking directly to wikileaks dumps for thousands of indexed, T
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Nah i just differentiate between the thing and its components. Would we see it as some great victory towards disarming the surveillance state if someone clicked on a link and happened to get caught for it? Thats a very "spray'n&#x
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by ixtli 9y ago
I wonder whether or not there should be a rule on HN about linking to classified information. I am an extremely harsh critic of the american security state and the IC in general, but lower level employees can be fired or even charged with c
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by ixtli 9y ago
This is a good question and the fact is that regardless of its formal organization there are still many factions who disagree with each other, even though the expression of that disagreement doesn't look like a western presidential&#x2
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Well that's depressing XD
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I think the greatest possible contribution to all of science that hacker news (the piece of software + the community) could provide would be to extend its general self-reinforcing conversational tone to include issues of conscience and the
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by ixtli 9y ago
This is a great resources, but i'm forced to laugh at this bit: > However, as of recently, the line between technology and politics has become extremely blurred. > as of recently We really, really need to require CS majors to ta
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by ixtli 9y ago
I came to this thread to try and find the "hacker news-acceptable" way of saying he was an utterly horrible person and you've delivered :)
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by ixtli 9y ago
Many people appear to be accusing the author of being hyperbolic, saying "well, you shouldn't be relying on github urls being real." This is true, but it misses the point: whether they should have or not, people ARE using the
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by ixtli 9y ago
Yes, I also agree: this only exacerbates the problem. And there is a problem. A good example was the Aziz Ansari babe.net article. I would self-describe as a feminist and it was great that the woman was able to tell her story but I think th
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by ixtli 9y ago
The desire to make a thing beautiful is no more or less valid when you do it to yourself versus if you do it to a canvas.
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by ixtli 9y ago
Handcuffs for legislators are just as rare as handcuffs for CEOs. At a certain point one is left to conclude that handcuffs are inversely proportional to the amount of capital you control.
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I get that most of the comments here are joking BUT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten is a related and important thing :)
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Forgive me for needling here, but i'd like to contest > Inequality in access to the court system is better than a perpetual state of violence This is only true if being imprisoned for many years is always better than being physical
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by ixtli 9y ago
The best this article does is imagine the world of Facebook as a wall of a million eyes which would definitely bother a trypophobe. It's actually pretty hilarious in that it takes a bunch of words to talk about how bad social media cou

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