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by javert 11y ago
"Objective" just means "factual." There can still be an objective analysis, it's just that different things are better for different people, so the analysis has to be done on a per-person basis. What is objectively
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by javert 11y ago
Actually, it's not excusable to have issues in the kernel or UI. I just brought up the kernel thing because I was pandering to someone inventing poor excuses for MS. I shouldn't have pandered.
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by javert 11y ago
I disagree. Basic UI issues are not excusable for a company with the resources of Microsoft. If we were talking about issues in a brand new kernel, maybe. But not basic UI issues.
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by javert 11y ago
I would like to see these used in the US to break the telco monopoly stranglehold. Of course it's likely the FAA/FCC would make sure not to let that happen. edit: I mean same tech, but not deployed by Facebook.
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by javert 11y ago
Used to? Do you not have plenty of water now? That would surprise me. Unless you're talking about one specific urban area, in which case it would still surprise me but not as much.
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by javert 11y ago
Water is plentiful in many places. Where I come from, you can't dig a hole in your yard deeper than about one foot, because it'll fill in with water. I guess you just don't like the facts. Separately, you aren't going to
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by javert 11y ago
Water is free, if you take it out of the ground yourself. Lots of people where I live (North Carolina) have wells. Like Nestle, I could also go up to BC and take water out for free. By the way, if you don't like it, you can always join
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by javert 11y ago
Only as long as the new physics is in your little sphere of influence so you can keep the grant money gravy train flowing. Presumably.
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by javert 11y ago
That makes sense, but that's not how I interpret "nobody wants to see new physics" in the ancestor comment. (But who knows.) I mean, wouldn't it be really frustrating to find out the law of conservation of momentum is no
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by javert 11y ago
I get that.
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by javert 11y ago
I have an X1 Carbon thinkpad. It's not a problem at all to carry around---very light and thin. I have separate mouse+monitor setups in different places (e.g. office, home). So I just plug it in wherever I am. I keep the monitor and mou
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by javert 11y ago
Thanks, nice summary. > I think the last thing anyone wants to see here is "new physics". I really want to see new physics, because I want to see us get off this rock and far away. I think most people want to see new physics. I
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by javert 11y ago
No. I said "a very small part of the political specturm," and "liberal with regard to migration" is not a very small part of the political spectrum, it's half of it or more. I'm liberal with regard to migration
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by javert 11y ago
Opposing "speech policing" is standing up for open speech. It is not a variant of "speech policing." To claim that it is is just nasty verbal trickery. It's exactly like one person saying "Criminals use guns to
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by javert 11y ago
No, I don't think it's exploitation. The immigration issue is a different thing entirely.
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by javert 11y ago
To point out that there is a modern practice that is similar is relevant to the conversation and not particularly inflammatory. The proper way to converse on HN is to address the content of the comment, not complain that it exists, like
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by javert 11y ago
Nonsense. They are not exploited.
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by javert 11y ago
US is a third world country with a first-world layer on top. A more concrete difference is that there are a lot of people in the US with guns and bad attitudes. (A lot of Americans don't know it because the layers don't mix much.)
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by javert 11y ago
How is he weird? Just curious.
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by javert 11y ago
That map is so bad because the "spectrum" of colors goes from lighter to darker to lighter to darker. So it's not much of a spectrum. (Still, thanks for providing the link.)
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by javert 11y ago
You seem to be assuming a notion of continual human progress. In a few hundred years, we'll probably be in another Dark Age, judging by current trends. We're like the Roman Empire in 200 AD. Progress is the exception, not the rule
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by javert 11y ago
> one might extend that to say we also have innate brain wiring to always create taboo swear words That's arbitrary conjecture at best. A better explanation is that vulgar people will find ways to be vulgar in whatever language they
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by javert 11y ago
> What was your position at the time again? Please be respectful. This is not respectful. And it does not help make a rational argument.
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by javert 11y ago
Isn't it obvious? In 1900, over half the American population was wiped out within 5 miles of where they were born.
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by javert 11y ago
> As they say: if you owe your banker one million dollars, you have him by the balls. If you owe your banker one billion dollars, you have him by the balls. I think you made a mistake. First sentence is supposed to be, "he has you
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by javert 11y ago
I agree with banning subreddits that actually go outside their own subreddit to harass people. Otherwise, I don't.
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by javert 11y ago
She's the CEO, it happened under her watch. > What planet are you from that you think a company is run that way? Well, not a planet where I try to persuade people of my views by sarcastically asking what planet they're from. Th
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by javert 11y ago
Because banning certain reddits is a value to no-one and a disvalue to everyone. It does not add value to me to have subreddits Ellen Pao personally disagrees with be banned. Rather, it takes away value. And now that the precedent has been
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by javert 11y ago
Most of us aren't in the position to get sued for gender discrimination. So this whole Ellen Pao thing is just a bunch of nerds eating popcorn. It's our version of a celebrity magazine. So in that sense, more gossip about Ellen Pa
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by javert 11y ago
Because Linux development is done over a public mailing list.

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