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by jb775 6y ago
Serious question: Since RobinHood is a private company, does the "if you don't like it, you can build your own platform" argument apply here? Or does that only apply selectively when it benefits partisan politics? This is the
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Yeah I don't believe it. Or they transferred it to a complicit 3rd party who will eventually benefit.
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It's time to immediately evaluate many systems in their current form.
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Or transferred it to a complicit 3rd party so people would think they closed out their position.
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I like IKEA stores, but I don't believe for a second this land purchase was made for forestry altruism.
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> you want a slow evolution which means you suppress ideas so they spread more slowly So is this your viewpoint on all forms of diversity, such as racial and socioeconomic inclusion? Or are you selectively changing your definition as you
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How is it best for a society to evolve by suppressing diversity? In this situation, I'm talking about diversity of ideas relating to politics. Have you ever considered why Silicon Valley exists in America? It's because as Americ
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Since I primarily see the canned response of "they can build their own youtube if they don't like it", I'll rephrase to help get your actual point across: Imagine if Hitler were currently alive and rising to power in Ger
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When the private companies start getting billion dollar contracts with the government, or are lobbying politicians for laws massively benefitting the companies in the long run, it's safe to say the decisions behind the "private ru
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If there was a whole new voting system built from scratch, couldn't it be designed to use some sort of integrity key in combination with each voter's personal key? Kind of like how some CDNs have an integrity attribute to ensure t
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Exactly. Everyone seems to agree that diversity is a good thing that leads to better overall outcomes, but then some of those people think that doesn't apply to diversity of ideas. Much of America's success can be attributed to be
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It blows my mind that people still put cloud based cameras inside their homes. I wonder how many of the people spied on would have called you a conspiracy theorist for saying they might be getting spied on.
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HN should create 4 categories for posts(technical, political, non-technical & non-political, misc -- or something similar), then simultaneously display the top 10 for each category on the "New" page.
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They probably auto-flag duplicates and known spam. Whenever I look at the "new" page, it seems like a firehose of posts. I'd imagine there's luck involved with how many people happen to visit the "New" page bef
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This works for technical topics, but quickly falls apart in certain topics of conversation. When a user-base skews one way politically, this is a terrible feature. People are blind to the fact they're chiseling their own echo chamber.
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However, those tools are used for business purposes that create a significant amount of value for the business. And the learning curve of using them within any particular business is generally pretty high. This naturally puts software engin
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"Real talk" means skipping the niceties and getting to the point. e.g. If an elite hires someone to clean their house: they quickly agree on a cleaning price, no chit-chat is expected in either direction if they cross paths, when
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The carbon tank setup needs to be linked up where the water first comes into the property, so I wouldn't pay to have it installed unless you own the house. A setup like this isn't really feasible for an apartment. For an apartment
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This reminds me of a NYT article I read years ago that measured the amount of Lithium found in water levels around the USA, and they found that areas with higher Lithium levels had lower levels of violent crime. It also makes you think how
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I think you're wrong. I did extensive research on this prior to purchasing a home recently and the general consensus I found is that you need a pretty advanced water filtration system consisting of carbon + reverse osmosis filtration t
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I live near a closed naval airbase that used to spray tons of firefighting foam containing PFAS (the bad stuff) before they realized it was hazardous. Since we get our water from a well, I had a system installed with 2 large carbon tanks (~
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> Throughout much of 2019, Internet tech giant Google has attempted to portray itself as a public champion of web privacy Wait did anyone in the world actually believe this? Their primary business model relies on the opposite. The only
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This is possibly the most perfect response I've ever read on HN...hits the nail ON the head. People need to clear their heads, forget politics for a second, and put some more thought into this. I'm literally dumbstruck as to how s
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I don't see any reason for a public patent besides disinformation. I don't think any foreign gov would fall for this, so my guess is a disinformation campaign against average people...to make them think this is the current state o
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Go to 192.168.0.1, log into your router/modem and see if there's an admin "Event Log"...could find some answers there.
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Twitter doesn't care about any business dispute, we're simply watching them chip away at the foundations of capitalism to facilitate a move towards communism. In this latest example, they're doing their part to suppress res
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A gaping hole in this article is the fact that >90% of the media is comprised of culture war sellers in favor of the left (not to mention all FAANG companies), and <10% in favor of the right.
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Sorry, but since the water company is privately owned they can do whatever they please. If you don't like it, you can build your own water company. Thanks! ...now you know how it feels for anyone on the opposite side of your argument.
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If you broke the TOS of your water company, would it be acceptable for them to cut the water connection to your house? I mean if you don't like it, you could always just go pick up your own water...or install underground pipes to a loc
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I'd love to see Twitter's lifetime list of "Halted" trending topics. Obviously this is a more understandable example, but it's interesting to note Twitter admitting politically relevant trending-topic censorship.

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