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by jshevek 7y ago
Thank you for acknowledging my ability to look beyond partisan biases.
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You think that old people have less of a need to socialize and have experiences?
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No, I'm simply stating a fact. There is no reason for you to presume motive. You have chosen to perceive the slogan as hateful. This is your belief, your perception. It's not present in the slogan itself.
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by jshevek 7y ago
> linked content (disable security features to improve performance) is very clearly a relevant topic for hacker True, but not relevant to issues of partisanship and ideological battle. > domain and Trump's infamous catch-phrase
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by jshevek 7y ago
Thank you for responding politely and meaningfully to the snarky, partisan flamebait.
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This contributes to my concerns about mechanization and AI. Previously, in the case of insurrection a (perceived to be overthrow-worthy) government might eventually have to convince air force pilots to bomb their own countrymen, possibly r
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by jshevek 7y ago
Please take the time to read this over: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by jshevek 7y ago
Very simply, the slogan is not hateful. That you have rationalizations for finding it so doesn't change this fact.
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by jshevek 7y ago
The crisis has changed people's online behavior, and the shallow culture of other sites is becoming normalized on HN. Please flag where appropriate.
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All political slogans have ties to politics which someone finds hateful.
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This reads like flamebait to me. I don't see that it adds anything to the discussion.
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by jshevek 7y ago
I thought your tone was fine, but the phrase "Yes, that's the point..." can sometimes (not always) be associated with a condescending, sometimes even impatient, tone. It's not intrinsic to the phrase, it depends on what
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by jshevek 7y ago
One way to push back is flagging, when appropriate. I have started flagging no-content comments (such as the pun threads) which I believe indirectly encourages this culture. The site mods are fairly responsive.
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> that won't be enough, as some enterprising content marketer has decided that they need to rank for those searches too Would it help your goals to use "site:"?
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This site would be better if anyone who submitted an article to Engadget (or similar) was prompted to instead submit an outline.com link.
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It is fortunate, not unfortunate, that YouTube prevents editing of the video itself after a video has been uploaded, viewed, interacted with, shared, commented on, and started to accumulate karma of various sorts.
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by jshevek 7y ago
The markup which causes that formatting is easy to do on accident, as it is just whitespace: Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.) https://news.ycomb
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Independently, not together.
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We have no agency against death, nor ability to ignore the survival needs of the body. We have little agency against many forms of suffering intrinsic to being human. The economic requirements you mention seem small, to me, compared to the
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by jshevek 7y ago
"And the only effective treatment is time." I think you mean that time is necessary, not that time is sufficient.
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Nobody is questioning or invalidating their experiences. As I understand it, the issue is partly semantic. Is our system of labeling helping or hurting our understanding of reality?
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When you say that depression may be a rational reaction to the world, are you suggesting that nothing should be done to prevent or 'fix' depression?
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I have known some very intelligent homeless people who have made the same argument as you. Abandoning social expectations was their attempt at a solution. I think it mostly worked for those who dedicated their lives to chess, reading, casu
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Of course it could be both, at different points in time. Edit: as well as different people within the organization.
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CNN'S pro-corporate bias barely scratches the surface of CNN's hostility to journalistic integrity.
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> Sadly journalists seem even more in the pocket of big biz than scientists. I think you may be suggesting that there have been journalists who push climate denialism at the behest of the oil industry? My apologies if I misunderstood,
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I'm ideologically opposed to political conservativism, but I sympathize with you. Regarding ideological bias, CNN is worse than Fox, but in left leaning communities Fox is demonized while CNN gets a pass. Hivemind mentalities are frus
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by jshevek 7y ago
De-globalization, in this case, brings redundancy. This is less efficient, but more fault tolerant. Striving for domestic manufacturing does not prevent imports from occurring if deemed necessary. Tariffs are easy to wave, in an emergency.
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> Who cares what journalists say? IPCC and nasa reports are publicly available and use plain language anyone can read. Investigating geological or ecological truth is one thing, investigating causes and consequences for widespread igno
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That's a good point. The conversation is about a history of irresponsible public statements, but the evidence for this history is dismissed with: > actual modern climate scientist With this rhetorical technique, it could be impossi

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