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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Indeed, we shall. So far at least one person of responsibility seems to be taking cues from the Trump administration, and offering "alternative facts" as a remedy: Deputy Schools Chancellor Elizabeth Rose said families are notif
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
If he's not supposed to use misdirection and hyperbole to fight back, how can he possibly expect to get his side of the story out there? Beats me. But at least we agree as to the basic nutshell description of his standard communicat
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
He's not an irrationality machine. Well, I disagree with you there. Based on his actions, especially since assuming office, "irrationality machine" seems to be the perfect description of him.
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Very succinctly put.
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Sure, definitely. I just like to simplify it to "since Jan 20" to sidestep any of the "let's give the guy a chance" arguments we were hearing in the first few days. In other words, we don't have to dial back
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
He should stick to writing books (through ghostwriters) then. When issued from the seat of power, statements such as these take on an entirely different character. If he isn't aware (or doesn't appreciate the significance) of su
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
I think he's more likely trying to get people to notice that Berkeley students effectively suppressed Milo's freedom of speech. He isn't just "trying to get people to notice"; he's blatantly threatening to cu
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
[dupe] Though a valid topic, there are other threads on this story at the moment.
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
This childish "us vs them" attitude is not healthy. You know, sometimes in life, when dealing with certain forces of chaos and disruption, which can be safely categorized as entirely malignant, e.g. the Mafia, the Khmer Rouge, I
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Based on Kalanack's very high-profile role in the tech community, the news item was certainly "of interest to hackers", per the HN guidelines. Seems inappropriate for it to have been flagged.
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
If that were completely true then he wouldn't have a council of tech advisors that all hold views counter to his own. That's more of a sign of him doing the best he can to scrape from the bottom of the barrel than of any real re
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
If you're in the "Trump is a mad man" camp, don't you want voices of reason like Kalanack's to be in his ear? Based on his actions since Jan 20, he should be isolated, shunned, denounced and blocked by all availab
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Those are certainly interesting topics. But the bigger point is that it's not the President's job to, at the drop of a hat, start bullying and threatening people in far-off branches of government to do his bidding on whatever mi
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Yup. That, and access to military technology and intelligence on issues of mutual concern.
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Please see my response to the sibling comment of yours. As to red states -- no, he didn't single-handedly flip all those rust belt counties of course (if you're looking for a finger to point for that fail, there's good eviden
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
No one can quantify how much/how little Thiel had to do with Trump winning. Right, it isn't quantifiable; it require qualitative analysis. Like most significant events and forces in history. In brief response to what you (and t
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
This move actually has "Yuge" implications, when we consider the context: apparently satisfied with his success in laying down his agenda in broad strokes, as he did in the first few days after assuming power -- he's now atte
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg told CNBC's Julia Boorstin that she was "disappointed in certain elements of the decision." Sandberg added she was "considering our options to appeal," and the verdict was "not
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
And the only reason it's getting this level of scrutiny is because Thiel has taken "unpopular" stances. It's not because of his "stances", or because they're "unpopular." It's because he&
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
"Different rules for very, very rich" is the basic theme. If that's the world you want to live in, then yeah, I guess there's no story here.
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Peter Thiel bought his NZ citizenship, documents show(theintercept.com)
76 points by kafkaesq 10y ago|93 comments
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How Think Tanks Became Engines of Royal Propaganda(tabletmag.com)
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
(1) Was the process of discussing and negotiating the opportunity with these people pleasant or unpleasant? (2) All the other stuff. Of course the "other stuff" (moving forward in one's career, not signing on to the prolonged
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Along with the classic "not at this time" response. Meaning, as it always does, "We won't answer your questions, ever."
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Tone and message. Which are quite significant, in gestures like these. To call it a "donation" would carry a connotation of pity, or do-gooderism ("We know this is money down the toilet; but we're doing it anyway becaus
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Fascinating. The term most likely had nothing to do with the Bowie song (which apparently was inspired by one of Iggy Pop's romantic interests, who was Vietnamese). But it does suggest some interesting (unintended) interpretations of
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Not only do they make you talk to a salesperson before buying their software... a lot of these places make you talk to a "salesperson" (i.e. an internal recruiter) before even referring your resume to someone who can actually eval
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Deutsche Bank fined for $10B Russian money-laundering scheme(money.cnn.com)
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
Like many major events in history (including most wars and revolutions), it's probably best interpreted as the product of both large-scale and systematic factors as well as happenstance and small-scale interventions -- like the timin
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by kafkaesq 10y ago
That's OK, they're straightforward enough, as they stand. I'm sure you understand the meaning of the quantifier "most" in the second paragraph (as opposed to the word "all" which you seem to be imagining

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