lake99

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   by lake99 13y ago

   > intended to perpetuate the cognitive capture regarding razors being things that a lot of thought goes into and that therefore justify high prices A lot of thought goes into anything that is mass-market and is still competitively priced
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   by lake99 13y ago

   > China is an economic threat to the USA I hope you don't really believe that, and are only talking about it from the politician's point of view. China owns the US. [1] [1] http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/m
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   by lake99 13y ago

   > The articles on the story state that he is Greek so I figured I should as well. I believe you. > I'm saying the state of Greece's economy, embedded in a global economy, is where we should look. This is where I think you&#
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   by lake99 13y ago

   > He didn't imply anything about Greeks in general. I suspected an implication. Please read the comments he made later on.
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   by lake99 13y ago

   > Do I have a scientific basis for using words like "madness"? Well, would "deranged" be any better? No. My point was that words like "mad" and "deranged" are part of lay language, and in lay use,
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   by lake99 13y ago

   I have become sensitized to race after coming across numerous narratives by friends and strangers, where they mention race or nationality though that has nothing to do with what they are saying. > Greece's economy has been crumbli
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   by lake99 13y ago

   I couldn't help but notice an apparent contradiction. You complain about racism and chauvinism, and yet, you identify the murderer as a "Greek student" instead of as a "deranged student".
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   by lake99 13y ago

   This, of course, brings us to the question, "What are continents?" [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBcq1x7P34
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   by lake99 13y ago

   You seem to enjoy making the effort to write all this rhetorical crap! With bits like "historical necessities of state intervention into laissez-faire capitalism to prevent abuse of asymmetrical relationships", I hope you don&#x27
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    by lake99 13y ago

    > Islam has nothing to do with it @waps has already posted a link to [1] > start with capitalism Do you think it is "capitalism" when employers are not honouring contracts that they created, and their employees signed? After
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I agree with Ma8ee. In North-western Europe, flags mostly come out for whatever sports the people are interested in. As for USA, "buy american" movements come up every once in a while. Apple and Motorola's new ads display &qu
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I agree with some of what you're saying but some parts seem to contradict with others. On the one hand, you say 'Americans have an anti-nationalist, universalist ideology, so their brains reject this reality to the detriment of th
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Declare what victory? I have no* stance in superiority of the whole modal vs. non-modal deal. Whenever I have a choice, I pick a modern GUI editor, just like you. Far from "[asserting] all possible viewpoints", I mentioned speci
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I hate vim too, but some of your points are simply not true: > * To perform multiple operations, like moving the cursor around, entering text, deleting text, searching the document, saving and loading files, requires you to switch modes.
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I wanted to flag this article, but then I noticed that it had accrued 58 points already. I gave up.
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Oh god! If this "modern" turns out to be just a passing trend, I'd hate to see the advent of post-modernism in UI design :)
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I don't quite get why you are complaining about Firefox. I'm on the Aurora series, and using the default theme; the buttons are colourful when enabled, and grey when disabled. No matter what series you're on, Firefox has a pl
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    by lake99 13y ago

    If your kids happen get chickenpox naturally in their childhood, they'll likely be safe. However, if they get when they grow up, it could easily be fatal. I don't know why there is an increase of autism in your area, or even if th
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I'm quite ignorant of the specifics of European and American telecom ecosystems. But I clearly remember the time when the network was owned and run solely by the Indian government. It was horrible. In the 80s, when we applied for a tel
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Thanks for providing the service so far. You have been my go-to place for creating a whole bunch of anonymous IDs, that I would then use to sign in on various websites.
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Oh come on! Be fair. This is the greenpeace website, not "corporate propaganda": http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/features/Swe... If you want a news report, you could read http:
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Or they could call it Android Quick Bread.
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Thanks for the heads-up. I really can't keep up with HN!
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    by lake99 13y ago

    Looks like Android has done it too: http://www.android.com/kitkat/
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    by lake99 13y ago

    > some hillbilly somewhere might not appreciate the many nuances of differing cultural practices Are you seriously offering that as your reason too? That some hillbilly does it? I'm done here.
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    by lake99 13y ago

    > Words can and often do have multiple appropriate meanings. You seem to greatly overestimate our ability to distinguish among different word meanings based on context. The meanings are not all appropriate when they conflict. I first d
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    by lake99 13y ago

    > ... by historical geographical misunderstandings If only it were just historical ! > Besides, what's wrong with Native Americans? Nothing! That's an excellent term. > Why would it be a put-down to share a name with the
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I don't know how much of an exposure you have to various cultures, but I hope you keep in mind that many Indians find it offensive when you call them "the other kind of indians". I'll put it in a manner you can understan
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    by lake99 13y ago

    I guess you and the author are sensitive to different kinds of abuse than I am. What annoys me more are wild claims, and I often go away feeling it's not easy to counter this much reliance on misinformation. I am not very active on HN,
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    by lake99 13y ago

    anigbrowl is talking about "[making] an extraordinary or absolutist claim absent any evidence", and you're talking about "even when the comment is something where a source could be found rapidly using Google". These