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by musage 9y ago
> But the person I was replying to was fretting that, god forbid, a child be more distracted by a phone like x or y person they know was distracted by games, and not become z person they should be. But that's the thing, they weren&
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by musage 9y ago
> Currently, urban infrastructure is increasingly getting more complex as we face many social challenges, such as complicated crimes and unexpected natural disasters. This situation requires that the establishment of a safe and secure so
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by musage 9y ago
And how does that apply to what it was replied to, namely this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16100002 If "but they're not you" (what they? there is no they in that comment) is such a great argument th
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by musage 9y ago
> doesn't necessarily mean that "new things kids like are especially likely to be bad" is a good heuristic That heuristic is a strawman. Who employs it? Quote someone, I doubt you can. And then there's the countless n
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by musage 9y ago
But we're soley not operating on "extreme suspicions because something is new" here. The letter does cite some studies, for starters. And you're mixing up "haven't always borne out exactly as predicted by the
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by musage 9y ago
What opinion is expressed here? There's a vague implication of "this is unfounded" they cannot even be bothered to put in clear words, much less make a case for, while trying to make up for that by repetition. So it's no
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by musage 9y ago
And, like clockwork, your type of comment shows up, completely unaware of the irony.
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by musage 9y ago
Couldn't that be rewritten as "advocating a position for affiliation instead of advocacy"? And if I point out a potential bug in your or our program, is the claim "you only do this to impress people who hate this type of
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by musage 9y ago
I just threw up into my mouth a little.
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by musage 9y ago
I haven't worked on this for ages, and never really finished filling up all word lists with enough words, but just to give you an idea for how you can get fun results in a super simple way, some excerpts from the files that make it up
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by musage 9y ago
Personal integrity? Calm? Harmony with surroundings? I wonder if there are animals that produce ElsaGate videos, or come up with rationalizations for them. I'm sure there's animals who eat their offspring in certain situations, bu
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by musage 9y ago
Not with that attitude, and not with this crowd. Even if that doesn't magically create good things out of thin air, I so would love to separate for good from those who don't even want good things.
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by musage 9y ago
> it wasn't necessary for their rise to power [..] they could have So you may claim, and I disagree. Importantly, "they could have" != "they did".
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by musage 9y ago
Hitler wasn't elected, he was appointed. Which doesn't take away from your point, but it's really astonishing how such easy to correct falsehoods about such a deeply important subject just linger on and get repeated. https:&
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by musage 9y ago
Are sociopaths entitled to not be judged by their non-sociopath peers? Why?
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by musage 9y ago
Or anything else, except speaking up, as demonstrated here. I mean, someone made a comment implying FB only removes really nasty, criminal things, but they don't get told that "it's Facebook's business" (even thou
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by musage 9y ago
> Firstly, none of those examples are subtle. Who mentioned subtle? That's not even moving a goalpost, that's conjuring one out of thin air. > However the association of candy bars and decadence didn't come from adverti
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by musage 9y ago
It's not "free", they give it away to sell ads. With Microsoft, before the constant update stuff, you could at least say you buy version X of product Y and then you have that, like some tool in a tool shed. Now that's a
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by musage 9y ago
"and more" == "whatever"
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by musage 9y ago
I think the technical term for the correct response to this is "let's roll". Boycott the related companies and people into the ground.
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by musage 9y ago
Not gonna fly on HN, where any "serious" programming by definition takes place in teams, where people welcome stuff like Go enforcing a brace style just so they don't have to argue with others, but alas, it's true: >
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by musage 9y ago
> the trust that was growing at that time and the hope we all began to take for granted > my kid You can't make this shit up.
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by musage 9y ago
The fact is that they made the assurance, and then lied and said they never gave such an assurance. If you think lying isn't nefarious, that's your outlook.
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by musage 9y ago
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gone But good job attempting to shame unrelated people with unrelated "reading disabilities"* just to make a point you don't even have. * Which ones would that be? Reading
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by musage 9y ago
> Cash costs money too--you have to count it, handle it, deposit it, protect it from theft, verify it's authenticity, make sure you have enough change, spend time counting change, etc. Holy God. I might as well say it's all equ
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by musage 9y ago
Yeah, that's what I thought.
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by musage 9y ago
There is a difference between an analogy and a comparison. Just think of it as it working with murderers for commercial gain, and try again, as far as the analogy is concerned. China is plenty totalitarian, too, so even as a comparison it&#
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by musage 9y ago
Not even once. Not even in the context of something called "Youtube for Kids". Pearl-clutching consideration for others: not okay. Pearl-clutching shock over people having consideration for others: totally on.
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by musage 9y ago
Why can't I have my own outlook and priorities? Why can't I like what I at a casual glance at the Rust docs? When I say casual glance, I mean casual glance, and if I missed something really horrible, I'll find it soon enough
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by musage 9y ago
I found that channel by following chains of featured channels from hardcore ElsaGate channels. You'll also find such coloring videos on channels that have blatantly messed up content, too. > it seems like US Americans are projecting

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