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by octopoc 2y ago
The disconnect is that the news is completely wrong. I can confirm that it’s an employer’s market from personal experience as well.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Technically, software for browsing the internet without Adblock is not general purpose. I would consider it to be shopping software. My point is, this is a No True Scotsman fallacy.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Actually gift giving at the winter solstice far predates Jesus. For instance the tradition of Santa coming down the chimney comes from a time in Britain when there was a terrible snowstorm and the poor people were starving. The Druids had f
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by octopoc 2y ago
Yeah plus Brave on iPhone auto blocks ads. No extensions or configuration needed. Not sure if Firefox does that.
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by octopoc 2y ago
The modern gay lifestyle harkens directly back to Jewish communities at the time of Christ, almost completely unchanged. Yet Jesus never condemned them.
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by octopoc 2y ago
You might want to call up his parents or siblings and tell them the story. I had a friend die young and whenever I remembered a story about him, I would make a note and call his dad next time the guy’s birthday came around. Actually I forgo
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by octopoc 2y ago
Thanks! I’ll have to read this later
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by octopoc 2y ago
What even is fascism anymore? Is populism fascist? The ancient Romans had a concept of temporary dictators for emergencies. Was that fascism? I recently read Starship Troopers, which many people say is a cautionary tale about fascism. It’s
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by octopoc 2y ago
It might be somewhat localized. English is my first language and I’ve never heard this slang.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Doesn’t this essentially prove that if there is life outside earth, almost all of it will be carbon based? As opposed to silicon based.
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by octopoc 2y ago
He makes a lot of people mad but that doesn’t make him an idiot. It just makes him genuine. Everybody else who looks polished is hiding secrets behind excellent PR.
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by octopoc 2y ago
If there is someone better suited that could have had the position, then it’s unfair.
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by octopoc 2y ago
I was about to call you on this apparently you’re right—the CEO of PornHub is indeed a Rabbi. I’d love to be a fly on the wall in strategic planning for PornHub’s moderation team. The addiction strategy is working of course but it’s probabl
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by octopoc 2y ago
Let’s say, for sake of argument, that only 10% of crimes committed due to entrapment would have been committed without entrapment. Are you still okay with that outcome? At what percentage does entrapment become a good thing? 50%? We can use
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by octopoc 2y ago
FYI you should probably put ONSITE in the HN post. I had to dig a bit to find that information--initially I assumed the New England opening was remote because New England is much larger than a single city. > Please state the location and
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by octopoc 2y ago
How many times was the atomic bomb developed? I think it might have been only once. Oppenheimer invented it, the Rosenburgs leaked it to the USSR, and if I understand correctly the communists leaked it to other communist countries. There we
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by octopoc 2y ago
Personally I think everyone should read both The Communist Manifesto and My Struggle. It really helps understand the twentieth century.
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by octopoc 2y ago
I think gp was being sarcastic and talking about made up news, I.e. a Rabbi spray paints a swastika on his temple and reports it as a hate crime. It’s quite common because it gets you a lot of attention. But you’re right about how silly the
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by octopoc 2y ago
I'm in the same boat and I'm definitely not successful yet. Here are some HN discussions that I found helpful. If anybody else has input, I'm all ears. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41180492 [2] h
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by octopoc 2y ago
All those examples are from a single ancient culture. Why did you pick only from that culture?
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by octopoc 2y ago
Communicate with your local beekeepers on when you do this and they’ll really appreciate it. Might even get some free honey.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Wow this really hits home for me. I can do long stints at a job but when I do I inevitably start building all kinds of things on the side because that’s what I love doing.
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by octopoc 2y ago
You’re arguing against establishing an important precedent that can be used against other social networks.
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by octopoc 2y ago
In what way is race not real? Race is determined by DNA.
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by octopoc 2y ago
Yep, here's a link for anyone interested in the facts: https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
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by octopoc 2y ago
I was recently reading about violence in schools in Boys Adrift by Dr. Leonard Sax and he mentioned several correlations that are common suspects: economic "level", race, and a few others, and race was the highest correlation by a
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by octopoc 2y ago
What constitutes "taking the hostage takers' side"? She's not begging that the police release the perps, she's not saying that they were within their rights to rob the bank or anything like that. It's more comp
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by octopoc 2y ago
Reminds me of the saying, it’s not the years, it’s the mileage
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by octopoc 2y ago
Some trauma isn't obvious to the victims. Like if a parent never emotionally connected with their children but still provided shelter, food, etc. Trauma can also be disguised under (pick your ideology / religion) and therefore the
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by octopoc 2y ago
> In my experience, not all spirits are made alike. I can't say much more than that as I'm not an expert. Oh this is so true--everyone thinks they're either demons or artifacts of your imagination. Thanks for sharing your

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