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by pnf 4y ago
Yes, only a stone's throw. Why doesn't Spain have the ~6% Muslim population of France or Germany?
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by pnf 4y ago
By definition it's divisive or there wouldn't be sides. I think you mean it's controversial, in which case, it is but only to one side of the divide.
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by pnf 4y ago
Heaven forbid!!! But why should the mainstream media give a shit about that?
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by pnf 4y ago
Jack was a 3% owner with no real power to rein in his secret police. He was Rasputin in beard only. His top executives mocked him in not-so-private chats. Elon ain't having that and quickly axed the disloyal factions. That speaks to hi
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by pnf 4y ago
Probably not unrelated to the ideological offenses of new ownership.
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by pnf 4y ago
Precisely. It is interesting it is not more given the history and proximity to Morocco. It is interesting it is not less given the expulsions and forced conversions.
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by pnf 4y ago
Germany is also ~6% Muslim. But one could argue whether Germans are a significant part of "Europe". Belgium is ~5% but that's just the seat of the EU, not a real country. Spain is ~3%, which is "interesting" given t
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by pnf 4y ago
Absent a radical retrenchment of reactionary-style teaching institutions, I don't see how "getting tenure" is a viable strategy going forward. The institutions have radically shifted their construction to be administration&#x
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by pnf 4y ago
I suspect the value of something like that isn't the tech but the established writers+audiences. Substack is the best current example of independent journalism and columnists managing and monetizing their loyal readership without the b
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by pnf 4y ago
Faster? Hard pass. Guaranteed to make you slightly taller? How do I invest?
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by pnf 4y ago
Argumentum ad Pythonis! Clearly, the only way to resolve this is with a deep dive into type theory and the demarcation problem. In lieu of that, I'm happy to cede the last word to the wags in the cheeseshop.
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by pnf 4y ago
Oh, you want to hit people with garbage cans? Now I got to cut ya. It may be the case that most of the popular usage runs afoul of Fowler. But that was only to point out that, leaving aside some more or less confusing idioms, language doesn
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by pnf 4y ago
copier-collez-vous votre mots propre svp, quelque chose a ete perdu dans la traduction
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by pnf 4y ago
This is going to sound harsh, but I mean it in the most sincere way possible and I hope you'll take it with that in mind. This community's standards are old and evolving and contested. There was no vote or debate on the guidelines
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by pnf 4y ago
I enjoy such etymologies as much as anyone but not sure I agree with you or Fowler's on this one. I mean, if you want to police grammar around HN, fine, but you're going to wear out the tips of your fingers. But aside from that th
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by pnf 4y ago
If he's a surgeon or a pianist he gets a pass. The exceptions that prove the rule.
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by pnf 4y ago
I've seen plenty of male chefs so not sure what you're getting at. It's not about not doing something, it's about doing something when you can. No man should shy away from changing a diaper or cleaning. What are you even
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by pnf 4y ago
It meant having a good appetite and not fussing about your food. What's the problem with that? It seems like you don't get what it means to change your own tire. Try it sometime. It's not about caring about what other people
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by pnf 4y ago
The difference is that I'm not claiming to speak for HN and censor voices I don't agree with. That's your job, apparently. In any case, glib dismissals of shallow, condescending arguments are the appropriate response. In poin
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by pnf 4y ago
For someone with such low karma you sure are the expert on all things HN. In my humble opinion, only a mindless NPC would think my comparing the erroneous platitudes and baseless claims of the above to an LLM was not appropriate to the spir
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by pnf 4y ago
Yes, they are all real people but masculinity means changing your own tires unless old or otherwise enfeebled. Otherwise being a man or a woman means nothing but chromosome delivery mechanisms.
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by pnf 4y ago
Are any of those the sense in which you were using it?
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by pnf 4y ago
What do you mean by "society"? Just a collection of people with a common law? Or is it something more? If it's something more like a culture, then changes may be so drastic as to destroy the old culture from inside. In which
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by pnf 4y ago
Real men do change their own tires. As it should be. That's not unhealthy machismo, it's the healthy kind.
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by pnf 4y ago
After a dozen years as a dedicated Linux desktop/laptop user, I now see that trying to keep a Linux desktop functional over time is one of the charms and benefits of linux desktops. Having your wifi randomly go in and out after an upda
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by pnf 4y ago
Blogger's about page: Zero Credibility is a weekly column of essays ... on engineering the future HR marketing pitches to attract talent by suggesting the prospect of important work are used because they work. Especially with mille
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by pnf 4y ago
It doesn't help his case that Noah Smith has no original ideas, is ungenerous with people who do have them or who disagree with his strictly conventional, mainstream takes, and is smug and obnoxious in general. He's even, physical
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by pnf 4y ago
The whole setup of expectations in tech is contrary to happiness for most people. The ideal of 'building the future' and other silly values such as 'change the world' are without content. Build which future? Change the w
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by pnf 4y ago
Why point that out? Seems like a non sequitur.
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by pnf 4y ago
Yes, definitely citing an arstechnica piece citing a lawsuit's claims by very credible inmates is the winning argument.

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