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by slily 3y ago
I worked a number of near-minimum-wage jobs from the time I could find one at 16 years old and had no money whatsoever until then. I didn't learn to drive until my late 20s because I couldn't afford the mandatory lessons until I f
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by slily 3y ago
Yes, let's shut down the contrarians by making fun of them or calling them words, there is clearly no room to discuss complex phenomena, as we have learned in the last few years dealing with COVID-19 "misinformation".
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by slily 3y ago
I first looked for work when I was 14-15 and got my first job at 16. No one forced me to do it. It was liberating to have some money and I liked taking some responsibility. But I had trouble finding an employer that hired minors. As far as
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by slily 3y ago
Link to where the censorship occurs, please?
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by slily 3y ago
I can relate to the comment on interviews. When I was in school it was easy to apply what I'd learned throughout the semester to the exam questions... but in interviews, I'll be asked to solve problems that I've never dealt w
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by slily 3y ago
I can see how you'd get that impression if you followed the news through mainstream media and government spokespersons who stoked fear and uncertainty to push their recommendations, but I paid close attention to research and data, and
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by slily 3y ago
There's some nuance there. The situation was not nearly as "unknown" as the CDC advocates would like to believe, and the international community provided plenty of evidence for individuals to make more informed decisions. Eve
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by slily 3y ago
Neither have I, outside of COVID-19-delta, and I haven't followed any recommendation (outside of wearing a cloth mask indoors when required). How do you know it's not a coincidence?
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by slily 3y ago
Obstinate appeal to authority to shut down dissenters is exactly how it took years for "The Science" to catch up to what had been obvious from the available data since 2020. From the masks to the social distancing, to denial of na
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by slily 3y ago
That sounds like how I use tabs but doesn't explain how people end up with enough tabs open to make them impossible to navigate in a horizontal layout and without grouping them. When I'm done with a tab, I close it. If I'm go
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by slily 3y ago
Why do people need dozens or hundreds of tabs to the point that they need groups for them? We've had bookmarks (and folders for them) for decades... It made way more sense when you could expect tabs to always be loaded, and not behave
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by slily 3y ago
I've been hoping that Valve or another manufacturer would release an untethered headset, but I might pick one up if that doesn't happen soon. I'm not a fan of the Facebook/Meta ecosystem, but I stopped using and never up
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by slily 3y ago
I've been listening to podcasts regularly for well over a decade (not quite 20 but since before 2010 at least) and your comment conveys the complete opposite of my experience. I've always disliked over-edited and vulgarized progra
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by slily 3y ago
I'm sorry but discouraging white males from attending a conference has approximately nothing to do with "allowing other people to also attend". It's a weird brand of discrimination (racism and sexism) based on the unfoun
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by slily 3y ago
> Have you been judged by the color of your skin Yes. I'm pretty sure I've been judged for every single one of my identifiable immutable characteristics. For my skin color, out loud in the street, for sure when I lived in a pla
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by slily 3y ago
What does anonymity have to do with this? The Internet gives you unparalleled access to information. There's virtually no barrier to learn about a subject you're interested in, especially software-related. You don't even ha
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by slily 3y ago
I don't disagree that historical systemic discrimination has effects that lasts generations and I'm not against affirmative action when applied carefully, but I think it's presumptuous and counterproductive to try to "co
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by slily 3y ago
When were these supposed "systemic issues" ever identified? In my experience "systemic racism" is a vague pretext to implement racist policies that push out white people (and sometimes Asians) in favor of black people (a
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by slily 3y ago
What's with the anti-human attitude? Sounds like a lot of the commenters here would rather kill 1000 humans (but of course not you or your family or your friends, maybe just some Spanish fishermen?) than the same number of orcas.
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by slily 3y ago
I wonder how many video game developers come out ahead with those exclusivity deals. Every story I've heard points to even limited exclusivity crippling lifetime sales.
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by slily 3y ago
I'm in no way an expert, but I've heard from several climate researchers that the current consensus is manufactured to some degree, in that they face severe hurdles trying to publish papers that refute or contradict pessimistic pr
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by slily 3y ago
How do you know that making necessities (energy, food, transportation) more expensive will not cause more harm than the effects of climate change, especially to poor people who do not have a choice anyway?
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by slily 3y ago
Seriously. I'll take that job any day. I am in the same boat for <$150k and consider myself blessed when I'm not reading HN commenters bragging about their salary. At least you have a shot at retiring early in exchange for a se
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by slily 3y ago
Last I heard they were supposed to be gone by the year 2000. Edit: nevermind, it was actually just 10 years ago that Antarctica was supposed to be entirely ice-free in the summer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsioIw4bvzI
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by slily 3y ago
Oh, I get that. It's just that you also wrote: > The 5th reply tags a number of republican politicians and was posted by someone whose Twitter tagline is simply "Patriot". Which is labeled and is not particularly egregious
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by slily 3y ago
English-language Twitter has always had a huge amount of inflammatory political commentary. I gave up on the platform for many years because I couldn't follow artists, film directors, or engineers without seeing their political opinion
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by slily 3y ago
The links you posted are inflammatory nonsense that try to draw a line between concern over mainstream media coverage of race and crime and "fascism". It's contrived at best. Are the statistics wrong? Is it wrong to say that
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by slily 3y ago
You'd be surprised at how many people on social media display the same inclinations, minus the self-awareness and reflection. The racist connotation sure makes me cringe, but I'm far more afraid of people cheering on violence and
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by slily 3y ago
At face value, most of the codes of conduct that popped up recently look reasonable, but they were introduced in response to a movement that has replaced this simple, straightforward and truly inclusive idea of treating everyone respectfull
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by slily 3y ago
Some might label you a denier for questioning the conditions of this measurement at all (or more charitably a "skeptic", which is almost as bad nowadays). I'd wager that many people publicly labeled as deniers are simply guil

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