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by slowhadoken 1y ago
Botched political maneuvers and rhetoric by the Democratic National Committee in the 2010’s directly lead to Trump getting elected. The Clintons played a big part in all of it. Christopher Hitchens warned the public about it for decades. Tr
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
Social media rewards mediocrity, LinkedIn is just the most button down.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
I’m a life long liberal but Republicans won the House, Senate, and Supreme Court. Checks and balances exist they’re just wildly favoring conservatives. The DNC overplayed their hand by turning on Sanders, they’re continuing their pay for it
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
Porn games on Steam and itch are tacky af but they don’t push them on me and I sort of just ignore them. That being said they should probably sell them on different website.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
It’s illegal because California made it illegal for municipal police to cooperate with federal agents. Trump and future Republicans will use this to accuse Democratic sanctuary cities of being lawless.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
In the US it’s not a criminal offense, it’s a civil matter. Even if a building is smoke-free (which includes incense and cheap scented candles) property management usually won’t evict unless they have ironclad evidence but that’s nearly imp
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
And yet it’s still legal to smoke in your apartment.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
I vote we go back to punch cards.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
There is no AI yet, it’s just automation and that’s why people hate it. It also allows corporations to consume open source code for profit.
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by slowhadoken 1y ago
I agree with making games from scratch. That being said I thought Celeste was wildly overrated. Keep up he hard work though.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Old but gold.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Thank you. I get a lot of this litigious attitude on Hacker News but the bad actors are either wrong or trying to instigate irrational arguments. Like someone will post something political, I’ll point out an inconsistency in their argument,
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
I find this to be painfully true in the US. Most of the rational discussions I have about politics are with friends from other countries (Soviet Russia, China, Africa, etc).
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
The Medici Family was powerful because they were bankers of the papacy, i.e., they managed the Pope's finances.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
BlackRock, State Street, and Vanguard Group each respectably manage trillions of dollars in asset, private equity, and debt. They're independent firms but each own substantial shares in one another. Together these 3 firms are major sha
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
BlackRock, State Street, and the Vanguard Group all own substantial shares in each other. Honestly, I feel like you're not communicating in good faith so have a good day.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
You're right Disney doesn't own own Fox News but BlackRock, State Street, and the Vanguard Group are significant institutional shareholders in Fox Corporation, the parent company of Fox News Media. At this point you should realize
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
You’re quick with the insults. Keep it classy. I can think of another example off the top of my head: Fox News -> Disney -> Vanguard Group, BlackRock, and State Street (edit (I looked it up): the top institutional shareholders).
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
That sounds like a yes. Larry Fink famously announced that “you have to force behaviors” when describing how ESG is tied into investments proving he has weight to throw around.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Example (using “a modicum of research): MSNBC -> NBCUniversal News Group -> Comcast Corp (and Vivendi) -> The Vanguard Group (largest shareholder).
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
I can’t remember anyone respecting mainstream US news for the last 30+ years. Aren’t most news agencies, directly or indirectly, owned by BlackRock, State Street, or the Vanguard Group? That’s a real question.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Could be, I’ll check it out. It’s probably on of those childhood memories lost in time. Thanks though.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
If I remember right Isaac Asimov wrote down similar notes on scale and they were publish but I can’t remember what the book was called. I used to do the same think when I was a kid. A teacher saw me doing it and mentioned the book. It haunt
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Is this a reference to the Liquid Television short?
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
An error by your standards, which is a standard I have no reason to value. By the standards of the US federal constitution the governor of Maine is subordinate to the president of the United States. Maine is also ranked 43 out of 50 in term
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
That’s too compartmentalized to be a democrat brief. They love generational guilt too much.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
I don’t think the president was joking and the governor wasn’t laughing.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
I’ve never voted for a president, I’ve only voted in the primaries for Ralph Nader and Bernie Sanders. And so far Trump is cleaning house. Watching him trounce the governor of Maine was funny af.
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Agreed. I want to maximize functionality and prosperity. Popular politics is tribalistic nonsense. It leads to fallacious equity and fairness policies "but Billy is braking the law, why can't I? That's not fair."
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by slowhadoken 2y ago
Republicans are in power because Democrats spent too much time earning points with people that were already going to vote for them. That's why Trump won 7 out of 7 swing states. Democrats could respectfully take their L and learn from

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