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by tomlock 11y ago
I work in AdTech and find it hilariously ironic that you're finding the constant and unmitigated discussion of adblockers in an article that discusses the constant and unmitigated flow of malvertising and dark patterns. We built this p
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by tomlock 11y ago
This argument was kind of explored in the movie ex-machina! If these themes strike a chord, I'd suggest you go watch it now!
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by tomlock 11y ago
Does this take into account inflation? If not, isn't it a pretty unfair graph?
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by tomlock 11y ago
I think the article is quite aware of that over analysis - and even mentions that a high amount have been found in some studies to not transition in later life. I guess the question is, what are we more willing to risk? Is it worth riskin
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by tomlock 11y ago
Depends how expensive it is comparatively, since the outcome is a good one.
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by tomlock 11y ago
A few years ago I was wondering if the ubiquity of the internet would lead to less or more ideological balkanization. I thought, maybe it would let people find other hateful niche people to be aligned with, and would allow them to be congra
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by tomlock 11y ago
I don't think Hydrogen cars will take off. I worked on an industrial site where Hydrogen was decanted from large trucks into smaller cylinders. On the same site we produced Acetylene. The Acetylene reaction is very volatile, and eve
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by tomlock 11y ago
Depends on what you consider tangible harm. It came close recently in this instance: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-20/australian-couple-mobb...
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by tomlock 11y ago
In 2013 there were 505 unintentional gun deaths in the US. In 2012 in Australia, there were 4. Just sayin'
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by tomlock 11y ago
>>Do you think suffrage was solved by childish flame wars or hard work? Actually, I don't need to just wonder. There's plenty of historical evidence to show that suffragettes not only engaged in physical violence, but vicio
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by tomlock 11y ago
This isn't the "start" of the cause - this cause and problem has been going on for literally years now. Perhaps you are only just becoming aware of this because of this HN thread, but a lot of people have been fighting this
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by tomlock 11y ago
I +1'd your comment, but I think the algorithm hasn't worked in this instance. The fact there would be a flamewar about someones experiences at a tech event says more about the culture of tech than that article about michelin star
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by tomlock 11y ago
Funnily enough, that seems to be a common reason to suppress discussion of many issues of rights and fairness, whether its been about same-sex marriage or sufferage. And people get called jerks in those discussions, too.
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by tomlock 11y ago
They could try listening to women about their experiences.
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by tomlock 11y ago
This article just plunged down the front page. Calling out the jerks that think this isn't relevant tech material. Bullshit. Tech culture is frequently mentioned. Articles about work-life balance don't get downmodded this much.
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by tomlock 11y ago
One thing that guys don't tend to realize is how much more often women get asked this question than men. Gamers that are women are generally annoyed when someone exaggeratedly asks "Will you marry meeee". Once, its a funny
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by tomlock 11y ago
Something important to mention is that the author felt really supported when her co-workers called out bad behavior. If you haven't already, maybe its time to have a discussion about how your coworkers feel about these issues, and if
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by tomlock 11y ago
I wonder how many of these spills go unreported! In high school one of my classmates told me how he used to crack open thermometers and play with the liquid. I don't know if it was mercury or not, but it seemed to be, and he was comp
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by tomlock 11y ago
I don't really think that the action of sanitizing reddit could be characterized as "pretending it does not exist or that you can wish it away". Its pretty likely that the people that are trying to do that are acutely aware
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by tomlock 11y ago
>>But your experience certainly does not speak for all gay people. You're right. I don't speak for all gay people and that's why I said often . I certainly have talked to a lot of gay people about this topic. So you
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by tomlock 11y ago
To quote another one of your comments: "The case seems pretty clear to me. You are free to create any subreddit you see fit, and moderate it however you wish. Why should every existing subreddit be forced to conform to your personal se
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by tomlock 11y ago
The internet is growing up.
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by tomlock 11y ago
And the experience is often alienating for gay people because the images are paraded as gross or weird. Source: I'm gay as heck.
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by tomlock 11y ago
Same in Australia.
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by tomlock 11y ago
>>The new enthusiasm for the flat white, a drink made of espresso and milk that seems to have originated in Australia or New Zealand, is particularly nettlesome to Mr. Nye. “You put 10 people in a room who claim to be an authority on
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by tomlock 11y ago
It does feel a bit like the raising of this material provides people with a way of legitimizing the grievances of the Muslim community. Whether he built the clock or not, police arrested him over its similarity to a bomb, yet didn't e
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by tomlock 11y ago
These examples are a great way to raise questions about what "gender" is! Quite often arguments are raised that XY means man and XX means woman, or having a penis makes a man or having a vagina makes a woman. It is edge cases like
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by tomlock 11y ago
My response to that is how did he attempt to perpetrate a hoax? What evidence did the officers have that his intent was to do so?
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by tomlock 11y ago
One of the officers made a comment that indicates a certain level of racism. The police were not fearful enough to evacuate the school, yet made the claim that this seemed to be a bomb. Explaining their actions without that context is a bit
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by tomlock 11y ago
This is so stupid. This is as much a bomb as a disassembled alarm clock is. Everyone involved should be fired, from the school through the police department. Words cannot describe how terrible this situation is.

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