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by viivaux 8y ago
Not just heavily downvoted, but flagged and in one case, completely removed without trace or reason. No warning, no appeal. Thanks for the comment though, it's nice to know that someone heard what I was saying.
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by viivaux 8y ago
"Please don't use Hacker News primarily for political or ideological battle. This destroys intellectual curiosity, and we ban accounts that do it." But I heartily encourage you to try it, and let me know how it works out for
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by viivaux 8y ago
If you think you haven't seen systems of censorship in America, that's concerning. Deepwater Horizon, where reporters, scientists, and anyone with a camera were barred from the entire area. The Dakota Access Pipeline, where Stingr
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by viivaux 8y ago
Maybe - but I think that if I posted 12 times a week about US transgessions - or German, or Irish, or Australian - I'd be facing a ban in extremely short order. I'd not like to see this normalised.
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by viivaux 8y ago
> "You missed the many, many articles on surveillance in the US and how that discussion isn't a prerequisite for discussions about China." I must have... The last ones I remember are from like 2014, and as I recall there
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by viivaux 8y ago
Did we ever find out what the "leverage" on Bernie referred to in the Podesta emails was about?
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by viivaux 8y ago
I can't answer your question, but it is faster and more efficient. I've used it and it works.
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by viivaux 8y ago
There was no legitimate reason to remove this man's comments. He provided a legitimate perspective, and wasn't flaming anyone or being rude. Defending him was your job, not mine.
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by viivaux 8y ago
There was a time when your comments here would be discussed and generally agreed with instead of blindly downvoted and removed. Come to think of it, I can't remember the last time HN had a good discussion about US censorship and survei
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by viivaux 8y ago
Breathing. Experienced meditators say that the breath remains interesting even after decades of practise. I feel that music and art could bear lifetimes of study without getting boring as well, but I might just be a slow learner.
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by viivaux 8y ago
If anyone proved beyond doubt that plants are not conscious & don't make decisions, I sure didn't hear about it. I have little doubt there are many flavors of consciousness out there, and while humans and animals and plants ha
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by viivaux 8y ago
>However, consciousness also gives out somewhere. Plants do not have it. Stopped reading there.
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by viivaux 8y ago
1. Nothing. Which is what makes this seem soooo shady, and both parties refusing to give even a surface exuse. 2. They're not trying to influence policy, but young impressionable Redditors. Even a 1% change in opinion can be huge at ke
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by viivaux 8y ago
Give it an hour - I guarantee there are worse ones to come.
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by viivaux 8y ago
Currently, you're downvoted to near the bottom, while the top comment is defending this violation of dignity. What's going on here; are we that out of touch with this community's values?
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by viivaux 8y ago
Quick tip: when people give out about a massive company (one with a real influence on the world, mind you) doing something they feel isn't right, that's :not the same thing: as assuming the company has a moral duty to heal the wor
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by viivaux 8y ago
I feel like the Wim Hof method ought to be mentioned here. It is imo the fastest and most direct route to understanding what this article is talking about.
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by viivaux 8y ago
That is horrifying. I don't suppose there'd be any way to know if companies are using this neo-phrenology during interviews?
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by viivaux 8y ago
> Topsoil should properly be measured in volume, not distance Should it though? And regardless of how clear or unclear that is, I gotta say I dislike seeing when the sum of a multitude of reports is expressed in a headline, only for peop
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by viivaux 8y ago
Also see: Alcohol, Cannabis, Portugal's decriminalization etc.
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by viivaux 8y ago
I'd just like to encourage people to think a little longer about what you might be saying, before reactively downvoting.