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by vinhboy 9y ago
As far as I am concerned, this is the only answer to the question. The Republican party has always supported ending net neutrality, and they have acted on it every chance they get. Democrats, for all their follies, defend it. It drives me n
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> They are massively inefficient for society in that they require all the people who use them to understand investing. This is really bad policy at a society level. I am so happy to meet someone who understands the concept of "socie
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Cool blog. His dedication to blogging daily is impressive.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I've never understood the hate for w3schools. I've always found them to be extremely useful. I like that usage examples is the focus of their site. I find that more useful than wordy documentations that more advanced references pr
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I noticed that too. It made me question the credibility of the author, because it makes them sound ancient.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> I don't think it's an outright lie You're being kind of bias and mincing words in order to prove your point. I read the google manifesto and I could easily summarize as what you said CNN did (which I can't find btw)
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I understand your point. And in my post I mentioned that I could see myself making that type of posts. However, it comes down to how you describe the scenario and how your assessment was made. There are lots of people on nextdoor who report
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by vinhboy 9y ago
It's not blatantly racist stuff.. It's random things like "hispanic male in hoodie walking around neighborhood, doesn't look like he belongs"... The first few times you see it, you think, ok whatever, people are jus
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> To be fair, at least in the Southeastern US, NextDoor is more...RacistDoor. Man, I guess I am not the only one who noticed this. And I live in Sacramento, CA. I am guessing its 10x worse else where.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
LOL. this sounds like such typical nextdoor people, it's funny.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
This is an interesting conundrum. On the one hand, I hate the idea of sites like FB using my posts as content for their marketing, but on the other hand, having NextDoor restrict who can see my content is also upsetting. I might even say th
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by vinhboy 9y ago
In America, when I ask for half a cup of coffee at Starbucks (no I don't ask for a discount), because I don't want/need that much coffee, I get weird looks. Or when I am at Taco Bell and I just want a small cup of soda, inste
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> should be handled by insurance, and when that falls short, the government. This is pretty much how I feel about all social issues like health care, homelessness, education, etc... Large donations are nice, and we should all be grateful
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> If you’d showed your axe to Edison he’d either have stolen the design or declared it a menace and tried to run you out of business so he could sell more saws LOL... best part of the article. Good writing in general.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I don't know about that. He went to some pretty good schools and got some pretty advanced degrees. The guy is obviously at genius levels because he is a really advanced programmer even though he didn't really get involved with it
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by vinhboy 9y ago
> users hell-bent on hn being only about tech I think communities, like ours, having this attitude is very self-destructive. We can't keep trying to operate in a silo and exclude politics from our discussions. Especially when a lot
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Vudu sounds an awful lot like Hulu... That's like if someone made a burger chain called McDonny... Everyone would recognize the connection immediately.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Don't all companies do this? wayfair.com has like ten different sites that all sells the same stuff with a different name. It's annoying as hell. You'll never know who actually makes the stuff. I have now learned that the bes
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by vinhboy 9y ago
This is a classic example of why we shouldn't feed the trolls. I am not sure why this letter is getting so much publicity. This view point can be had any day on reddit. Even in places like /r/technology you'll find plent
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Couple who slammed Dallas wedding photographer online, in media must pay $1.08M(dallasnews.com)
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Should I sell my BCC so I can collect the cash in case it fails? And then assume I will still have my BTC..
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by vinhboy 9y ago
It actually does matter a lot. That's just how income works in different locals. The cost of living in Sacramento is very different than the Bay Area. If you want to see how stark the difference is, look at the compensation calculator
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I agree with this. I think they are overlooking qualified candidates because they do not meet certain requirements. Especially in the government space. Then they hire H1B people who look good on paper. This to me is a huge problem. And it u
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by vinhboy 9y ago
In my very limited experience with companies that hires H1B to fill programming jobs, it's because they can't find qualified local candidates. All the really qualified people are in the bay area working for tech startups, etc... S
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Yea, I don't understand why age is always such a big deal to people when it comes to politics. Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes it just solidifies stubbornness and quackery.
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by vinhboy 9y ago
Ok sure... I can see how /r/baseball is immune from politics. But what about the example I gave, like /r/environment, or even more niche /r/CampingandHiking -- The other day there was story about federal recrea
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by vinhboy 9y ago
You know, even the military monitors reddit to keep on top of new trends and ideas. It has really become a social force, and that's why I agree with you, it is ripe for manipulation. > Reddit is a net-negative to society in my opini
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by vinhboy 9y ago
A bunch of really hateful, and racist people came to reddit because of /r/the_donald. Unfortunately they did not keep to their subreddit. You can see influences of their hateful ideology in other subreddits. They also game the red
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by vinhboy 9y ago
No it's not. This exactly the kinda of propaganda you should be aware of. /r/the_donald specifically exists to spread false information, and to dox and harass people. /r/politics is opinionated because of it's
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by vinhboy 9y ago
I used to think so. I enjoyed Reddit a lot, despite people complaining about it. Then /r/the_donald happened. Now I tread carefully because you never know what kind of propaganda is being spread around. People say stick to the sub

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