whatyoucantsay

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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
> the comparison of China to Nazi Germany is perhaps a new low, even for Hacker News? How so? Mao killed 70 million compared to Hitler's 20. And Germany doesn't hold their former leader in high regard anymore.
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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
It's not off topic at all. YC is now literally working with the authoritarian dictatorship committing the above atrocities as well as committing more executions than any country on the planet. More than the rest of the top 10 combined.
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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
I don't think they're sharing too much user data yet. E.g., a user's visits outside of China are likely still private for a while longer.
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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
It will be interesting to see how YC helps with this as their investment and relationship with China deepens. (see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16919952 ) Update: my account has just been throttled and I cannot make
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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
> That appears rather subtle but offensive bias. Offensive bias in China is rarely subtle. Job applications regularly list age, sex and height requirements. The tightly controlled national media aired a propaganda clip about Chinese-Af
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by whatyoucantsay 8y ago
Make no mistake. YC will slowly but surely come under pressure to give the CCP influence over content as well as access to private user data, first their own and then that they wield influence over. Don't forget the malware-ridden Chin
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
> However if it's not backed up by evidence then you're just spreading misinformation. Do you hold all comments to that bar, or only the less-pedestrian ones?
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
I think it's genetic. Whatever allele is responsible for emacs affinity, some people have it. It never ceases to amaze me how early in their studies they latch onto emacs and start doing increasing amounts of their computing through it
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Google talk was brilliant and it was a sad day when they shuttered it.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
The future was already there. It just wasn't evenly distributed yet.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Where in Europe would the reaction be anywhere near as negative as in the countries listed above?
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Seventh Day Adventists are also vegetarian, which almost certainly has health implications of some sort.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
> That's about as meaningful as saying that having a glass of wine or beer with lunch is normal in all countries in the world. Really? It's illegal in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brunei, parts of India, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Sa
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Fantastic list!
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
China's veer towards a more conservative, centralised political atmosphere as it has become the world's 2nd largest economy over the past decade has certainly wiped out much of the recent progress in gay rights within its borders.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
> "What are some cafes/restaurants/sights/weird shit to check out while I'm there? You will find your weird shit in the Tenderloin. SF is perhaps the most depressingly Dickensian city in the world. Before see
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
It's odd to see you speaking of the power of religious entities in Europe and staying silent on the Middle East, where they truly are a force that can topple kings.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Thank you for your comment! It confirms so much of what I've been thinking for the past few years that someone with your stated interest in politics and disinterest in "The whole ‘SV startup’ thing" would see this site as a &
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
It's far too late to de-politicise this forum. Also, is there any English-language forum of this size anywhere in the world where one could discuss swastikas (be they Buddhist, Hindu or Nazi) without a flamewar? I've seen civil
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Buddhism and its symbols have survived for millennia and will outlast your country and all Nazis as well. Edit: the same can be said for Hindus.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
You would truly struggle in China, then.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
I work in them.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
It's not just you. Your point is entirely valid.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Or perhaps narcissism and attention-seeking behaviours are "a really common thing now" and, as a consequence, referring to wealthy strangers by first name is also becoming more common.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
That is precisely why those who want to place themselves in the in crowd use first names.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
I think sama's analysis re: willingness to admit the problems faced by middle America was point on. She still very nearly won.
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
All three examples I shared were open source. To answer your question a bit more directly, yes. He doesn't like the consequences of running a reasonably large, unmonetized project. It isn't precisely a fault , but it is a situa
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
I didn't mention obesity, which is definitely a risk factor. Sugar is only partially correlated with obesity, and I have never seen anything implicating sugar itself with cancer outside of paleo / bro-science circles. Plenty of pe
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
> carcinogens such as sugar. Has any major medical body ever classified sugar as a carcinogen, or is this bro-science?
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by whatyoucantsay 9y ago
Well done! It sounds like you've done well at avoiding the various social media landmines. I suspect most suffer from facebook because of its Skinner Box nature and due to comparing their real selves with their peer's crafted outw

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