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by zorpner 5y ago
First, this is not totally accurate -- you can board flights with literally no proof of anything, and international travel often does permit an affidavit of prior infection. Second, just get a vaccine, jfc. Been infected? Great, now you&#
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by zorpner 5y ago
In case anyone else was confused about the multiple comments on this post talking about "books banned from Amazon", it's about Amazon choosing not to sell books that characterize gender identities and sexual orientation as me
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by zorpner 5y ago
> I've also seen several examples of incredibly racist CRT books in classrooms. You mean to tell me that high-level academic critical theory is being taught to children? Please, name the books.
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Internet Archive Would Like to Know What Assoc. Of American Publishers Is Hiding(techdirt.com)
16 points by zorpner 5y ago|0 comments
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by zorpner 5y ago
"I only know how to pay people to create new alloys!" https://www.angryflower.com/348.html
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by zorpner 5y ago
I've no doubt that this is all above-board and legal, but it's an insult to the intelligence of their readers to assert that this is for any reason other than Facebook's name change to Meta.
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by zorpner 5y ago
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
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by zorpner 5y ago
It's actually Controlled Digital Lending: https://controlleddigitallending.org
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by zorpner 5y ago
You're describing a system in which the subgroups that have been historically advantaged remain those with ongoing access to capital.
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by zorpner 5y ago
> I would also hope that Facebook's infrastructure isn't so fragile that a small mutiny of a dozen employees could hold it hostage. Oh my. At least in my time, which has involved some serious work at a majority of FAANG, I&#x2
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by zorpner 5y ago
In a two-party system (a necessary de facto in a single-member-district plurality system), failure to vote for a candidate is mathematically identical with a vote for the opposing party.
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by zorpner 5y ago
> I earn the respect every day I come in How much of each dollar you make for the company with your hard work do you take home?
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DoorDash and Pizza Arbitrage(readmargins.com)
4 points by zorpner 5y ago|0 comments
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by zorpner 5y ago
> No – since wealth has diminishing marginal utility, wealth transfer programs are inherently positive-sum. This is extraordinarily well-put. Thank you.
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by zorpner 5y ago
One prong of an approach would be to maintain a reputation that didn't make this seem instantly plausible.
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by zorpner 5y ago
That is trivially not simpler.
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by zorpner 5y ago
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3300/3300-h/3300-h.htm "By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensibly necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the cou
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by zorpner 5y ago
This seems like it would be pretty easy to check before you posted. I just did -- they aren't.
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by zorpner 5y ago
> Discussing people’s membership in groups like cis or Native American or whatever else IS an unwanted political act. Unwanted by whom?
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by zorpner 5y ago
The people who do the work that produces the value.
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by zorpner 5y ago
Bodes well for the narrow tunnel with no egress meant for these cars to self-drive in.
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by zorpner 5y ago
I suppose it's nice to have confirmation. I was working in the keyword bid ad space around the time Google bought Doubleclick, and they essentially ate the margin that every company in that space was working in. It was apparent that
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by zorpner 5y ago
I would encourage you to listen to, and believe, the very real experiences of people of color, same-sex couples, and transgender or nonbinary people who have spent time in locations like Eastern Idaho.
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by zorpner 6y ago
> The domain no longer exists, and my registrar doesn't keep records older than 10 years because of GDPR, so I couldn't use that as a way to prove the page was actually mine. Wait, are you complaining that they wouldn't ta
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by zorpner 6y ago
> you get auto scaling right away Every time I see someone say something like this, or better yet use the word "magic", what I hear is that they don't understand how or why their system does the things it does. Nothing is
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by zorpner 6y ago
There are ways to demand systemic change outside of the lobbying umbrella.
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by zorpner 6y ago
This is honestly the most hilarious possible misread of J.G. Ballard, perhaps one of the most overtly politically ideological sci-fi authors who ever wrote. Read High-Rise (or watch the surprisingly good movie!). Read Concentration City.
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by zorpner 6y ago
Please name the city. In the known examples of this practice, it has had positive effects, e.g.: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/25/camden-newar... > Camden and Newark, two cities in New
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by zorpner 6y ago
The point is that this represents a coöption of the term hacker by the venture capitalist community -- it's always easier to convince someone to accept less value as recompense for what they produce by convincing them that they are eng
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by zorpner 6y ago
Every single comment on HN is political to varying degrees. The ones decrying politics are, ironically, among the most political; they specifically seek to perpetuate the status quo.

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