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Re:New List of Americans Tracked Without Needing a Warrant by dmitrygr on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:14PM (#23229012)
that was not a call to anything! It is a historical analysis. I am happy to cite my sources.

Isn't assuming best intentions one of the rules here?

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Re:New List of Americans Tracked Without Needing a Warrant by dang on Monday May 18, 2020 @06:27PM (#23229118)
Sorry for misinterpreting you. Still, please don't post generic ideological comments to HN.

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

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Re:New List of Americans Tracked Without Needing a Warrant by 101404 on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @03:11AM (#23232146)
It sounded more like an accurate historical observation.

Weird comment...

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Re:New List of Americans Tracked Without Needing a Warrant by dang on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @02:10PM (#23238092)
Maybe so, but that isn't enough. It also needs not to be trite and shallow. Note this guideline:

"Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

There's tons of previous explanation if you skip over the trivial bits in https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que....

Also https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... more generically.

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Re:New List of Americans Tracked Without Needing a Warrant by 38rurhrjd on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:28AM (#23232616)
I agree, if the bar for reading comprehension includes an inability to distinguish a truism from a statement of fact.
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