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Re:Mastering Nim, 2nd edition by verdverm on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:44AM (#38545343)
our biology primes us to see these things, our lizard brain is quite powerful despite the belief we can live above it.

> it's more telling about you than anyone else

I'll reflect this back to you and your statement. Making such statements says quite a bit about how you see and treat people

I'd also note that I did write I didn't see it the first time, and only saw it after another commenter pointed it out. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38544483)

Re:Mastering Nim, 2nd edition by sigzero on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:54AM (#38545500)
"out biology primes us..." but "I didn't see it the first time, and only saw it after another commenter pointed it out."
Re:Mastering Nim, 2nd edition by verdverm on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @10:57AM (#38545570)
part 1 addresses the general premiss that if you see sexual imagery in a non-sexual image, then there is <something> about you

part 2 addresses the personalization of the accusation

Re:Mastering Nim, 2nd edition by PH95VuimJjqBqy on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @12:40PM (#38547069)
exact same for me, although after seeing it I do have a difficult time believing it was accidental.

But I also don't care, it doesn't bother me at all.

Re:Mastering Nim, 2nd edition by that_guy_iain on Thursday December 07, 2023 @03:15AM (#38554087)
> I'll reflect this back to you and your statement. Making such statements says quite a bit about how you see and treat people

What I suspect is you haven't looked at a picture of the actual book cover and therefore haven't realised that it looks rather different in action.