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Re:NY smartphone ban has made lunch loud again on Thursday November 06, 2025 @01:56AM (#45832280)
You can't just declare any opposition to your point of view as being in bad faith. (which is ironically in bad faith)

> If they think they are, then their decision making centre is compromised by cnbc and fox news and their opinion must be dismissed.

I hope you're trolling, because if not...

Re:NY smartphone ban has made lunch loud again on Thursday November 06, 2025 @12:10AM (#45831723)
Why is it that Hacker News is overwhelmingly liberal on most issues but when it comes to teenagers/children incredibly authoritarian and big government?
Re:NY smartphone ban has made lunch loud again on Thursday November 06, 2025 @12:08AM (#45831714)
> All of which are anti phone-ban/anti-regulation/pro-liberal/freemarketeering masquerading as a product of independent thought.

I don't see what you're saying. Are you saying people must think the same things as you do for it to be independent thought?

Mozilla is desperately trying to LARP as a tech giant.
Re:Google Removed 749M Anna's Archive URLs from Its Search Results on Wednesday November 05, 2025 @12:34AM (#45819570)
> Ah yes, using a Russian service, what could go wrong.

Nothing if you know what you're doing.

> Weekly Yandex astroturfers strike again.

People doing things you don't like doesn't mean they don't exist.

It's interesting how people often have the same fears and enemies but express and interpret them in different ways.
Re:Show HN: A CSS-Only Terrain Generator on Tuesday November 04, 2025 @11:43PM (#45819195)
Reminds me of RCT, very nice!
Re:Commodore 64 Ultimate on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:14PM (#45649471)
Whoever owns the IP now seems to be going for this weird cyberpunk look.
Re:Commodore 64 Ultimate on Monday October 20, 2025 @05:13PM (#45649461)
Pleasantly surprised to see it's not just a Raspberry Pi in a keyboard shell.