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Re:The Twitter Files Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blacklists on Thursday December 08, 2022 @09:48PM (#33916796)
Right, so now that this thing has been proved we're moving on to the "They did and it's a good thing" phase.
I almost misread that as "Trudeau says Canadians should be allowed to protest in Chinatown".
Interesting, there was a volcanic eruption emergency in Hawaii 3 days ago. Maybe this won't be all the tectonic activity we see in the pacific...
Re:Porting Doom to the 3D0 Console on Sunday December 04, 2022 @08:23PM (#33860186)
Oh neat, the Doom port was gonna have Command and Conquer style FMVs.
Guess cancelling the constitution is bipartisan now.
Yeah, it's all tribal for them. Freedoms are to be defended if and only if it's good of the political tribe, over and against the rival political tribe. Adherence to the valued principles of yesteryear is all just for optics.

Nowadays, freedom of speech is a funny meme about how nobody should be able to hear you yell "fire" at a crowded gay bakery. Let it all burn down.

It's not a paradox, it's a contradiction. The "open society" is a closed circuit.
And not just gay cakes, we're going to compel bakers to make "It's ok to be white" cakes against their conscience. And let them eat those, too.
For real, why bother speaking when there's all-you-can-eat cake?
Not if you don't want to get downvoted lol. The people in the protected categories get to force you to associate with them, it's really simple.
Let them eat gay wedding cake.
Re:The tide is turning against autocracy on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:41AM (#33827249)
Or, it's the thing I don't like that causes the wave.
Re:The tide is turning against autocracy on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:38AM (#33827228)
Everything that happens is a wave that rolls over whatever I don't like.
Re:Ask HN: Are you usually late, and if so why? on Friday December 02, 2022 @12:24AM (#33827136)
-Start work late

-Work hours are long, goes on too late into the day

-Revenge night burn

-Sleep too late

-Rolls into weekends, very hard to be ready for plans.

Re:India's Central Bank(RBI) Introduces Retail Digital Currency on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @08:10PM (#33810827)
Yep, you could adapt it for a protest sign against completely disenfranchising the untouchables of society from buying or selling.
Re:Ask HN: How do you overcome feeling completely lost in life? on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:49AM (#33798070)
Hope you got those dishes done, man.
Re:India's Central Bank(RBI) Introduces Retail Digital Currency on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @12:31AM (#33797341)
India will go cashless before it goes casteless.
Re:Can This Man Stop Lying? on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @11:27PM (#33797028)
Feels like they must recruit important people from his support group.
Re:Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:19PM (#33796136)
I haven't played MTG in ages, and decided to check out their website to see what the new cards are like. Aoparently there's a new mechanic "More than meets the eye" letting you cast Optimus Prime for one less mana...? Apparently it's just, part of the Brothers' War set now. It's like those fortnite ads I see for Naruto or Goku being in the game now. Games just aren't allowed to have their own aesthetic anymore because crossover deals are apparently too profitable. Totally felt off.
It reminds me of game theory. People with strong political beliefs see themselves as hostages of each other.
Re:Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:20PM (#33795714)
Yes, your docking station is effectively a primitive duel disc. The write-able cards are new, though.
Re:Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:19PM (#33795700)
Why are the ports for the card bays Sephirot shaped? Does this game's lore have some Talmudic angelology inspiration?
Re:China Got Our Kids Hooked on ‘Digital Fentanyl’ on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:02PM (#33783192)
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Re:China Got Our Kids Hooked on ‘Digital Fentanyl’ on Monday November 28, 2022 @09:53PM (#33783122)
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A new line of work will be created; Butlerian Jihadi.
Advertisements in general are just crummy. These are people who sell our privacy and attention to greedy suits who hire marketing departments to create a generic product-centric universe with a soundscape of corporate elevator music from hell. They don't care about our "safety", they only really want the minimal amount of our trust required to not lose enough sales to go under. The idea that they or their self-reported ESG score stand for anything is laughable.
Re:Are ‘Dark Ages’ Inevitable? on Wednesday November 23, 2022 @10:36PM (#33727557)
I can't unsee Dark Ages' inevitability as that of people, in aggregate, suffering some combination of poor social relationships and exploitative societal relationships during difficult times, and then succumbing to laziness out of indifference as a response.
Re:Anime is the reason I won't switch from Android to iPhone on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:37PM (#33701056)
Lol, salty iPhanboys dislike? I must have hurt your feelings almost as much as your wallet.

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