News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

__i___ii____

__i___ii____ on Hacker News

Re:The Miseducation of America’s Elites on Friday March 12, 2021 @03:18PM (#26440388)
I think the exchange got off on the wrong foot. I think the point to be made is that American history being seen as simply a history of racism and white supremacy is a new thing, and a sad thing. Because, as you know, other things happened here.
Re:The Rising Threat of Digital Nationalism on Sunday November 10, 2019 @09:56PM (#21501771)
>These new freedoms and liberties are created by technology

Okay... let's see:

>increased wealth distribution (globally)

Trend began before the internet (the subject at hand).

>changing social norms towards individual rights and equality

Trend began before the internet (the subject at hand).

>I can, for example, participate in international engineering efforts from any one of a billion places with steady internet that will allow me to stay.

Irrelevant to the subject at hand.

>I can eat a greater variety of foods than my grandparents enjoyed. I can do research and study about my own medical alignments and make better informed decisions about my healthcare than every before. I have the option to marry anyone that agrees to it, regardless of race or gender. I can practice the religion of my choosing openly.

All irrelevant to the subject at hand.

>I understand that there is a lot of pain and a large risk of group think associated with our global information system. I have the individual freedom to choose which information sources I tune into, and I have never had a greater variety than today.

Disagree. It isn't about your basic individual freedom to choose. You can choose, yes. But it is about the field of vision presented to the focus of your mind, or rather the collective mind. It is about the narrowing of that field of view. Narrow the field of view: narrow the choices people believe they have. This, in effect, narrows their choices, regardless of their ability, or freedom, to choose.

Re:The Rising Threat of Digital Nationalism on Sunday November 10, 2019 @08:31PM (#21501444)
You may have a choice of 31 flavors... but you're still in Baskin-Robbins...
Re:Adam Neumann planned for his children and grandchildren to control ... on Saturday October 19, 2019 @08:49AM (#21298208)
I think the simple explanation here is that he's just an idiot.
Re:I used to fear being a nobody, then I left social media on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @04:31PM (#21130267)
So it's like concern trolling.
Re:Bethesda removing mandatory login from Doom re-releases after fan b... on Monday July 29, 2019 @02:26PM (#20557703)
Perhaps DRM isn't the issue. Perhaps the issue is DRM on a legacy game.
Re:Quantum Darwinism, an Idea to Explain Objective Reality, Passes Fir... on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:03PM (#20519079)
Damn I feel stupid.
Re:The Importance of Insect Suffering on Sunday July 14, 2019 @08:12AM (#20432997)
https://youtu.be/ze9-ARjL-ZA
Re:The End of Political Cartoons at The New York Times on Monday June 10, 2019 @05:25PM (#20151025)
The angry vocal minority on twitter (people who may not even be customers, perhaps likely are not) really has such an effect on a company's sales? Got any examples?
Re:The Making of a YouTube Radical on Saturday June 08, 2019 @07:49PM (#20135976)
https://youtu.be/HWc5_4uKOg8

Molyneux's response to the article.

Re:The Making of a YouTube Radical on Saturday June 08, 2019 @01:42PM (#20133819)
Should have named yourself "totallydontworkatgoogle."
Re:The Making of a YouTube Radical on Saturday June 08, 2019 @01:40PM (#20133804)
I closed out of the article at the suggestion that the likes of Joe Rogan, Ben Shapiro, and Dave Rubin are "radicalizing" anyone. The New York times is such unbelievable garbage.
Re:The Making of a YouTube Radical on Saturday June 08, 2019 @01:37PM (#20133773)
Well, it catches people in thought-bubbles.
Re:Glue traps are cruel, and retailers should be banned from selling them on Saturday June 08, 2019 @01:34PM (#20133748)
Mosquitoes are so value-less that scientists are working on extinction methods.
Re:Glue traps are cruel, and retailers should be banned from selling them on Saturday June 08, 2019 @01:28PM (#20133711)
I'll issue a correction: as mass murderers they have negative value. Their lives must be extinguished.
Re:Glue traps are cruel, and retailers should be banned from selling them on Saturday June 08, 2019 @08:46AM (#20132117)
100 flies = 1 mouse. However, mosquitos have absolutely no value and can be exterminated to extinction. We could even make it a holiday.