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Re:The Buzzfeed Lesson on Monday January 28, 2019 @03:16PM (#19020676)
It is curation of the most popular things, which in turn are the ones that matter to most people.
Re:The Buzzfeed Lesson on Monday January 28, 2019 @02:41PM (#19020392)
So only those who "defend democracy" are real journalists? Which in turn also means all journalists have to be biased...
Re:The Buzzfeed Lesson on Monday January 28, 2019 @02:12PM (#19020172)
Curation is a solved problem: # of retweets/likes/upvotes.
In this political climate, saying that people in the US should speak English to help communication is not very intelligent. I'm kinda okay with a not very intelligent professor being removed from duty :P
So, like regular patents? What he's saying is that patents should not exist? That doesn't sound good.
If the table of contents was dozens of pages long and you did it just so your clients could stop using the copyrighted book, I think they would have a case.
According to your pdf file, 19% longer. So this guy is exaggerating or something.
Being black does not net you a longer sentence. That's just stupid.
Re:iOS 12.2 Beta: Progressive Web App Capabilities on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:37AM (#19011625)
Thank God for no push notifications on Safari.
Re:How Hacker News Stays Interesting on Sunday January 27, 2019 @08:35AM (#19011617)
>Thanks to moderation, when I open news.ycombinator.com right now, I’m pleased to see interesting new posts about C, Chopin, and concurrency; and no new posts about fake news, anti-vaxxers, or Flat Earth.

We only like strong moderation when it enforces our biases and political leanings.