highland586

Nice to see WMF in here, I highly recommend their cutlery. Knives that are actually sharp, I never want anything else

I love how it got self-referential at one point

Some comments higher up conveyed it better than I did myself.

I feel like losing a debate and understanding someone else's point of view/learning from them are separate things. In my own experience a debate is not the ideal means of communication if I want to empathize or understand someone better. But as groestl points out, this is a personal matter.

Listening and taking someone's point of view has nothing to do with debating. When you're actually listening, you're not debating anymore. It's a life skill.

What an interesting context to see an appearance of uncanny valley

I'm really enjoying Kingspray as well. It's really close to spraycan painting, they even got the dripping effect just right.

While it is a serious condition, most of your statements are simply not true. Life expectancy for Down syndrome is around 55 - 60 years old. I have a family member with Down's who is around 60 years old at the moment and despite his health issues, he is one of the happiest individuals I know. Not saying this goes for all afflicted people, but a blanket statement like 'not a life worth living' is just plain BS.

> it indicates the current technical capabilities on using and abusing personal information is still limited

Does it really though? I would expect a successfully manipulative algorithm to be much more subtle than this; just because we don't notice it, doesn't mean it's not there.