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People have both personal and social interests; the latter can overcome the former in a system that people can trust. (Not saying that we have that right now, or ever have)
Re:Georgia police officers fired after Flock camera misuse on Sunday August 09, 2026 @08:00PM (#49237601)
I get that this comment is meant to warn about the creeping government overreach and a curtailment of free speech, by comparing the US against a society where government surveillance is already commonplace.

I wonder if it does a disservice to readers to not make that same comparison against more similar countries instead (UK, Germany, Australia to name a few examples)?

People make tradeoffs when it comes to where to live. You can surely move, but that assumes you have the financial means (if finding a new job is possible for you and your partner, and your children aren't at a point in their lives where moving would be detrimental), the support system, the friend circles, the third spaces and accompanying social systems, the kind of nature and access to that nature that you've grown used to.

Yes, there are 50 states. But besides some superficial differences, they tend to cluster in terms of policy. So, as a state slides further towards one extreme, it's not easy to decide which straw will break the camel's back. Because it could always be worse elsewhere, and is it really worth the trouble?

Re:Internet outage in Iran reaches 1,008 hours on Sunday April 12, 2026 @06:06PM (#47745071)
Unless you have the backing of a much larger economic power with virtually guaranteed funding and equipment.
Re:Global Warming Has Accelerated Significantly on Sunday March 08, 2026 @06:18PM (#47302211)
Thank you for trying. I appreciate your efforts.
Re:FBI is investigating Minnesota Signal chats tracking ICE on Wednesday January 28, 2026 @08:50AM (#46795372)
Obviously there may be people who disagree about the facts of these cases. Trends, however, may bear more weight:

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/us-border-agents-i...

Re:Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025? on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:57PM (#46412989)
Mostly FB Messenger, or SMS/MMS
Not that this is a wholesale defense of DEI initiatives, but what you're describing was exactly the state of affairs before DEI policies.

If I misunderstood your comment as being critical of DEI policies on the basis of being discriminatory along protected characteristics, I apologize in advance.

Name and shame?
Re:ReMarkable Paper Pro Move on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @11:58PM (#45123398)
Ratta's Supernote is an option. The second hand market isn't as good, though, for buyers.
Thank you! I'm excited to dig in
Samson Q2U
Re:Department of Government Efficiency on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @11:28AM (#42781981)
I guess this is where the savings from the shutdown of https://reproductiverights.gov/ went
Re:Stremio OS Is Now Available for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4 on Sunday July 21, 2024 @10:17PM (#41030330)
The ideal setup takes advantage of Real-Debrid or other seedbox services.
I don't believe it is.
Re:Ask HN: Programming Courses for Experienced Coders? on Friday December 29, 2023 @09:07PM (#38812285)
On a similar note, does anyone have any resources for traditional computer vision, SLAM, and computational geometry?
There's at least one automaker (Nio) with battery swaps as part of their regularly offered services.
Re:Nitter (Twitter front end) is working again on Monday July 10, 2023 @10:17AM (#36666826)
Did you mean invidious?
Re:Ask HN: Stock Android phone free of bloatware? on Friday June 30, 2023 @01:17PM (#36538699)
It depends. Are there any apps you want to know about specifically? I'm running CalyxOS right now and can try.

My banking apps work fine, surprisingly. And some Google (Gmail, Phone, and Fi) apps too, surprisingly, but not all (eg Meet, Messages, and Fit)

Re:On ‘Plant-Based’ on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:26AM (#34174261)
More fun factoids:

https://imgur.com/a/d9m4VWU

Re:Ask HN: What is the best podcast you listened to in 2022? on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:09AM (#34062612)
5-4: a wonderful podcast about the supreme court of the United States: https://pca.st/podcast/e14f0f00-2e7f-0138-96e0-0acc26574db2

They've covered a few of the decisions in their episodes. It's an excellent listen

Re:Twitter Suspends PG's Account on Sunday December 18, 2022 @11:46PM (#34048606)
Not all of them.
I loved this article, it helped me understand: https://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-convolution/
Re:George Hotz is leaving Comma.ai on Tuesday November 01, 2022 @02:55AM (#33417861)
If expense is the only drawback, there's knockoff you can find on AliExpress. Browse /r/Comma_AI for more info.

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