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Re:Facebook to ban white nationalist content on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @03:23PM (#19504918)
Censoring them confirms their narrative and only makes young white men who've been exposed to their rhetoric pay closer attention.
Re:Happy Birthday, Ruby on Thursday January 10, 2019 @11:04AM (#18874820)
In July 2009 around Rails 2.1.2, I decided I'd be happy if I could write Ruby for a living for the rest of my life... So far so good!
Re:Ask HN: Did you delete your Facebook account in 2018? on Sunday December 23, 2018 @10:40PM (#18750145)
Parent comment represents another use of Facebook in 2018 that exists somewhere between deleting and using as intended. What was it about the post that made you feel the need to attack the author?
Re:Type 2 diabetes: NHS to offer 800-calorie diet treatment on Friday November 30, 2018 @12:52PM (#18570871)
I found it easier to do via intermittent fasting and then eating all of my calories in one meal per day. Something about completely abstaining from food is easier for me psychologically than having multiple tiny meals and making myself stop eating when I'm not full.
Who should be the final arbiter of "100% true"? Should it be an elected position or an appointed position?
Is Israel's border wall symbolic or physical?
Re:Peter Thiel submits bid for Gawker on Thursday January 11, 2018 @04:53PM (#16128335)
What Bezos did to WaPo is despicable and became a pattern for aggrieved billionaires.
Re:Freelancer.com has ruined my life on Saturday November 04, 2017 @09:51AM (#15624999)
The reviewer is building a monument to their conflict with a previous employer.

Every future interview they have will be in the shadow of this monument.

What do they gain? The company they've focused their ire upon isn't going to fold because of these paragraphs. The person working there now has an opportunity to revel in their handiwork - they riled this guy up all the way to the top of Hacker News!

Best to relegate your emotional outbursts to your art instead of putting them into your business or relationships if you can't keep perspective of how they'll effect your future. I wish someone gave me this advice.

I voted for him because he told the truth about the massive problems with drugs, crime, and rape that we have in border states as well as his willingness to defend himself and his supporters from the violent Alt Left disruptors that plague his public events.
Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @10:59AM (#14980360)
I fear what Trump would be replaced with if the establishment GOP and Democrats actually managed to oust him.

The environment that catalyzed Trump's rise to power has not changed - if anything, it has intensified.

Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:20AM (#14977211)
> Trust in Trump has plummeted, even amongst his core. The vote is very quickly slipping out of the grasp of the Right

This is certainly the message being broadcast into every home on the planet for the last 6 moths. In reality it seems a bit optimistic when we consider the Democrats are coming from a decade-long losing streak (http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jan/25/...), a monumentally embarrassing, record cost $1.2B failed 2016 Presidential campaign (http://nypost.com/2016/12/09/hillary-clintons-losing-campaig...), and following these up by going 0-6 in federal elections (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/06/21/georgia-special-e...) leaving them with their lowest representation in American government since the 1920's (http://www.npr.org/2016/03/04/469052020/the-democratic-party...).

I think it's pretty safe to say that the American leftist revolution is _not_ right around the corner.

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:27AM (#14955328)
Could your great grandfather opt out of war?
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:55AM (#14954842)
> Hundreds of years of structuring society and culture to favor men

Utterly ahistorical nonsense.

My first guess would be those involved in the trillion dollar diversity and inclusion industry.

How many departments of government, academia, and business are there today which depend on a continued societal belief in postmodernism's collectivist explanation of oppression and victimhood?

If humanity achieved the goal of absolute equality, would those currently employed in the diversity and inclusion industry simply find new careers or would they continue to find new ways to segment humanity into oppressors and victims in order to retain the power and salary they are accustomed to?

Show them the DNC Leaks - they'll inspire trust for the traditional media in anyone.
Re:Unlawful gun owners commit 80 percent of gun crimes on Monday August 01, 2016 @03:46PM (#12205319)
Isn't this just low-level spinning?

"Criminals are committing the crimes, so lets punish non-criminals for their behavior!"

Thanks, but no thanks. I'll keep my 100% legal hobby and continue to exercise my right to protect myself and my family.

Re:Twitter's Fucked on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:32AM (#12173624)
The banning of Milo is beyond hypocritical, the person he was "harassing" said far worse things, yet she remains and keeps her little blue check. What a joke.
Funny, these systems always end up in this state, but it's never the system that causes it!

How many more examples do you need before you recognize the obvious pattern?