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I usually go a hundred or so and then change up. Honestly Mr. Dang, I'll probably just bail. HN is 50% non-technical, it's easy to get drawn into that, nothing of real value is sai…

That's a good point. Perhaps the temptation is to choose philosophies that have the appearance of power. Sticking pins in a voodoo doll of your boss, Mr. Scrooge for example. Some …

This man is a genius. We've hit Peak Modern Art. Honestly, you can't buy this kind of PR. Do a dozen more, number and sign them on the back, profit.

>Reddit now will become the place that inspires mass shooters instead of 8chan I can guarantee that there are plenty of evil doings on Reddit and Facebook. One argument, and a more…

>Do you find yourself being just as concerned when the reading list is 7 male authors and 2 female authors? Or only in this direction? Not at all, it just stuck out at me while I w…

> if you just want to dismiss the observation. I'm not and I'm willing to give it a chance. I'm just not seeing a strong correlation. What I do see people doing when they lack cont…

Zero moderation beyond criminal content is/was basically Usenet alt groups. Somehow the world survived all those years. Listen, I understand the need to cordon off the wrongthink p…

That's an interesting theory, although I doubt that 19th century US farmers, among the most self-sufficient people in history, were lacking in religion, superstition, or conspiraci…

>"Hateful" Reddit or FB communities also don't allow "free speech". The moderators will ban people who go against the grain. Which is fine I think, but why have Reddit or FB do the…

Heck, I view it all as 'misinformation', and I certainly don't need some cubicle drone at youtube to decide for me. Certainly the average person is smart enough to understand the s…

While I see that funding will tend to constrict the research around the desires of the funders, it's worth considering that 'science' has also expanded into areas that don't deserv…

>I think you'll find if you spend time on universities today, they are essentially apolitical. An interesting experiment would be to compare English Department reading lists in the…

A total user base of 50 or so would be fine. The trick is to find a group where everyone (mostly) wants to interact. An extended family could probably work.

>Haven't universities been like this for ages? I can honestly say that when I went to college people were essentially apolitical. I don't remember anything you might view as a camp…

You know, I don't doubt that Amazon is a bunch of bastards, but I can't say that any company I have worked for ever did much for employee tragic circumstances. They were just more …

Generally, I'd say that anti-carrier strike group tactics involve simply (well, maybe not so simple) overwhelming the defenses. Quantity can work as well as quality. You might look…

I'll fly in if need be.

It'll be developed at Facebook. Every 'like' is Alive With Pleasure (h/t to Newport cigarettes).

What I'd like is something identical to Facebook (preferably hosted in a box on my desk) that I invite all my friends to, and they have the ability to invite people to. 2nd gen is …

Hey, at least they're not requiring a chip implant. Of course the phone OS people are going to do this. Judging from a few years of Live PD, every single person getting pulled over…

Huh. I always assumed it was going to be teledildonics. ..damn, a downvote. I mean, who can be against teledildonics? That'll be the main thrust of technology when our robot lords …

I might have thought so some years ago. In an era when 1/2 of the Western world hates Western civilization, I'm not sure that it matters anymore. Of course, in the long run, it's a…

Perhaps as a hobbyist device, there's certainly a lot of interesting apps that could be written. I'm assuming here that it is somehow subsidized (via volume or via data mining) and…

The underlying question is 'what would it take to break the device free'.