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> Fascinating. It's a shame that it's so hard to get people to pay for quality journalism. Maybe because it isn't quality journalism. Ultimately, something is worth what people are…

> I guess all the folks in Xinjiang just don’t love freedom as much as you do. Of course they do. Good god you completely missed my point.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su...

> We're not talking about US, Britain, Europe or any other country. But you said "people of those nations"? Now you are backtracking? > It's also not a prerequisite to be Chinese o…

>1. Who "started it" Not just who started. The quality and sophistication. > 2. How long they've been doing it 3. Percentage of people affected by it (not number!) Yes. What else w…

> Did you read the article? Yes. > Not sure about you but I don't have to put my government issued ID on my kitchen knives. Neither do I. But that's because I love freedom. What's …

I'm spartacus!

> This post is clearly suggesting that the PEOPLE of those nations don't want that dystopian future. What people want a dystopian future? That's a pointless statement. Also, Nithin…

> How do you even measure that? How about on a per capita basis? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su... Or how about 1. In terms of quality and sophisticat…

> China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nobody wants What silly clickbait. I swear the media ( or propaganda ) sure loves to scaremonger with "china". The brits wan…

HN is an echo chamber too. It's no different than reddit. Just much smaller.

> In simple terms they couldn't keep up with comment moderation and were not able or willing to invest in enough moderators. Has nothing to do with that. It's because their comment…

How on earth can this be flagged on "hacker" news?

> It very clearly sets it to display = block the line after That's the point he is making. > if you ran a normal browser. What's a normal browser?

> for the first time since WWII the US may have the second biggest economy and be falling further behind. Since 1890 or so. The US was the largest economy in the world for more tha…

As long as the functionality is there, there will be initial outrage and then people will accept it. Having gone through a few redesigns of a major website, the first few weeks can…

Because you aren't a kid anymore? You are older and have a wife, children, nephews, nieces and responsibilities? Not only that you have friends from childhood, high school, college…

It's not a myth. It's a fact. Younger people are more naive and idealistic. Older people are more skeptical and conservative.

Is it possible to have a discussion about anything without someone bringing politics to it? > He's my dad and I love him, but needless to say, when I see my partners going down the…

> Nuclear power can (technically) easily replace all fossil fuel power. It can replace fossil fuel power for electricity. Not all fossil fuel power. > It would take a decade of ser…

It's ridiculous. My university tried to switch the CS program from C/C++ ( OS, networking, etc ) and Scheme ( functional, programming languages, etc ) to java and there was a mass …

So true. Haskell is great to learn about functional programming and programming language theory in general. But to get things done, it's just not as practical.

Everything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great". The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.

"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra

> The hello world has never been easier to do. Agreed. The hard parts of programming have been removed ( especially for entry level people ). > We have communities and cheap, fast …