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Here's one example, directly from the current HN frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26306020 In that instance, the canceled person was one of the United States' top re…

China has forcibly implemented strict birth control policy for decades. They're also forcibly sterilizing ethnic minority populations, Uyghurs in particular: https://www.newyorker.…

> The real problem isn't technology or even adoption, it's that people who work at giant companies suck at making games. Many companies besides Facebook have developed games for th…

Having owned every Oculus headset since the Kickstarter, I think the Quest is the first truly consumer-ready VR headset. At $300 it’s competitively priced against gaming consoles, …

In a similar vein, George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate - today privately owned and operated as a living history museum - has an excellent series of exhibits which puts names an…

One of many reasons I’ve stuck with the default “Mail” app on iOS. Labeling, attachments, search, etc. all work fine. I manage my filters (an infrequent task) through the desktop w…

>Our privacy is eroding. [...] The war is not lost, however. Steven Rambam would probably disagree. He's a private investigator who's given many excellent talks on privacy at Hacke…

Sad but not surprising that Amazon let Goodreads moulder. They did the exact same thing with Shelfari [0], formerly Goodread's main competitor. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh…

Apologies for pedantry - here is the dictionary definition of " crime ": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crime >1: an illegal act for which someone can be punished by th…

The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 https://www.uscis.gov/laws-and-policy/legislation/immigratio... Specifically: https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:8%20section…

Despite the downvotes you’ve received, you are correct. The under-reporting of crime among illegal immigrant communities for the reason you identify has been studied and documented…

Indeed, this effect has been studied and documented: https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/10306/silence-of-the-inn... Per the study, crime among an illegal immigrant population fell…

The statement >But at least two independent studies suggest Secure Communities didn’t have any effect on crime rates, according to Light, despite deporting more than 200,000 people…

I tend to agree with the selected Cory Doctorow quote. “Put a tag on it” is the semantic web version of IoT’s “put a chip in it” - technically feasible, yes, but to what end all th…

Pepe emotes on Twitch are omnipresent, and have no political connotation. https://www.polygon.com/2018/5/14/17335670/twitch-emotes-mea... edit: Downvotes, really? I'm not wrong. Re…

While there are concerning similarities, Google backed off from their “real names” policy years ago. Facebook continues to enforce such a policy despite its much-noted dangers and …

> It can still be used with the link cable to a computer Can it? Doesn’t Oculus Link only work via the Oculus desktop application, which also requires sign-in?

Sounds like the slamhound from William Gibson's "Count Zero." https://williamgibson.fandom.com/wiki/Slamhound

How is r/wallstreetbets toxic? As someone who doesn’t day-trade, I still subscribe for the memes and self-aware jokes. It’s one of the few remaining large subreddits with tons of c…

What are some good alternatives for native, cross-platform GUI applications? Qt used to be my preferred solution.

Continuation of the Oculus/Facebook account linking saga: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25030454 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24776748 One comment on the OP describe…

Similar story two years back involving Senator Feinstein: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/01/details-chinese...