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appreciatorBus

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About appreciatorBus

“Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity.”

Recent public activity

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    Comment #49176716

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    Comment #49139719

    > people just engage in mental gymnastics to find justifications that fit their confirmation bias. How do you know that you aren’t doing the same thing?

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    Comment #49138022

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    Comment #49137134

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    Comment #49129552

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    Comment #49129519

    Maybe a sign of AI alignment? It understands that it's harmful to let humans spread false and politically motivated ideas, so it's trying to avoid contributing to that?

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    Comment #49113423

    Yeah it was also oddly hidden away. > Based on an agentic market research campaign, we vibe coded an app called GutCheck, a bathroom diary for people with IBS. We chose this app fo…

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    Comment #49092243

    They do not need to know what generates there electricity but... - when what generates the power changes the landscape they can see, many people get upset, however irrationally - m…

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    Comment #49091262

    When the costs are low and require no change in personal behaviour, nor even belief in the problem. Billions of people had no idea about changes to aerosol propellants or refrigera…

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    Comment #49072609

    Misleading submission. Actual headline is "Donald Trump jokes about 2028 re-election bid". Given the submitter's comment & submission history, we have to consider this an attempt a…

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    Comment #49062029

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    Comment #49042910

    For the same reason you chose to exclude the any mention of informing and reminding others about what Hamas did in the region. You comment presumes that either the posted article o…

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    Comment #49034886

    > Why would it be flagged? Because individual HN users do the flagging and many are tired of the inevitable and pointless Israel v Palestine proxy comment war that predictably erup…

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    Comment #48999358

    Or a coworker with an ax to grind.

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    Comment #48963401

    Who decides whether or not there was intent behind your words? What do we do when people disagree about the intent behind a word? Who decides what is antisocial? What do we do when…

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    Comment #48962624

    > When people say things they often have a hidden motivation, and who they are is a strong signal about what their hidden motivation is. Citation needed. The idea that most stateme…

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    Comment #48962575

    Ostracizing X-ist and X-ism is a noble idea. Creating an intellectual culture where all political ideas you disagree with can be construed as X-ist... not so much.

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    Comment #48962555

    This is an absurd standard that no society can hold members to. If you are judged not on your actions but on the actions others may take due to words they heard from someone who he…

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    Comment #48960368

    Oops, my bad fixed now, but probably too late.

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    Comment #48960326

    > Some simple words may express the wish to end the existence of a particular group of people. There’s a strong case to be made, that if there’s any ideas that should be considered…

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    Comment #48960258

    This is great individual strategy, and is an important part of being polite generally. But the article isn’t about people not wanting to be polite, it’s about perfectly polite peop…

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    Comment #48954150

    Capital markets have existed for hundreds of years. They are not doing anything today that they were not doing in 1602. I am familiar with the 737 MAX critique and I'm very comfort…

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    Comment #48953885

    Cancer is a disease that attacks living organisms, similar to how collectivism attacks living societies. "Financialization" is a 7 syllable word with no definition. There is nothin…