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I think the sexuality of Kusanagi works on multiple levels. She is a full cyborg, and she could present however she wishes. She explicitly uses her appearance toward social enginee…

> What's your point with this line of argumentation? Are you disagreeing with my definition of "corporate war", or are you disagreeing that the Ukrainian war is not a corporate one…

It’s more corporate than any past war, and for the reasons stated, it is hard to imagine how it could be more corporate if the belligerents tried. The direct involvement of startup…

The points system whereby Ukrainian soldiers’ units earn credits for confirmed kills (with a bonus for live capture) of Russian and other nations’ hostile forces, which can be rede…

Considering how the former leader of Wagner countermanded orders from above and was recalled, as well as Wagner’s usage of press-ganged convicts straight out of gulags, the unit wa…

Since the conflict began in 2014, Wagner Group PMC has been involved in many operations in Ukraine, which seems to contradict your line of reasoning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

> I'm saying the thing you just declared "never under debate". The only one having a debate here is you. The thing that isn’t under debate (that the flips are independent) is the t…

> Bro just assume there's been a billion flips right before my example indicating it's close to perfectly fair, the only point of my comment was to illustrate that previous flips d…

> I already said the coin is known to be fair. The coin can be assumed to be fair before the flips , but after the flips we have no mathematical reason to believe that the coin is …

Presupposing that the same coin is used for every flip (which is implicit in the example), it would be fair to question whether the coin could possibly be a fair coin after 500 hea…

The scan at the time of purchase is just for tracking what the store owes to the state for the lottery system. The last ticket in each roll of tickets is scanned by the dedicated l…

HN is part of YC, which are VC. What are VCs if not market activists?

I’ve worked in the industry, so just adding some extra info, as I agree with you that the ticket system is not really less tracked than other systems, just differently tracked: Lot…

> It's the exact same process by which you buy lottery tickets in a world where they don't need to verify your identity when you redeem them. I’ve sold lottery tickets, and you hav…

It’s not really helpful in furthering good discussion, though, and it assumes too much. To compare a reply to being akin to/belonging on Reddit is to say that it is low-effort or n…

Nippon Sangoku and Witch Hat Atelier are worth mentioning, on the strengths of both their animation quality and generally amazing storylines.

> Trigun sequel is coming out this year. Aren’t there a few Trigun sequel series already out (Stampede (2023), Stargaze (2026)), or do you mean something different?

That’s an interesting idea. I think that folks have already built something like this for internal use or as a service, but I’m not sure if it exists as a free service. This might …

In good faith I feel obligated to point out the following, so that those who may read this thread in the future don’t interpret any lack of a response on your part as an confirmati…

Joining two cliches: $1 Knowing which two cliches to join: $2.49M

It’s also fair to say that there’s another possible world you haven’t mentioned: one where you’re both right. In such a world, you would have looked it up before posting, and your …

Accounts with zero karma don’t have the ability to downvote comments. https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#downvo... > After users reach 501 Karma, they gain the a…

Your mention Hot Ones reminded me of Nardwuar, who has been doing similar “social cache busting” interviews of musicians and other celebrities for literally as long as the Hot Ones…

I can’t say for sure, I’m just taking them at their word. Given what OP omitted due to possible spoilers, it’s hard for me to second guess either of you. It seems fair to say that …

Not OP, but they probably mean the novella that they mentioned, which is also new to me. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anxiety_Is_the_Dizziness_of_Fr...