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thank you for a thoughtful response. your first point regarding "no non-controversial statements" points out a flaw in my logic that i hope we can move past to my example. i try to…

so if i can repurpose someone else's example: you're suggesting that if i make a knife for buttering bread and it kills someone because i was careless in my creating of the knife, …

> A brittle blade that was made to save money but shatters and slices flesh on a bone was an ethical impact. by that logic, basically every decision we ever make has an ethical imp…

the fact that i might disagree with it (never said i did by the way), would suggest that others might disagree with it, would suggest it is definitively controversial. a lot of the…

> There is no ethical impact of my job; I build technological systems and it’s up to others how they use them. well that's certainly a controversial way to start a list. does being…

the reason i am being downvoted is because hacker news is fucking garbage now. too many insecure, underqualified jackasses looking for a reason to argue.

and saying "they have an app" is ignoring OP's actual point, which is all i am trying to defend. no one is calling into question the merit it's taken to build Shazam as a company. …

what is your point? saying the algorithm "wouldn't work" without an app is like saying my door doesn't work without a doorknob. OP made a point: Shazam is not magic, and people hav…

it’s just a button. and in a perfect world I wouldn’t even need a button

and the ones you do...

thread i participated in yesterday would suggest about half of HN welcomes it with open arms.

my only point is that however you interpret the article, pivoting your response towards mocking conspiracy theorists speaks more towards a personal peeve than an objective analysis…

i don't think your analogy is strong. but instead of continuing to mince words... s/*/plan/ for literally whatever word you choose. and my point stands. discussed? evaluated? none …

sorry, I’ve edited the word “planned” into my post as to not seem misleading. (forgive me for paraphrasing the title of the thread incorrectly). unsurprisingly, it doesn’t actually…

“a provocation operation in which Soviet aircraft would appear to attack US or friendly installations to provide an excuse for U.S. intervention” what is that, if not a fake attack…

news report confirms another instance of the US planning fake attacks on its own citizens for political purposes and your response is to chastise conspiracy theorists? your frustra…

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/06/politics/donald-trump-koi-pond... https://gizmodo.com/that-viral-photo-of-president-trump-dump... an honest question, do your content police block CNN…

dude. i get it. you are only further articulating everything i have already accused you of. you want a company or government to decide what content gets blocked. that is what's par…

how substantial of you. your post may have been of some value if i didn't indicate i was being coy. alas, i was asking for elaboration on his opinion. not your canned response.

ok. read the whole article. and i understood you right off the bat just fine. you want to block fiction from the internet. specifically, political fiction. and to be really generou…

> "real fake news" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_slope or (to play coy): you're suggesting we block fiction from the internet...?

come on. read between the lines. i'm saying that blocking websites is fascist behavior, not noble work. don't abuse your family's trust by imposing political censorship on them.

their use of "but" would suggest OP is definitely talking about Mozilla

in addition to the closet racists, the last election seems to be outing the closet fascists.

yea, but we're not talking about the rest of the world in this thread, are we? also seems a little misguided to defend to a generalization with another generalization. no? lighten …