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Again, that's not what happened, and not what I described several times even though you can see it for yourself. I'm not going to repeat myself to describe it again, but this is ab…

I thought my tone was civil and matter-of-fact. Please let me know if it seemed otherwise. > unsubstantiated claims I substantiated my hypothesis and acknowledged its uncertainty. …

To be clear, I agree that it's very often a cheap shot and I'm glad such things are not generally part of HN. > I've posted about this countless times Everyone needs to know policy…

Well, I agree the discussion is pretty awful. But this policy is a bit unclear to me (and otherwise unwritten, AFAICT): > not making insinuations about astroturfing and shills, unl…

dang: It's a bit shocking to read this, and it's disappointing too. I hadn't heard of this policy until now. I've seen very many comments make similar claims in many discussions an…

I'll add that in a few hours I got 6 (or maybe more) down-votes on otherwise uncontroversial comments that didn't agree with the seeming Indian nationalist party line - often the c…

I wish HN would ban comments like the parent. It's such an old tactic for spreading hate, I don't need to describe it. It adds nothing to HN - the pseudo-rational is just old propa…

Is the Indian government now also doing astroturfing? Does anyone know about any serious research or reporting on it? Chinese and Russian operations are well-known and reported, bu…

Generally I agree, but ... > Social Security Number in the US pre-dates the internet and any concerns people had about privacy. People in the US were concerned about privacy long b…

> which centralised biometric DB doesn't have risks. Social Security Number in the US is pretty similar. There are no biometrics associated with Social Security. It's just an ID nu…

If you can identify someone, it's easy to link it to data that identifies their religion.

This article is sensationalizing a very inflammatory issue. For example, the article claims the arrests are "at the behest" of one group, but the citation used doesn't say that. Th…

The Guardian recently published leaked training documents for Facebook moderators. The instructions quoted in the Guardian article depict very minimal moderation. For example: - Re…

> “We review over 100 million pieces of content every month,” Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his page on Feb. 16. “Even if our reviewers get 99% of the c…

Why? What is the benefit to Google? Also, are they doing training for the local user or for Google's 'general' systems or for both?

My assumption has been that Google, Amazon, and Microsoft run the heavy-duty AI in the cloud when possible, benefiting from huge scale and easier updates. Maybe that assumption is …

To be clear, I wasn't uncomfortable with the implied comparison because I have something against Jesus or the Gospels. I was uncomfortable because I don't want anyone to think for …

> I think the fact remains there's too much non-linearity in the means of production to get where Elon is trying to go without pushing his people to the limit. What is the basis fo…

The Guardian reported on the same issue recently: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/18/tesla-wor...

People on HN, maybe not you, love Musk. He accomplishes a lot in tech but must he get credit for everything, even the things others do? Boeing has a long track record of major tech…

> a parable Ha, that's a great observation; I hadn't thought of it. On one hand, I'm very uncomfortable with any implied comparison to the most well known practitioner of parables.…

> I wouldn't worry too much about the debts that they owe to the state. Why not? The state can forgive the debt, but when those resources disappear from the economy then many peopl…