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hunterhod

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About hunterhod

Here to develop a well-informed perspective on the world through constructive dialog. Willing to integrate an opposing point of view and update my stance on most topics.

Recent public activity

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    Comment #42156047

    Why don’t you have a demo where someone can enter a website and see a JSON response? I signed up on mobile to test it out but you dumped me into a settings page.

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    Comment #42077945

    Talking down to the majority of voters is a large factor in why the democratic party lost this election. The US needs a strong democratic party just as much as it needs a strong re…

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    Comment #42072435

    Both things can be true. Conservative media outlets know that these issues evoke visceral reactions from the base and therefore they can sell more ads. But I’ve also encountered te…

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    Comment #42072094

    https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/watch-live-trump-s... Any such calculated attempt at appearing tough would break down when a bullet barely missed your head. His reaction …

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    Comment #42071437

    I think there’s a lot of truth to this, and it’s worth reflecting on. Trump survived an assassination attempt, a series of questionably motivated legal challenges, and then leaned …

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    Comment #41936016

    Trump did indeed propose some protectionist policies concerning foreign imports. It was oddly left leaning. Makes me wonder if the parties are switching platforms again.

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    Comment #41935928

    The point also remains that I haven't seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism. While it wouldn't surprise me if Trump said it, I have not personally seen it.

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    Comment #41935721

    Again, to be fair, she proposed (though now rescinded I believe) price controls on food.

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    Comment #41935564

    I think for myself and do not just adopt whatever view happens to be espoused by a party leader. I'm sure he may have conflated socialized healthcare with communism at some point, …

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    Comment #41935151

    I'm a republican who is also opposed to public healthcare and I understand it isn't communism. Most of the other republicans with whom I interact also understand that. Not all repu…

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    Comment #41934827

    To be fair, I’ve never seen socialized healthcare conflated with communism. Most people seem to understand the difference.

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    Comment #41624820

    Chipp AI public discord is pretty active and folks tend to talk about the latest stuff there. It’s a mostly non-technical crowd though.

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    Comment #40555713

    Phoenix LiveView.

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    Comment #39718171

    The quoted tweet mentions medical leave for burnout. I've noticed quite a lot of these stories begin with the laid-off employee taking extended time off for one reason or another.

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    Comment #39330399

    I should have qualified further: capitalism as the prevailing economic system within the United States.

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    Comment #39329885

    Very insightful, thank you!

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    Ask HN: Will capitalism remain incumbent in the US over the next 50 years?

    Do you believe that capitalism will be replaced by a different system? If so, which and why?

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    Comment #39245378

    Goodhart's law is a good point. I've seen that play out numerous times.

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    Comment #39242799

    Valid, agreed. Privacy might be assumed when using a computer whereas people in a public store understand that they’re in public.

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    Comment #39242066

    Counterpoint: the owner of a brick-and-mortar retail business is able to observe the behavior of customers as they peruse their store.

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    Comment #39242038

    Agreed, perhaps I shouldn’t have stoked that fire.

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    Comment #39241120

    What's the gripe with telemetry? That data is used to improve your experience with the product. Otherwise, developers are flying blind.

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    Comment #39071531

    When You Capitalize Each Word of a Title it is Very Hard to Read