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I find this facet of Capitalism the most concerning; fiduciary responsibility to the shareholder. It breaks the link between people and matters that concern society (like the envir…

I’m not sure the people who own property next to ‘at risk’ coastlines will agree. As a whole, society may continue but there’s a lot of people at risk of losing their property as a…

The forces involved would only pop your shoulders and not provide any support for your back via your underarm. And the speed the bars would need to come out at, might end up inside…

It needs to be a little more specific to be correct; a cross language codebase would be the cancer.

I beleive he clarified in the same sentence that he was not calling the language Rust cancer... to quote "where this cancer explicitly is a cross-language codebase and not Rust its…

I'm in the UK and I was just listening to Andrew Neil, a political commentator over here, and he mentioned something interesting. There was apparently a 3 to 2 ratio of Hispanic/Bl…

I think the 60’s showed how much humans can achieve in terms of innovating with very little (in terms of tech). Now, we’re seeing how much can be achieved with a whole lot more. An…

I think the vast majority of people just don’t understand the Middle East. It’s a powder keg. Oil has been a blessing and a curse on the region. I think there’ll be peace one day b…

I’m a year older, btw. Why not learn a new programming language? Maybe try creating a golang implemented gRPC backend, for a flutter mobile app. Something simple like a custom bing…

I think politicians are skirting democratic accountability because they can, and not enough people are protesting the lack of this accountability. The most concerning thing about t…

I think this is a common problem in the UK during peaceful protests. I've witnessed masked young men clearly getting messages on their phones to go somewhere. They'll suddenly hust…

From the article "Climate activism is on the rise, together with an increased willingness to use violence, marking a shift from environmental activism to environmental extremism" A…

I couldn't agree more with you. I've got a brother who's been diagnosed with schizophrenia. He's in denial and it's a constant worry that he will stop taking his meds again. It's a…

It’s a very interesting hypothesis. And I guess research is difficult given the size of these structures and lack of tools available to monitor them with a high level of granularit…

Can anyone recommend a good book on the subject of microtubules and consciousness?

Perhaps a notification when new signups occur in the same area? Or when people near you with shared interests.

I think it depends on how you use HN. I try to contribute positively in the comments and enjoy the learning aspect of the HN community. Shit posters might not want to join the trai…

Very cool! I think many will be reticent to divulge social information on here! Looking forward to seeing this grow.

After watching the debate, the name-calling and lies were mostly one side. This article attempts to paint both candidates with the same brush. I don't think Aljazeera can be taken …

Yup, I pretty much stopped online gaming altogether once my son was born for this exact reason. And there's plenty of high-quality offline games out there if you're inclined to spe…

I reread what you wrote and I think it's fair to say that you're deferring to a 'whataboutism'. If you can provide actual examples of what you're talking about, then an intellectua…

Football yobo's... Ignore 'em. British football chants are infamously offensive and intended to agitate. "Fancy a row?"