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In Sweden you can vote for whatever you want. It's quite humorous to read the results of these votes after the election, when they are published online. Normally this would be used…

You must understand that other people don't necessarily share your idea of what's important. To me it seems you are saying that people shouldn't vote unless they know these subject…

I think you should vote, even if you don't seem to understand what representation[1] means. You also seem to only refer to liberals, but at the same time you say people shouldn't v…

I'm sorry but I frankly don't get what you are saying. Democracies are generally based on representation, where you elect someone to represent your values and what's important to y…

I clarified a bit what I meant in my post before I realized you had replied. I'm not talking about asking your friends what they want, but representing your perspective based on yo…

Your vote rarely matter from an individual perspective, but there are still reasons for voting. 1. You vote out of solidarity to the people in a similar situation as you are and to…

I'm not surprised he makes that argument. A higher voter turnout generally benefits the left, as the poor are less frequent voters. Everyone has the right to vote, informed or not,…

Agree. This guy seem to have a bad case of confirmation bias (1). The question was "What role did the Internet campaign play _in convincing you_ to hold this rally? Don't pander " …

It seems to me that many of the 'bad' comments come from users who has a strong feeling on a subject and therefor posts many comments on story, where one might get upvoted early on…

I think a big problem with a "harsh debate climate" is that the people who can provide real value with experience, knowledge and insight will stay away. For different reasons like …

I've also gone to counseling and thought it was great. Tough situations affect people and makes it hard to think rational. All the social stigma is pretty much bullshit. People nee…

I don't get why we need ten line Q&A simplifications on hacker news, other than using theories for justifying opinions. Economic theory is already generalized and simplified enough…

The situation in the US now and in Portugal then is very different. Everything from the culture and structure of society, to the motivations behind the reform and the actual reform…

Even if it requires work, I'd rather be in an environment where I don't perceive it as such. This is actually a continuous goal I have in life. Some wise words from Max Levchin - h…

The climbers are only a small part of an expedition. I would imagine this will benefit the locals, who works with the expeditions but can't afford much access to a satellite phone.…

Also readable online at http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/main.htm... I would assume this is where the 70% came from: "[...] As global average temperature increas…

You should note that firesheep, besides sniffing packets, also lets you use other peoples sessions. Which probably has other legal implications.

While it's nice that this gets some attention and not very nice of facebook to automatically revert you back to an unencrypted connection, this is not a facebook specific problem. …

I think you should weight his argument by the quality of the argument itself. While I respect John Carmack as a computer programmer, I also know that computer programming is very d…