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I don't think the word n-word is an alternative to the n-word. Which is kinda the point I made in the original post - a lady of the night is a prostitute is a whore, it's the same …

I won't let the reaction of a sample of people dictate how I express myself, and I will not hold other people to that standard either. When did the pursuit of rationality get repla…

I don't think that "sort of feel" is a bar high enough, when the consequences for an individual can and have been so severe.

Surely meaning is foremost dictated by context? English does not have a context free grammar. I can say the actual n-word without meaning to enflame or diminish - it is very easy i…

What's the difference between saying n-word and the actual word? The concept that symbolises in my head is the same - and so any difference necessarily is to the benefit of the spe…

When the data no longer fits inside a compute resource (a node, or even a rack), you are by necessity going to be distributed. Communication is a fact of life when the problem-size…

But wouldn't a deep investigation of reality and the world, of which we and our feelings are a part, more conclusively check and balance our thinking?

And the state of lower saxony owns ~12% of Volkswagen!

>"It found that “daughter-divorce” risk emerges only in a first-born girl’s teenage years (see chart). Before they reach the age of 12, daughters are no more linked to couples spli…

But I never said that, you're building a strawman. I said that punishment is a necessary part of prison, it is the main thing of justice. You may or may not agree with that positio…

Okay, thats nice. Do you think anyone here on HN is in favour of people going hungry? And by a free lunch, I meant the idiomatic expression.

You are building the strawman of strawmen here. I never gave a reason that prisoners should be treated worse, as that implies I am arguing for an increase in punishment compared to…

Of course my opinions seem uninformed to you, when you intentionally misconstrue them as you have done.

I was not complaining about anything. They aren't ex-felons, after they are released, they are felons. I do not think you understood my original comment, since you keep quoting tha…

You never _have_ to victimize someone, no matter your circumstances.

I don't think I advocated that all sentences should be for life, and I don't get how you got to there from what I wrote.

Nowhere did I make that claim.

I think that retribution, which is of course the principal component of justice, is a key part of prisons. Somewhere the scales must be balanced, and if not in prisons, where then?…

Your post made me remember [0]. Can you get any more polarizing than suggesting that your opponent will start the nuclear anhilatiom of the modern world? [0]: https://www.cnbc.com/…

It doesn't have to be. Capricious enforcement of rules is the name of the game.

Reducing time taken through the appeals pipeline to 1/5'th does not imply five times as much resources are needed.

Robinhood is a private company, and are allowed to decide what types of people they want to let trade on their platform.

What is an example of extremely good science in psychology? What's a result we can hold up to scrutiny and believe truthfully with conviction?

Enjoyable, beautiful animations. Keep making these!

A prime minister of Sweden stated that "He, who is in debt, is not free". Sometimes nuances makes communicating concepts less efficient, and debt bondage is one such case.