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Maybe you're missing something. The sin is dismissing that even if you don't intend to pursue it. Especially when others say they see more - see my original comment. Often, when I …

Go back up the thread and explain how it helps national security. So far there is no explanation of it. > national security > free market capitalism Also, claiming 'national securi…

The backlash itself may not mean much; it's what comes next that matters. If you want to regulate this, strike now while the iron is hot: Meta and everyone else with experience kno…

Whatever, but I'm saying they aren't trying. Understanding art, beyond the surface, takes work. Something in it provokes people, often a good signal.

> It has no subtext, poses no real questions (Reddit nailed this: "war is bad, innit?"), and pursues only "coolness". I can't read your mind but that sounds like the usual response…

> Anduril Industries is not a second rate company Then they can compete successfully with non-US companies and protectionist tariffs are useless.

Yours is the non-sequitur: I responded to a claim that the EU was 'top-heavy', which I interpreted as 'economic output is concentrated in a few countries'. Regardless of GDP growth…

That doesn't seem to address the prior comment ? > over time it allows other players (inside of that country) to fill that void .. and develop their own home grown solutions .. By …

> there a lot of micro-nations in eastern Europe that have outsized influence over the union as a whole Would you give an example of when that has happened? > It just seems like th…

> the Pentagon’s most secure electronics would be made by the Soviet Union under Kremlin supervision What electronics here are among the Pentagon's most secure? Why would the Penta…

> trite brand of sub-tour-poster stencil work, most of which would be too on-the-nose for a Rage Against The Machine reissue cover. Art makes questions: It's both stencil-like and …

> It basically holds up your butt while you walk There's also a second major benefit. Some amateur theory: There are two main advantages to wheels generally: A) Hold up your butt (…

Are you claiming there are evolutionary differences to race?

> animals have evolved perceptibly in my lifetime ? Which animals? Evolution requires orders of magnitude longer time spans. I doubt we're perceptibly different (in any genetic sen…

> I don't even know how you have heard the voices of lower HHI people. Talk to them, like everyone else. > What is happening is wealthy Californians moving to Texas Maybe that's wh…

When will the public figure out that many IT exploits are the result of malpractice by developers and network adminstrators, and the businesses employing them? We're building and o…

This argument matches a HN (and IT world) idea that the law is algorithmic or autistic. If Italy's government wanted to enforce that law, I'm sure they could. If the law banned sel…

That might be considered an intended result of the rule - encouraging more non-alcoholic drinking.

What are you calling astroturfing? If anything, it would be the comment upthread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49127343

69,000 EUR is a lot in the Netherlands? It's a very rich country. It's hardly extravagant. > And NGO people I know are mostly idealistic college kids who want to do good. Lots of c…

Those costs are relatively minimal, courts do charge fees (though I don't know how well that covers the court's expenses), and few class action suits go to trial - they are settled…

> 0°F and 100°F are kind of the top and bottom of the temperature range I’m going to be experiencing and anything outside that is waaay too hot or cold. Food, saunas, the weather, …

Is it really that hard for people to stop doom scrolling or to stop inhaling or drinking dangerous chemicals? They aren't selling these foods and coincidentally they are addictive.…

How do they externalize the cost? Who is paying them? The plaintiff class-action firm pays their own costs and hopes get reimbursed when the case is resolved.

> incentivized lawyers to pursue dubious cases I don't see it: Class-action suits require the law firm owners (partners) to pay teams of attorneys, as well as experts, and others f…