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thanks though, it makes my decision a lot clearer -- goodbye HN

oh great, more downvotes!

Yep, fantastic way to prove to a suicidal person that life is worth living and having independent opinions for (I'm the OP, FWIW) /s

Perhaps a bit of both. Regardless, Larry's intentions are good and he's an angel -- which is rare among programmers. Many (like Linus, RMS, DHH) are almost sociopathic in how they …

It's not entirely inaccurate.

Because there's no object to their jokes. It's just exaggerated humor not at the expense of anyone.

The SRS sidebar makes it pretty clear that the whole SJW façade is exactly that: a façade. They obviously have legitimate complaints but hyperbolise everything to poke fun at it.

I never said someone should be liked because of their gender. It's just that using Victoria as a defense for Reddit's consistently juvenile view of women doesn't really work.

Victoria was beloved despite the fact she was a woman, not necessarily because of it. I understand what you're trying to say, but it doesn't really hold up.

That's a two year old link to a sub whose whole intent is to be as diametrically opposed to the SRS sub as possible. If you're trying to strike a point here, I think it'd be much m…

But Reddit wasn't attacking corporatocracy or actual censorship. They were just trying to defend their right to be dicks to other people through abusive and hateful subs. The right…

> now predictable narrative of '50 white male racist misogynist neck beards' who want to chase women out of tech again This is a pretty accurate narrative. You may not agree, but c…

IFE systems do show telemetry data from aircrafts' EICAS, though -- things like ground speed, altitude, temperature, etc. I'm not sure on the specifics since Boeing has kept silent…

Sorry if this is off-topic, but as someone who once sat through a four-hour compile of Octave several years ago and never touched it again, what exactly are the advantages of using…

Of course, I've no reason to doubt that. Apple's design philosophy is great for many people, but the trend of its design becoming the only design for interfaces (see also: Galaxy S…

Right-- but Ive also seeks to reduce form so much to the point where it begins to impede upon functionality. Take the thickness of the iPhone 6, for instance. The drive to reduce t…

This seems like little more than an Apple puff piece. > Apple has recently developed a standard British power plug whose prongs fold elegantly back flush into their body. Easily st…

This seems like a non-sequitur, since the Indian filter coffee you linked to commonly incorporates both Arabica and Robusta beans. > "The most commonly used coffee beans are arabic…

I'm not sure, but it remains a pretty strong indicator of why we need good multipartisan cooperation in any good society.

Agreed. It irks me when proprietary software developers ask for donations for a 'free as in beer' work. Either offer your product as a paid service/item, or make it open source and…

Exactly! Which is why I said something LIKE. :) There's literally nothing more fun than creating your DnD campaigns; it would be so cool to construct worlds involving interplanetar…

> (2) upvotes can't be the only factor determining HN's front page; that would make it consist of controversy, gossip, and fashion all day long That seems like an awfully low expec…