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They never feared it, they always wanted it, just with someone like Trump calling the shots. Every accusation is a confession, etc.

I think you're on the right track, but not getting to what I view as the logical conclusion: publicly funded options, free at the point of service to everyone. I've also humored th…

The Hacker News community feels like a particularly knowledgeable group of people that could provide good insight into what is happening. Discussion around it is clearly being tamp…

Having too much money is brain poison.

Would you say the same about people joining picket lines and marches? Any sort of peaceful protest? Also, you're projecting. You don't (and can't) know what a person's true goals a…

Reading Paul Graham's musings on "wokeness" is a complete waste of time. Please find the words of other better informed people to read, who have an actual interest in addressing pr…

This deluge of terrible things from Zuck over the past few days is so clearly 100% in deference to Trump. The fact that Zuck name-checked Twitter when explaining the change to Comm…

I could call you small minded for thinking only of advances in rocket technology, and ignoring the negative aspects of advancing Musk's power and influence. Should I?

> given the very real concerns that there is a dangerous cult of personality surrounding Musk, seeing this footage presented this way is unsettling.

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A "Creativity" slider.

Location: Berkeley, CA Remote: Open to remote, on-site, or hybrid in the SF Bay Area. Willing to relocate: No (with perhaps a few exceptions.) Technologies: Ruby on Rails, React, T…

You're very much missing the visual artistry of the movie, and focusing too much on literal story telling. You can do that if you like, but the visual aspects are why this movie be…

Fury Road absolutely belongs on the list.

Something along these lines feels like a decent alternative to (but not a replacement of) social media that's privately owned and for profit, that could exist in parallel to what w…

I understand your point, but I think an assumption that a lot of internet users have, and a fundamental pitch of the internet, is that the internet is the tool you use to _find_ pe…

As opposed to recognizing these problems ahead of time, and instead creating a (public?) system for forming these social networks that doesn't need to monetize. One that wouldn't b…

It is troubling that, in the US at least, one of the two major political constituencies has a lot more guns than the other....

I definitely agree, but I would also suggest that the need for social media companies to monetize on engagement incentivises them to exacerbate the issues you mention. Removing tho…

I don't think it's a good idea to assume / hope that HN remains that way. Money is still an aspect of the existence of HN. It exists because pg has enough money to run it, and its …

The mistake was to commit to a system where social connections are only maintained / allowed to exist if they are profitable for an intermediary.

hm? Of course it is?