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I've only read Chiang's, "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling" which was up for a Hugo a few years ago. I voted against it since it was bland. Are any of his other stories bett…

Of course. Worse, they actually have two different strategic factors that play poorly together: 1.) Retain users 2.) Have a personal bias about what will offend users These two ite…

Thanks for bringing that up. I had been unaware since I don't follow twitter much anymore. You are right that is amazingly vile.

Oh they are doing a terrible job. And one of the reasons I don't use a platform that thinks its ok to name groups things straight out of "Fahrenheit 451".

Or Facebook can take their thumbs off the scale on what is supposed to be friends sharing information. Do you realize how Orwellian it is for a big company to say friends Bobby and…

As someone points out Copernicus was not killed. And it illustrates the problem of FB putting its finger on the scales. Ever.

* No feature list * No game list * Confusing as to what this has to do with "rooms" * Demands I download a web app!?!??!!? Go home FB. You're drunk.

Indeed it would. It seems that after every purge they've fallen a bit farther. It seems very odd, on a platform dedicated to short witted public screeds, that they would get offend…

Twitter where free speech isn't. There will be replacements and Twitter knows it.

I'm actually appalled that so many people make comments just like you have and show an ignorance of basic economics and would also assume that everyone can _turn down_ work. Were y…

What on Earth are you talking about. Let's presume you are right and Turkey wasn't being kept out for things like, oh as another pointed out, an occupation of Turkey and Cyprus, ho…

Oh really? So you are saying that if I said a sexist joke at work I could not be legally held accountable?

And trust me, the down votes tend to be pro-marxist. So that this is getting so much attention speaks volumes about just HOW bad he presented this tale.

Excellent point. I've had to work in retail. You don't just get to go to the bathroom because someone has to man the front desk. This is a fact of the business. If you don't like i…

Or abusing the system to score income on the sale of his house. I nearly snorted at that point.

No I agree with you. I got about half way through till I realized this is all about a self-entitled prick. He spent the front half of the article talking about himself, then justif…

The platform cratered with the dominance of pay to win games and the "freemium" model. This allowed the store to be cluttered with junk. I can't shop there, because I'm not sure wh…

No one has a problem with releasing hemoglobin producing yeast? No one? That sounds terrifying in that many _other_ industries rely on wild yeast. This goes beyond the general case…

Ah the Nordic Self-Selection Paradox showing up in AP studies. Not shocking. Notice too that the writer is not horrified that men don't want to join AP Art History or AP Psychology…

And the police of Britain are so anaemic that they let _THOUSANDS_ of children be abused rather than risk confrontation. You are not selling me.

No FBI. Hell, not that long ago I started the work to become an agent. I love law. I love bad guys being put away. But you have _ZERO_ need for an escrow on strong encryption. It i…

Do me a favor, don't move anywhere else. We don't need that attitude spreading.

I agree with the many comments here. This is stunningly good work down with such a simple canvass. I'll be taking it to show my kids (who enjoy Greek mythology) this evening.

Fascinating, facts hurt. Try rewriting that with "white" swapped for "black" and see how uncomfortable it feels. Of course, there are those who's racism is so broken they probably …

Wow. That's the most racist thing I've read in a while.