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Every HN thread including any discussion of demographics eventually reaches a man insisting women are biologically programmed for certain roles. When specified those roles are inva…

Total federal civil asset forfeiture passed losses from burglary in 2014. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-...

Yes, this user grotesquely underrepresented the scale of chattel slavery in America at the peak of the American slave economy. The original commenter is still completely wrong if y…

They are also wrong by absolute numbers.

That figure of 7m is not the total incarcerated population. It's the total correctional population, which includes parole and probation.

The 1860 census counted just over 4 million enslaved African Americans in the South, out of a population of about 31.4 million.[0][1] There are about 1.9 million people incarcerate…

But a dumpster is a complete and functional item. I think that's a key distinction. This is an incomplete high rise blighting the landscape until it's taken down. What if you like …

I actually essentially do that, I have a reusable bag that folds up into itself with a zipper into a package about the size of a wallet. Fits well in a purse or jacket pocket and i…

In particular because Appin Training Centers was only incorporated several months after being named the plaintiff in the lawsuit, and appears to exist in order to facilitate these …

One of my favorite aspects of pinball is finding and playing those odd machines tucked away here and there, thanks to some enthusiast at a local business, or because it’s always be…

Worth noting the performance characterizations of an individual machine can depend on how it’s maintained and how the operator chooses to set it up - so this may not be a completel…

I believe it was right here on HN that I read last week the pithy aphorism, >to err is human. to screw up a million times a second, you need a computer.

This takes me back to my own first experiences 'hacking' and tinkering with the guts of a computer system, which put me on the path to a career in IT and engineering: - Breaking th…

Yeah, I'm sure some of the experience quality is because the only other riders are people Waymo selected for the beta, and nobody wants to get kicked out for misbehavior. We've jok…

Wow, that is really cool. Thank you - I frankly feel a lot of relief knowing the collection is still being maintained, even if I can't visit it. Maybe they need volunteers.

The jarringly bad nature of my recent experiences with Lyft/Uber compared to Waymo has likely inspired some hyberpole, but - I have been an Uber and Lyft rider for almost 10 years …

I really hope Waymo succeeds, or at the very least survives in its current markets. It is so much more comfortable, convenient, and safe than traditional ride share. I switched to …

If you're a renter, recovering $500 a month in funds probably looks like cutting back on entertainment, switching to cheaper brands at the grocery, declining to visit those friends…

> The only running CDC 6000 series machine has been restored by Living Computers: Museum + Labs. Wonder what's become of it, now that the Paul Allen foundation deemed the LCM a nee…

For me, it's just constant cable news cycle clutter on my home page. At least with cable TV I could change the channel to Food Network and all I would see was Food Network stuff. W…

>All those things plus some fancy instagram marketing is tricking people to spend $700+ on an air filter. I think there is also the middle ground of spending about $150 on an air f…

There is also an opening for someone to market this exact product exactly the same, but just undertake the testing to prove it actually works as advertised to comply with Californi…

Before this entire debacle unfolded, I really liked having Beeper on my iPhone to send and receive texts from my Windows computer and mix my chat platforms together like the old da…