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> The former is probably also the majority I think we also would disagree on the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few. > for present problems, ie the practical side I…

I believe universal justice exists. I believe you can quantify justice. I think at the end of the day you and I are both right, and both wrong. We hold utterly different perspectiv…

Nothing you've said here is wrong. The enquirer doesn't meet the minimum standards of journalism, they are a blackmail rag. I think this could actually be proven with empirical dat…

There's a difference between a correction to a flawed article and attempted blackmail though... One is an accident that can occurre in the course of good journalism, the other is s…

There is no such thing as "financial freedom". Financial freedom is a concept that arises from personal beliefs and practices. There is only one universal freedom, the freedom of c…

Shouldn't the `Student` class implement `Person` here? Did I miss that in the code sample?

> What do you about children born over the quota? Fine their families? The way that our government/legal system is currently structured means every child born is likely to impose a…

> climate change + population growth will stress humans on the continent and increase environmental destruction I find it interesting that population growth is discussed so little …

> We're just burying our heads in the sand about the reality of it. As a US citizen, what can we really do. I realize our country shares responsibility for climate change, but isn'…

> This is one of the things that turns me off Hacker News, an overly strong bias in defense of white men. Really? I feel the exact opposite. HN is full of articles like this, singl…

> Why is it that Asian people are earning 2x more than white people yet article is focusing on "white men"? Because pay discrimination is actually skill discrimination, but we're a…

> None of these subs contained "sexual deviants". This is the problem with using the government to enforce any kind of grey aria social issue. We all have different definitions for…

> means a few sexual deviants get what's coming to them, who cares Yeah, I too hate people who make different life choices than me. We should round all the gun owning, drug using, …

What term can we use to refer to skin color and facial features if race means cultural differences? Also isn't what you're talking about culture not race? Edit: I'm going to jump o…

Are you saying race isn't biological? Using the fact that the random article the above comment cited is 11 years old?

> The problem is they are stealing from people with abilities, smarts, and resources. To be fair, these sorts of people tend to be wealthy. I think the real lesson is don't steal i…

> There’s a certain American standard of middle-class normality. [...] A school that has as few black students as possible without making the white middle class feel too guilty. Wa…

> Sounds like ownership to me. Sure, the EU has essentially asserted in law that you own your data. That doesn't really make it true though. I don't even think the EU was really ad…

You've brought up a lot of seemingly good points, but I feel you've conflated a lot of things here. First, I think we need to shift the discussion back to the first world. That was…

> A million factors determine your trajectory This is inaccurate, or at the very least, incomplete. Mainly I take issue with the use of the word, "determine". Randomness plays a hu…

> ""Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me", is an objectively true statement." >> It's not. This is an objectively false statement. Unless the words are…

> why is it so hard to not be a jerk to other people? That's really the essence of "being PC". Treat others with respect. Other replies have already hit the main points of why this…

They have the scanners installed, but no software to actually do the validation? Somewhere there must a team working on getting the software built/deployed already. How could somet…

Can anyone speak to how likely it is a case like this will succeed? It seems like abuse of the court system has become more rampant, especially with the emergence of patent trolls.…

This is also a bit of a miss-characterization. He tried to use data on the biological difference between men and women which _may_ be unrelated to justify why Google shouldn't forc…