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I did get to the point where I could tailor a comment for upvotes and guard them from downvotes, at least to some degree... But that's not free speech or free thinking. And all tha…

I have had previous accounts. https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=unabst So now my parent comment is +5 and the comment you responded to is 0. Of course, though shall not mention …

Downvoted without a counter argument. Which just proves my point. There is nothing more unintellectual than a plain downvote. I even had some guardrails in that comment too. But I …

These platforms are not designed for intellectual discourse, even when they're advertised to be, and even when they try to be. You can't just be right. You also need to be careful.…

Writing is thinking. To differentiate between liberal arts and engineering is complete bogus.

Superficial simplicity here could be thought of as worse outcomes with fewer abstractions. Succeeding at fewer does not guarantee better outcomes. Which brings us to the main sourc…

And iOS is all that plus the ambiguity of the existence, location, and look of the button/action itself.

You need to optimize the product for the best scenarios, and guide everyone towards those scenarios. What happened to OKCupid is typical. Founders envision the best scenarios for t…

Ya, F google. But that's what corporations do. I wouldn't expect otherwise. But that's also why the PR department could get on this and make it right, and profitable (which is alwa…

Or maybe those overconfident with negative attitudes resort to intermediate scientific knowledge? And aren't there humble optimists with intermediate sci knowledge? Maybe there jus…

> engage in speech against their will X or musk's will? If X has a "say" on a "speech platform" that's a major power imbalance. Not that X's speech is this or that, but that it sho…

As an aside, anyone know what makes pages like these not wheel-scroll? Page shows 2 scrollbars.

Anyone have a good recipe for proper color coding and autocompletion for mixed language files? js, html, css, php. I love spacemacs but couldn't get it to work right until I bailed…

Eliminate trust. The thing must be functional and operational by its own volition. No clouds, no hosts, no servers controlled by 3rd parties that control anything. You do this by: …

You can make clear ice. Has nothing to do with the water, and everything to do with how you freeze the water. Just google "clear ice".

huh?

Ya, there we go. Can people who turned out fine yell a little louder so we can drown the alarmists.

It's tough to argue against better communication and kinder words, but having to care about someone's feelings (ego) when just trying to solve a problem is a problem in itself, and…

Before even download, can we at least acknowledge that Youtube is the greatest copyright infringement platform on the planet? Whatever the "excuse" of the uploaders and the host of…

Nah, LK99 is still more interesting. There are always 3 sides. The 2 sides, plus the side making observations about the sides. Social media / internet environment just makes it so …

False category. Like saying an apple is a vegetable. Categorically false. Here, the category of "no one" is incorrect. Correct category may be, as per the comment, "those taking an…

> This is not universally accepted, Try saying that to your boss who does in fact outrank you. > I'm demonizing you for what you said Do you make it a habit? You ever consider misi…

I love how only 1 is about design and 2, 3, 4 are all technical. > Its personality will prompt the appropriate emotional response(s) from our audience For this to be just a bullet …

I guess I should take personal offense by this? You and jauntywundrkind are confusing the context of superior. The context is rank and power. As a manager and boss, you are of supe…

Yes, superior rank and superior skill are completely separate. There is zero need to confuse the two. In a meritocracy, you may expect the superior rank to be given to those with s…