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Comment #21134072
TechLead's video[0] similar to this can be a good reference for his sub-category. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZsEU-T1Gmg
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Comment #21134012
> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21133244 It's already deleted.
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Comment #21133772
I personally understand both sides of the argument but I would like to be a devil's advocate this time and provide an opinion similar to the OP: The analogy of this will be like so…
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Comment #21133720
I am generally in favor of the idea of cancel culture being that 'cancel culture' is defined as a modern iteration of boycotting which, I believe, is an effective protest tool. I j…
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Comment #21130673
Is there something like this but for YAML?
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Comment #21130401
Hence Dave Chappelle's 'joke' that African-Americans should start registering for firearm licences en masse.
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Comment #21130314
This feels reminiscent of 'diversity hires' where females and/or members of the LGBT+ community are preferred not because of competency/merit but to improve a company's diversity m…
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Comment #21128712
I was thinking of that though I still have to find out which method is accurate. I was hoping someone in HN already did something similar. :-)
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Ask HN: To save energy, light mode + dim screen or dark mode + bright screen?
I find myself increasing my screen brightness whenever I use dark themes/modes, and vice versa. Since I have no real preference between the two, I'm thinking of just choosing based…
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Comment #21124381
I think it's a problem of specificity. Green Day's music do or did sound like punk, but do they (still) live the punk lifestyle/ideology? Did they ever?
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Comment #21124352
I did a quick search and it seems there are multiple branches of punk ideologies. I was never in the punk scene but I had friends who did (some are probably still are). I just reme…
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Comment #21122568
This is probably similar to that nagging feeling when you forget something but just can't remember which exactly.
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Comment #21122510
I just can't articulate it yet but saving this archive feels anti-punk...
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Comment #21113238
I can only imagine how much disruption this have on whales which rely on "singing" to communicate. Probably similar to living near an airport.
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Comment #21113224
I'm not saying that involving money with any X will make X socially acceptable. My comment is specific to most social causes which only gain traction not because of goodwill but be…
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Comment #21112650
Don't forget the noise pollution: https://www.marineinsight.com/environment/effects-of-noise-p... https://ocr.org/sounds/shipping-noise/
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Comment #21112415
My memory is hazy but I remember reading or hearing somebody say that "at the end of the day, everything is just an appeal to authority."
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Comment #21112381
I wished he just used the word 'bad' instead of 'poor'. I thought this is about cash-strapped programmers.
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Comment #21112354
If there's something I've had to accept is that at the end of the day, societal changes are realized either because the alternative causes financial losses or the "new thing" will …
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Comment #21068451
I'm interested if this can indeed be categorized as 'poisoning'. If I understand it correctly, what the wasabi did is similar to what extreme emotional stress can also do... So if …
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