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sickofparadox
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About sickofparadox
No I do not talk like this IRL
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Comment #47339095
Here's an article from right after the original one that I posted giving 12 examples. https://web.archive.org/web/20250903165214/https://www.teleg... Some of these people are certa…
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Comment #47336353
The UK already arrests more than 1,000 a month people for online "hate speech". Higher than the official numbers for China, whatever those are worth. They'll probably reach the uno…
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Comment #47316802
Don't forget the people claiming that Epstein ate people because of his weird emails about beef jerky.
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Comment #47172326
Another step towards the Redditification of hackernews. This is the exact opposite kind of functionality pages like HN need, we need ways to get people to engage with others' ideas…
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Comment #47077906
At this rate, we're only a few years away from discovering evidence for Herodotus' giant ants.
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Comment #45597346
Nation-states sponsored hackers make up a huge amount of known targeted intrusion groups. This is not some random company tilting at windmills, these are real threats that hit Amer…
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Comment #45593433
>It's easy to see this reflected in nature in the real world. All animals and life seem to be aware and accommodating of each other, but humans are cut out from that communication.…
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Comment #45504235
In education, the effects of striving for equity in the US have amounted to a ridiculous level of Harrison Bergeroning within the public school system, which is partially responsib…
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Comment #45503766
Because getting rid of the first on ramp is how you get rid of the entire system, year by year rolling it up until the whole thing is gone.
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Comment #45491684
>Democracy" in these discussions increasingly just means the 21st-century bureaucratic status quo. It is for this reason that so many young people, left and right, are latching ont…
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Comment #45265834
The idea that the average person in America commits even one felony a day is so ridiculous it falls flat on its face after being spoken. How can you even say something like that wi…
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Comment #44826945
Are you going to address the part where I pointed out that zoos ensured the survival of multiple species that were on the verge of extinction in the wild? None of that could have h…
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Comment #44826599
From my first link: "Individuals experiencing homelessness are frequently arrested for minor crimes, like trespassing and shoplifting, that directly result from their housing and e…
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Comment #44813212
Once you reach a certain points threshold (500?) you can downvote and vouch for flagged comments.
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Comment #44813052
Not only are zoos wonderful ways for those who cannot afford a globe trotting safari to experience some of the wonders of nature close to home, they conduct hugely important preser…
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Comment #44812529
Again, why bother to arrest someone if the rest of the system is just going to let them out? In Austin, your leadership decided that it was fine for you to be robbed, because they …
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Comment #44810937
What point is there to doing anything if the officers know that the DA won't press charges or that the system will just let them out in a few hours on no-cash bail? 1/3 of all (rep…
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Comment #44797560
What percentage of papers even reproduce these days? Is it more than 50%?
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Comment #44641946
Are you by any chance a European?
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Comment #44638254
https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/06/german-police-mass-raids-h... https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-woman-given-harsher-senten... https://www.foxnews.com/media/germany-started-crimin…
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Comment #44606576
If you tax remittances at 50%+ I have a feeling that suddenly many of the incentives for the H-1B workers themselves would change for the better.
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Comment #44596401
You can, and people have, get arrested and sentenced to prison in most of those countries for posts on social media.
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Comment #44581817
The people using it.
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Comment #43794347
The inflection point for the extreme rise in costs of US higher education is the Federal government making it so that students can take out loans that are not dischargeable through…