Viewing profile — sololipsist

lol. The idea that people in cancel culture aren't literally the institution right now. This is the hilarious thing about this worldview. As you people gain more and more power you…

Welcome to hacker news. I hope your first day is pleasant.

I said: > horizontal or vertical

And what if she's using the relationship to get ahead? What, are we going to pretend that women are powerless, agentless puppets that smart, capable men can use? If the company you…

So what? People who work together have sexual relationships, and people who have relationships will have conflict. "People who disagree with me are ignorant." Come on, man. Serious…

..... And what if the accusation isn't credible, and it wouldn't actually hold up in court to fire him because of it?

Rubin deserves to be punished for sexual harassment.... IF, in fact, he sexually harassed, right? A) What in the hell was his partner doing reporting to his place of business that …

Edit: Wow. I know this crowd understands that personal experience doesn't transcend epistemology. I know the vast majority of you know that's a terrible argument. This comment sect…

Do you understand that if you perceive non-harassment as harassment, you're perceiving it as harassment, so of course you think you're not misperceiving it? Like, you get that real…

That's an example, yes.

> How much more clearly can you out yourself as biased garbage? Are you really surprised, or are you just pretending to be? This is par for the course for every major journalism ou…

I have found over and over and over that when I read "memos" or "screeds" or whathaveyou coming from the tech industry I inevitably find that a huge portion of the media is pushing…

okay mom ::rolls eyes::

Some things don't deserve a response. In that cases it's perfectly acceptable to note this and move on with your life. If you correct every brain-dead thing people tell you on the …

I didn't say a word about Kissinger. If you need to pretend someone is arguing something they've never argued so you can disagree with them, you really need to take a step back and…

Appreciate it. It also reveals a weird logic I can't wrap my head around. If you vote, and you think others should vote, you believe that we have significant influence on politics.…

> iceland has no military, and no real political or economic significance in the world. it has no genuine allies to whom it is worthwhile. why doesn't anyone/everyone invade them? …

People forget that gunboat diplomacy is literally a violence deterrent . There is no better solution to geopolitcal mass-murder than to be so god-damn scary we can resolve things w…

Why? Air superiority is important for power projection. Edit: So I'm getting a comments here that are much lower-quality than I expect from this place. Geopolitics is not like inte…

> The rest of us will continue to ~~learn and innovate~~ buy $tsla after silly controversies cause it to tank, and sell $tsla once everyone remembers they like money and it climbs …

I've got to say, I think this is parallel to the issue that faaaaaaar too many people are getting bachelor's degrees. Generic sales jobs require them at this point, which is nuts .…

You got a few. Satisfied?

Okay. Sorry, I'm used to reddit were everything is a veiled accusation. Yeah, you can train yourself, but everyone does it nonetheless. Everyone does it by default, and I don't thi…

He says it's a problem that can be tackled, it just hasn't been yet. Like you look at a square block, and you need to get it in a square hole, you just haven't gotten to it. It's n…

Mhm. I try to. Why? Are you implying I prefer functional programming? I don't. I don't have a horse in this race.