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> It's not about what's "right" or what's "allowed". Those are squishy concepts. This seems to be a very common issue on HN, I've noticed. People are constantly conflating how the …

> China should be stopped invading Taiwan. Exactly who do you think is going to stop them? The citizens of Western nations may sympathize with Taiwan, but that's very different fro…

> Evolution will select out poor technology, either at the market stage or at the functional stage. If evolution could select out poor technology we wouldn't have MS Windows. In fa…

> Maybe that 10% now becomes responsible for 70+% of consumption and everyone else is fighting for scraps. Or everyone else starts fighting that 10% once they get tired of scraps.

They've cited and linked their sources. What's the issue?

> Well, this probably why statistics exist. How are statistics going to answer this question? Statistics are used to measure things. They don't tell you what things you should be m…

> The problem becomes that eventually all these people who are laid off are not going to find new roles. > Who is going to be buying the products and services if no-one has money t…

> I just said I’ve never heard anyone say they want to abolish the police, which sounds absurd to me. Well, now you've heard it. And you're right, it sounds absurd. I wish it were …

If someone in power said that they intended to defund this or that government department, most listeners would reasonably infer that the speaker's intention is to get rid of that d…

> You could also look at it from the opposite perspective: the military is now too powerful for private ownership of guns to do much and the downsides of having gun ownership now o…

> I have never in my life heard or read anyone, of any social standing, political affiliation, education or station of life discuss the abolition of police entirely. It was quite l…

This makes sense. If one of your political platforms is to weaken and reduce the police force, then buying a gun is a very logical and practical thing to do.

> The people who wrote this article seem out of touch with the topic they chose to pretend to be experts about? This is quickly becoming the norm for experts, unfortunately. I keep…

Is the argument being made here, "Everybody's doing it"? God help us.

> The environmental argument is frivolous as long as people fly to Vegas for the weekend or drive a F150 to the office. Why is this as special domain? I keep seeing arguments like …

> Think how many normies have come online since then that have only ever used a smartphone. Sadly the average computer literacy of those times are gone. I remember a few years ago,…

> The salary they pay is double the median for car mechanics. You still think that's not paying enough? It's not up to me to decide if a given employer does or does not pay enough.…

The only rule the Chinese play by is, "It's only immoral if you get caught".

> Why should they? Because bashing all things American while ignoring the threat posed by China is part of Europe's cultural DNA.

Anytime a company says it "can't" fill positions, it's because they're not paying enough, they're unwilling to train, or both. One those few things in life that really is that simp…

> That’s a big assertion that needs evidence. It really doesn't. It's well a well-established fact that heavy regulations favor larger enterprises over smaller ones.

> I know this is silly but the biggest thing that’s driving me away from it is how god awfully blurry it looks on my 1440p screen :/ Not silly at all. User experience is important.…

It's nice to see Zed's collaboration features discussed in their blog. The collaboration features are really what makes Zed such an interesting project and product. I was worried t…

Without any accompanying action taking place, there is no trend. There's just cheap tawk. The only meaningful metric in this conversation is the very one you dismiss, the number of…