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> It is possible for two things to simultaneously be true: things are awful for many people, AND things overall are better than they used to be. That is correct and I agree. What I…

> > Statistical averages mean nothing to the millions of family barely making ends meet and not being able to pay for the kids' gyms and proper nutrition. > Again, that's not the p…

> ...but Westerners have a habit of classifying dissenting opinions as "just wrong" and dismissing/ignoring them. Fully agreed. This is also extremely prevalent in any economic dis…

How is anything you said related to the points defended -- and others debunked by -- by the article? It was mostly talking about the amount per day needed to have proper nutrition.…

> Do people have access to more wealth (things they desire) than before? The answer is yes. You lost all credibility right here. I suppose people living in their economically-alrig…

> The most optimistic opinions on where we would see autonomous car were on the 2020s. Sure, keep moving timelines. It's what makes you money in the area. I am sure when around mid…

I believe it's a good time for the publishing of a high-quality article detailing on how to build such mirroring servers with minimal budget. Usually such machines don't need best …

Since this is technically very illegal I'd be inclined to view your message as a bait to capture and jail one of the very first people who managed to mirror the whole thing. No off…

On point, thank you. And pretty good evidence of neural network [re-]training, too. You know, I couldn't give two shits about xenophobic and racist people like them, really. Let th…

Agreed with every word. Thank you for the very good comment, much appreciated. Related: have you seen Japanese wood joinery? Gods, that thing is next level!

Off-tangent incoming: In my observations (and some bias; I am openly admitting it) which were sometimes reinforced by meeting real Japanese people, most Japanese are xenophobes, ra…

One can easily get fed up and thus resort to a throwaway account. Hypocrisy is one way of looking at it. I'll not argue as to how you should be looking at it through my point of vi…

How is your reply diminishing Apple's stance on privacy? Yes, people do compare and choose based on their priorities (and wallets). That's how competition works, isn't it? So again…

Yes. Insulting people on the basis of using Apple products should disqualify them from any discussion beyond drunk jokes on a table in the suburbs. (Disclaimer #38274932: I am not …

Yes. I am using a throwaway exactly because of this close scrutiny like yours. Examples: I've known racists who are amazing engineers. The fact that they were awful racists didn't …

WARNING: Meta comment. Downvote to your heart's content. I am very disappointed and disheartened by a good chunk of the HN commenters right here in this thread. I would expect Appl…

Can confirm. Currently working on several Elixir API apps, they are absolute joy to work on and you get tons of freedom on how exactly to structure them. The "cruft" from the Phoen…

>Guess what, no one, not even the most optimistic person, would predict it will beat the best human player in 10 years. This is what I call living in a bubble, dear sir/madam. I gr…

Exactly what I was also aiming at; such mass exodus events signal either (a) that Rubin hired a bunch of greedy freeloaders that leave after the first signs of struggle, or (b) he …

I don't disagree. What I am saying is that writing such articles is embarrassing and reads like a paid hype. Plus the guy really doesn't have much under his belt. I and many other …

I think the hyped euphemisms are carefully crafted to make the people feel important if they buy something. It's a very regular psychological technique in marketing.

I am surprised nobody mentioned this guy's failure to deliver the Essential Phone in time (whether it's essential is a huge argument point by itself). Cynically speaking, to me tha…

I've noticed that C and C++ have pretty fanatical and very narrow-minded fanbase. And I am talking about people of ages 50+ as well -- I was acquainted with several of them (in the…

Because they have no lives and posting emotional responses on the internet makes them feel important. Pretty simple. And of course they'll rather challenge you to a duel with kitch…

The article tries a little too hard to defend Rails. It has very legitimate scaling issues and they are well-documented. The author is also way too pessimistic about newer stacks a…