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Thanks, I appreciate it. I'm pretty much on the "event horizon" of HN, not really acceptable, nor quite awful enough to be banned forever. Not sure why I keep coming back. Some mor…

Many techies want Biden. Others want Trump. Many would probably prefer someone else. But very, very few would see the integrity of this election as more than an intern-level joke. …

What was it replaced with?

I've been thinking of making sure that my age is clear on my LinkedIn/resume/etc., for just this reason. Even then, it's clear that quite a few interviews I've gone on have been "f…

I'm mildly curious about the details of Benford's law, etc., but one of the strongest signals that something is afoot is how widespread the censorship has been on this. When I see …

You're not wrong. But I might put that as, "Looks matter to most people, because they haven't yet discovered that looks don't matter, and in fact conventional attractiveness can be…

It's not about "catering to"; it's about not omitting. And for someone who has listened to, donated to, and loved NPR as a source of neutral (if a bit left-leaning) news and commen…

As a long-timer, I've noticed this as well. Python3 is perhaps the most disappointing of these. I was very hopeful in the beginning, but it's been years now, and for plain old "get…

I'm well aware that I have nothing to complain about, money-wise, when considered on a global scale. (To say nothing of the historical scale.) I've never missed a meal. And a preci…

Although no kids were involved in my case, "mere" alimony can be crushing. I spent a several years living on $625/mo (the residue after alimony and payroll taxes). And no, I wasn't…

Maybe. I grossed around $300K at a JS competitor, but quit after a few years. These can be unpleasant places to work. High concentration of jerks. Highly secretive, which means it …

I wouldn't. I want to live in a civilized society, not some Mad Max movie. If someone needs to be punished, or even killed, it needs to be done under the legitimate auspices of the…

Ngo might be our nation's finest working journalist. That will make you many enemies and will not be good for your health.

I admire the saints, and in an abstract way, I admire you. But I also take the counsel of Ecclesiastes, which says in essence, nothing that you do will matter. The earth will turn,…

It's one thing to choose to suffer. It's another thing entirely to ask your loved ones to suffer. The current cultural revolution we are living through is simply mowing people down…