I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)

Post by netizen-936824 » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 2:17 AM UTC

wholinator2 wrote: post #263

Nition wrote: post #229

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a beautiful song by Vienna Teng called The Hymn of Acxiom[1][2] that covers this nicely. It's in the form of a hymn sung by the data collecting machine itself. It starts off like a message of love and reassurance, but the reassurance unravels as it goes on, until finally we reach the double meaning of it all: "Embrace you for all you’re/your worth" Somebody hears you You know that inside Someone is learning t…

This is one of the strangest and most amazing art pieces I've experienced. Perfectly captures our time, both in technology used to produce the song and the meaning of all the words

Post by wkearney99 » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 3:55 AM UTC

Broken_Hippo wrote: post #207

amatecha wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's definitely a balance to be had... Kids don't generally have those rights because they have far too little life experience to judge the effects of associating with people. Adults have seen the life paths of those around them and observed where certain directions can lead. So, parents look out for their kids. Sometimes the parents just have poor judgement, heh

Adults have seen the life paths of those around them and observed where certain directions can lead. So, parents look out for their kids. Sometimes the parents just have poor judgement, heh That last bit is the issue. DO you really think a racist parent is going to allow a child to date somone that looks different - or a devout catholic is realistically going to allow their child to enter a same-sex relationship?

Post by waiseristy » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 4:41 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #105

waiseristy wrote: post #8

Quoted post unavailable.

Please don't start nationalistic flamewars on HN. They're tedious, repetitive, and nasty—just what we don't want here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Post by emteycz » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 9:16 AM UTC

Beltalowda wrote: post #348

emteycz wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those Dutch who don't wear helmets do it because they're idiots, it's as simple as that. Any fall - even if you're standing with your legs on the ground - on a bike can break your skull. You try to avoid a dog or a ball and pull the front brake instead of both - boom broken skull. It's just plain dumb.

Pulling the front or back brakes makes almost no difference at normal speeds (≤15 km/h), and even if it did you can't just say "emergency stop equals broken skull". Many things can "break your skull", and there are many things you can do to improve safety. A whole bunch of years ago the then-UK government tried to promote "pedestrian helmets". No doubt this improved safety, but they were widely mocked. You need to dr…

Post by brummm » Sun, Jan 30, 2022, 3:09 PM UTC

Ichthypresbyter wrote: post #338

emteycz wrote: post #298

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Those Dutch who don't wear helmets do it because they're idiots, it's as simple as that. Any fall - even if you're standing with your legs on the ground - on a bike can break your skull. You try to avoid a dog or a ball and pull the front brake instead of both - boom broken skull. It's just plain dumb.

Most Dutch bikes don't have front brakes to pull.