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romanhn wrote: post #119
n2d4 wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is dang's comment back when they banned Michael O' Church: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10017538 The year was indeed 2015, and his political content would fit OP's description, but the reason for the ban was that he was repeatedly being a total asshole, not "YC is scared of anti-fascists".

You know... one of the charges leveled at Michael was creation of sockpuppet accounts in various media (Wikipedia, HN, Quora). I suppose it could be within the realm of possibility that this is another one of these, given the oddly specific example in the middle of general musings. The fact that all follow-on replies have to do with this particular incident and nothing else in the post, painting the victim in the mos…

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Post by vietvu »

What is important or right today might not be tomorrow. The problem that you think today did not exist at the moment of decision. Even if you turn back time, you would likely do the same (unless with today knowledge). Why resent?

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Post by blastro »

good reminder that we all have to live with our actions, and we might not have the perspective to evaluate them until death comes a knockin'

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Post by MattPalmer1086 »

smitty1e wrote: post #129
hansifer wrote: post #126

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Possibly you're over-reading, but definitely you didn't answer my question.

More explicitly, then, "evolutionary" implies some grasp of a direction toward which things evolve. Otherwise, it's just so many chemical reactions.

Evolution does not imply direction at all. Only change under selection pressure. There is no direction things are moving towards.

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Post by meerab »

reneberlin wrote: post #4

Get a dog ASAP after recovering and don't look back. Mark my words and send the first pics with the puppy after you recovered elegantly. Of course you will make it, and if not, you wont care anyway. You'll make it. I'll wait for the pics. PS: But take that existential eye-opener serious and use it (you might later forget and drift from that in everyday-default-mode). You could print and frame this post to make it unf…

Please don’t get a dog just because you’re having an existential crisis. Dogs are lifelong responsibilities.

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Post by markus_zhang »

zoeysmithe wrote: post #127
Jommi wrote: post #120

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https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2016/04/ looks like it.

Capitalism is a scam against the working class. I dont know how people can read things like this and not want a huge reform. The OP "just following orders" is ridiculous. Also, whenever the question "where are the tech unions at," comes up ,its because the system crushes anyone who is slightly left leaning in this regard. Excerpt: You’d be one of the best people they’ve seen in years, and unlike the people around the…

Let me be honest. Most of us would just follow along...

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Post by shivan_walrus »

romanhn wrote: post #119
n2d4 wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Here is dang's comment back when they banned Michael O' Church: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10017538 The year was indeed 2015, and his political content would fit OP's description, but the reason for the ban was that he was repeatedly being a total asshole, not "YC is scared of anti-fascists".

You know... one of the charges leveled at Michael was creation of sockpuppet accounts in various media (Wikipedia, HN, Quora). I suppose it could be within the realm of possibility that this is another one of these, given the oddly specific example in the middle of general musings. The fact that all follow-on replies have to do with this particular incident and nothing else in the post, painting the victim in the mos…

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Post by shivan_walrus »

bjourne wrote: post #99
JuniperMesos wrote: post #30

> 3. Ethics matter. I don't believe there's any life after this one, but I find myself ruminating on what I've done. In 2015, I had a lot of interaction with a startup incubator you know well, and ended up sitting in the discussions and planning around banning and erasing a young programmer we considered a threat to our financial interests, due to his concerns about authoritarianism in technology. In retrospect, he w…

It's an obvious troll post.

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