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Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by vdqtp3 »

array_key_first wrote: post #186
vdqtp3 wrote: post #144

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> If I'm writing an email or a chat message, I will typically have to use a pronoun. It's not that hard to just avoid it. I send emails to a lot of people I haven't spoken to and don't know their gender, so I write gender-neutral emails.

Sure, but why would I go out of my way to use gender neutral pronouns like "they" when they can just tell me their preferred pronouns?

How are you going to know the appropriate pronoun on your first email to "jsmith@company.com" or "ppatel@company.com"? Are you going to send an email to ask their pronouns before you send the actual email?

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by gitaarik »

trimethylpurine wrote: post #280
gitaarik wrote: post #279

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I agree that governments in general are very bad at this. But I also think that this admistration is even more special in it's own way.

Okay, great! So post a piece that criticizes Trump. This one failed to do that. And that makes it stink of fanaticism (which is annoying to rational folks).

Come on, you're defending a sinking ship ;). Trump might be right about a lot of things, but that doesn't make him right about everything. And he and his whole administration pretends he is. And it's just pathetic and laughable how they try to keep denying how their decisions where maybe not always the wisest or most responsible. I think that is just very unprofessional, and just plainly simply childish. And I think it's becoming more and more clear that that is actually the way it is. The worse it gets the more they go in denial and the more they blame the woke democrats for everything that's their failures. They just don't know what responsibility is and only know how to turn around the narrative to blame others and to make it seem like they're the best ever. You just can't make this stuff up. But I'm actually enjoying it, because they're falling now and they're gonna fall hard. Interesting times.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by trimethylpurine »

gitaarik wrote: post #282
trimethylpurine wrote: post #280

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, great! So post a piece that criticizes Trump. This one failed to do that. And that makes it stink of fanaticism (which is annoying to rational folks).

Come on, you're defending a sinking ship ;). Trump might be right about a lot of things, but that doesn't make him right about everything. And he and his whole administration pretends he is. And it's just pathetic and laughable how they try to keep denying how their decisions where maybe not always the wisest or most responsible. I think that is just very unprofessional, and just plainly simply childish. And I think…

I'm not defending anything. I was criticizing an author.

Your commentary, just as well, might be interesting here if you were a chat bot.

This is HN, not CNN.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by array_key_first »

vdqtp3 wrote: post #281
array_key_first wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, but why would I go out of my way to use gender neutral pronouns like "they" when they can just tell me their preferred pronouns?

How are you going to know the appropriate pronoun on your first email to "jsmith@company.com" or "ppatel@company.com"? Are you going to send an email to ask their pronouns before you send the actual email?

No, I'll probably just use gender neutral pronouns.

But if they reply back and their email footer has "he/him", I'm probably just gonna use he/him and not think twice about it, because I'm a well-adjusted adult.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by array_key_first »

defrost wrote: post #193
array_key_first wrote: post #190

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But if someone has the ability to broadcast their preferred pronouns and we built that in, and it costs nothing, then what's the problem? I guess I'm just not really understanding people getting upset at what I perceive to be completely made up problems. We have technology, we no longer have to assume gender neutral pronouns for everyone. They can just tell us the pronouns they want.

I cannot see the need for anything other than neutral pronouns when discussing permutations with either G.Egan or C.Praeger.

I cannot see the harm in using a different pronoun or opening up the ability for that - it feels like a fake or imaginary problem that we are creating such that we have something to complain about to make ourselves feel better. If we want to feel better, we should just smoke or something.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by gitaarik »

trimethylpurine wrote: post #283
gitaarik wrote: post #282

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Come on, you're defending a sinking ship ;). Trump might be right about a lot of things, but that doesn't make him right about everything. And he and his whole administration pretends he is. And it's just pathetic and laughable how they try to keep denying how their decisions where maybe not always the wisest or most responsible. I think that is just very unprofessional, and just plainly simply childish. And I think…

I'm not defending anything. I was criticizing an author. Your commentary, just as well, might be interesting here if you were a chat bot. This is HN, not CNN.

So what's your point? Because previous administrations also make mistakes, we should accept all the crap coming from the current administration? That seems to be the only defense of the Trump fans these days.

Again, I agree that pervious admins were also crap, but that isn't an excuse for the current administration. We should be critical and sceptical regardless. And I think this current admin is actually worse, even so they tried so hard (or at least pretents) to fix everything. But it's all the same, left of right, they're all fooling us, and have us fighting among each other, so we don't see what's really happening behind the stage.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by AbstractH24 »

ceejayoz wrote: post #262
NewJazz wrote: post #257

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Prosecuting criminals.

That'll only work here if there are reforms to the pardon power while we're at it. Any convictions a Democratic administration manages to obtain will be pardoned the next time a Republican gets in.

Agreed

More than prosecution we need politicians elected who are willing to reform. Even if those reforms reduce their power as well

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by gitaarik »

gitaarik wrote: post #287
trimethylpurine wrote: post #283

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm not defending anything. I was criticizing an author. Your commentary, just as well, might be interesting here if you were a chat bot. This is HN, not CNN.

So what's your point? Because previous administrations also make mistakes, we should accept all the crap coming from the current administration? That seems to be the only defense of the Trump fans these days. Again, I agree that pervious admins were also crap, but that isn't an excuse for the current administration. We should be critical and sceptical regardless. And I think this current admin is actually worse, even…

And you're comparing the DoD being hacked with the White House releasing a spy-app.

That is comparing incompetence with abuse.

It's both bad but different kinds of bad. One is ignorant, the other is evil.

Re: I decompiled the White House's new app

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Post by trimethylpurine »

gitaarik wrote: post #289
gitaarik wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So what's your point? Because previous administrations also make mistakes, we should accept all the crap coming from the current administration? That seems to be the only defense of the Trump fans these days. Again, I agree that pervious admins were also crap, but that isn't an excuse for the current administration. We should be critical and sceptical regardless. And I think this current admin is actually worse, even…

And you're comparing the DoD being hacked with the White House releasing a spy-app. That is comparing incompetence with abuse. It's both bad but different kinds of bad. One is ignorant, the other is evil.

It's not a spy app. Lol! Do you code?

Companies that sell app development don't write an app from scratch for every one of their customers. They have a template that includes basic functions that are relevant for marketing. May not be needed for everyone, but why would they bother removing it without pay? That's what you're looking at here.

It's vanilla nothing, sprinkled with your political heroes, stirred and served to you on HN.

Enjoy bro. If you liked the article, read it again. It's even more Trump related the second time!

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