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29,357karma·9,777submissions·May 6, 2022
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> When you force high school kids to work days that are significantly longer than a normal adult to achieve a good GPA Is it possible that the kids who have to study very very long hours to get a G…
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> Back when the pitch still was "minimal python superset that allows us to make it go voom". It wasn't a bad pitch Sorry, but what's the pitch?
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> Yes it must be hard reading views that are different from your own. The other thing is the sarcasm and smugness.
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No it does not. I'm using Safari on macOS.
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> Also highest quality of life, most technological progress, least corrupt government (executing people caught doing corruption helps with that). Main bad thing is you can't criticise the gove…
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> You can hold the position that Hitler and the Nazis were evil while also believing US involvement in WWII was unnecessary and detrimental in the long term. One could hold that position, but I t…
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This article is in Norwegian. What percentage of HN visitors do you think can read it?
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> The US is a global media and culture juggernaut, so by that token the US can be blamed for most trends. Hmmm. By that logic, does it mean the US can also take credit for most trends?
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> In the UK once you've had your childhood vaccinations it's entirely possible you'd simply never see a doctor again in your life until you're ready for your prostate exam in ol…
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Is there any alternative to using horseshoe crab blood in the development of the pharmaceutical compounds that keep us safe?
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> The Atlantic, NYTs, Washington Post, FT, Economist etc. all regurgitate the same headlines/themes based on what is trendy what do you expect news outlets to do? make up stories? report on so…
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That's such a knee-jerk, unproductive, smug, uncritical retort. Why?
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> > Not slop, though. > What would you call 2k commits in 2 months by a single committer if not slop? Productivity. Slop is when you push a huge volume of garbage or mediocre stuff, no?
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> When I'm starting a new team, that might mean selling execs on the idea that I need headcount, finding space for them to sit, etc. all of which are also getting ready. But would you say “I’v…
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> While you're waffling on whether it's technically "illegal drilling" or "illegal not-yet-drilling" How can one be guilty (“illegal”) of something if you’re not doing…
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> Thats what I meant by "starting to drill". In your mind "starting to do something" is equivalent to "getting ready to do something"? That's weird. For one, gett…
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> this is still a stealth invasion what is a stealth invasion?
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> So let me get this straight - a foreign company landed their gear on Greenland without authorisation and is starting to drill for oil without permission No, you didn't get it straight. When …