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What a sad spectacle: the delirious lashing out at modern machines, the sarcastic capitals, the unhinged cries of "religion". Next time I chat with Richard we'l

by mkempe 8y ago

What a sad spectacle: the delirious lashing out at modern machines, the sarcastic capitals, the unhinged cries of "religion". Next time I chat with Richard we'll have a laugh as I mention how his name is invoked as a shibboleth by rabid Luddites.

dang 8y ago
Your substantive comments to this site are fine, but your political/ideological battle comments and personal attacks are absolutely not. We've given you a ton of warnings and you've ignored them, so I've banned this account until you indicate that you will use HN as intended in the future. Feel free to email hn@ycombinator.com if you want to provide that.
- mkempe 8y ago
  Natch.
- mkempe 8y ago
  The Luddite's comment gets flagged (and thus hidden from public view) two days after my account is banned.
- mkempe 8y ago
  Across 8 years of activity on HN and more than one thousand comments, I’ve received 4 admonitions leading to this ban -- first in 2015 regarding the history of Diophantine equations and the Western fathers of science (as opposed to it being supposedly rooted in Islamism) which you called a "religious flamewar" (I stand by the history of science, and never discussed those topics together again); one mildly annoyed response in 2017 to someone who was lying about Piaget and Montessori which you said crossed into "incivility" (I stand by these giants of pedagogy; I haven't called someone’s deliberate falsehoods "malicious" or "poppycock" again, nor engaged with vilifiers of either scientist); in a thread 5 months ago I very politely asked someone twice to provide evidence for their claim about an author’s geneticism, which you called "a pointless flamewar" (I quit asking HN liars for evidence); lastly, 4 months ago, in answer to people who dogmatized that there is no energy-efficient way to remove massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and that capture by plants is net neutral, I pointed out that photosynthesis by phytoplankton constantly removes massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and I referenced the steady decline of CO2 levels across geological times -- you told me I was "uncivil and/or unsubstantive" (I shall continue to rely on and present scientific facts and evidence). That’s it, until last week, when I mocked some Luddite who had disparaged wealth and technology as "engineering" religion, and who then invoked Dawkins to smash my supposed idols; did he get warned or banned? no, but his first unhinged comment was flagged and hidden two days after my mockery earned banishment. This is what allows you to say "We've given you a ton of warnings and you've ignored them." Your decision appears more prejudiced against the ideas and politics I’ve upheld (likely in more than the few above threads) than concerned with my actual history of participation or my supposedly not paying attention to the few warnings received across 4 of my last 8 years here. And since my account is now shadow-banned, nobody else gets to grok how this particular sausage is made.

by mkempe 8y ago

dang 8y ago

Your substantive comments to this site are fine, but your political/ideological battle comments and personal attacks are absolutely not. We've given you a ton of warnings and you've ignored them, so I've banned this account until you indicate that you will use HN as intended in the future. Feel free to email hn@ycombinator.com if you want to provide that.

mkempe 8y ago
Natch.
mkempe 8y ago
The Luddite's comment gets flagged (and thus hidden from public view) two days after my account is banned.
mkempe 8y ago
Across 8 years of activity on HN and more than one thousand comments, I’ve received 4 admonitions leading to this ban -- first in 2015 regarding the history of Diophantine equations and the Western fathers of science (as opposed to it being supposedly rooted in Islamism) which you called a "religious flamewar" (I stand by the history of science, and never discussed those topics together again); one mildly annoyed response in 2017 to someone who was lying about Piaget and Montessori which you said crossed into "incivility" (I stand by these giants of pedagogy; I haven't called someone’s deliberate falsehoods "malicious" or "poppycock" again, nor engaged with vilifiers of either scientist); in a thread 5 months ago I very politely asked someone twice to provide evidence for their claim about an author’s geneticism, which you called "a pointless flamewar" (I quit asking HN liars for evidence); lastly, 4 months ago, in answer to people who dogmatized that there is no energy-efficient way to remove massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and that capture by plants is net neutral, I pointed out that photosynthesis by phytoplankton constantly removes massive quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and I referenced the steady decline of CO2 levels across geological times -- you told me I was "uncivil and/or unsubstantive" (I shall continue to rely on and present scientific facts and evidence). That’s it, until last week, when I mocked some Luddite who had disparaged wealth and technology as "engineering" religion, and who then invoked Dawkins to smash my supposed idols; did he get warned or banned? no, but his first unhinged comment was flagged and hidden two days after my mockery earned banishment. This is what allows you to say "We've given you a ton of warnings and you've ignored them." Your decision appears more prejudiced against the ideas and politics I’ve upheld (likely in more than the few above threads) than concerned with my actual history of participation or my supposedly not paying attention to the few warnings received across 4 of my last 8 years here. And since my account is now shadow-banned, nobody else gets to grok how this particular sausage is made.