PricelessValue

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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Fascinating. It's a shame that it's so hard to get people to pay for quality journalism. Maybe because it isn't quality journalism. Ultimately, something is worth what people are willing to pay for. > The world will b
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> I guess all the folks in Xinjiang just don’t love freedom as much as you do. Of course they do. Good god you completely missed my point.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su...
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> We're not talking about US, Britain, Europe or any other country. But you said "people of those nations"? Now you are backtracking? > It's also not a prerequisite to be Chinese or Uyghur to discuss this topic. If
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
>1. Who "started it" Not just who started. The quality and sophistication. > 2. How long they've been doing it 3. Percentage of people affected by it (not number!) Yes. What else would it be? What other metric would you
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Did you read the article? Yes. > Not sure about you but I don't have to put my government issued ID on my kitchen knives. Neither do I. But that's because I love freedom. What's the difference between ids on or for kn
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> This post is clearly suggesting that the PEOPLE of those nations don't want that dystopian future. What people want a dystopian future? That's a pointless statement. Also, Nithin Cota is not chinese nor ughyur. How can he spe
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> How do you even measure that? How about on a per capita basis? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su... Or how about 1. In terms of quality and sophistication tech. US and Bri
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nobody wants What silly clickbait. I swear the media ( or propaganda ) sure loves to scaremonger with "china". The brits want it. Europe wants it. Russia wants it. An
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
HN is an echo chamber too. It's no different than reddit. Just much smaller.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> In simple terms they couldn't keep up with comment moderation and were not able or willing to invest in enough moderators. Has nothing to do with that. It's because their comment section gets no activity to merit investment.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
How on earth can this be flagged on "hacker" news?
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> It very clearly sets it to display = block the line after That's the point he is making. > if you ran a normal browser. What's a normal browser?
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> for the first time since WWII the US may have the second biggest economy and be falling further behind. Since 1890 or so. The US was the largest economy in the world for more than 50 years before ww2 started.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
As long as the functionality is there, there will be initial outrage and then people will accept it. Having gone through a few redesigns of a major website, the first few weeks can be a nightmare though. People love to complain. But in the
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
Because you aren't a kid anymore? You are older and have a wife, children, nephews, nieces and responsibilities? Not only that you have friends from childhood, high school, college, work, etc and there are only 24 hours in a day? It&#x
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
It's not a myth. It's a fact. Younger people are more naive and idealistic. Older people are more skeptical and conservative.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
Is it possible to have a discussion about anything without someone bringing politics to it? > He's my dad and I love him, but needless to say, when I see my partners going down the same path, it freaks me out. Your dad is your partn
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Nuclear power can (technically) easily replace all fossil fuel power. It can replace fossil fuel power for electricity. Not all fossil fuel power. > It would take a decade of serious dedication and leaving behind a "safety firs
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
It's ridiculous. My university tried to switch the CS program from C/C++ ( OS, networking, etc ) and Scheme ( functional, programming languages, etc ) to java and there was a mass movement against it and we kept the "traditio
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
So true. Haskell is great to learn about functional programming and programming language theory in general. But to get things done, it's just not as practical.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
Everything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great". The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> The hello world has never been easier to do. Agreed. The hard parts of programming have been removed ( especially for entry level people ). > We have communities and cheap, fast computers. And online tutorials ( youtube, coursera,
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Given that Breitbart, Stephen Molynieux, etc, all basically support the least charitable interpretation of the memo (that women are genetically less predisposed to engineering) So? Are you saying you disagree? Then state your case. &gt
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Google is now a firm part of establishment They have been for a while now. They have a deal with the washingtonpost and nytimes to "feature" those two newspapers on google news and search. Check the waybackmachine and see how
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> If they are completely qualified, they should and would be hired by a system that completely ignores gender and race. I can't believe you were downvoted for expressing that merit rather than race and gender should be use for hirin
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
That's exactly how I feel about software ever since I got acquainted with windows 10. Do you best to remove all the junk. Then they keep reinstalling their "malware" until they finally remove the option of disabling or removi
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
> Then he started retweeting Breitbart articles and selling "Goolag" t-shirts and threw his credibility out the window What does that have to do with his credibility or his arguments? His arguments stand on its own merits. Exte
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by PricelessValue 9y ago
iPhone, iPad or apple app data. What you listen to on itunes. What you watch. Etc. They have to in order to tailor their services better, manage their infrastructure and of course plan for their future development. Apple uses their data to

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