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by _wt8k 6y ago
The way your comment was phrased ("Should China or some similar power of the time have meddled in the US civil war? Or maybe the War for Independence?") implied that other powers didn't in fact meddle in American affairs, so
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Well, France meddled in the American Revolutionary War to hurt Britain. That's just the reality of what rival states do.
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Taiwan has symbolic value. The CCP has made "reunification" a major part of its "platform" for decades, and a leader who accomplishes that will go down in history in the pantheon of Chinese leaders alongside Mao. So, a C
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I'm sorry. HN attracts a certain audience, and so do cryptocurrency companies, and some people from this audience tend to immediately pivot to "culture war" issues whenever allegations of racism arise. The priorities of some
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Cancelling student debt is an example of a moral hazard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_hazard It sets a bad precedent and merely encourages other people to borrow money in the future, but does not solve the under
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Not the person you were replying to, but I am aware of the college affirmative action for minorities and the exemptions to the one-child policy. From what I understand, the current trend is that such policies are being rolled back as the Ch
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I didn't realize this when I wrote my earlier comment, but something that I found disturbing was that you seemed okay with the prospect of your own children being discriminated against, since you merely "expect that China is build
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by _wt8k 6y ago
My comment doesn't contradict anything that you're saying. I pointed out that America has made many grave mistakes, such as slavery, and that we can still improve America today. The words of the Declaration of Independence are an
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I agree with you that people in China deserve a standard of living similar to the West. I also think that people in China deserve to have more freedoms and a representative government, as opposed to a closed one-party bureaucracy. Historica
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by _wt8k 6y ago
This is a false moral equivalence. The US was founded on the idea that "all men are created equal." The US has made terrible mistakes, such as not immediately banning slavery and not extending voting rights to women, and the US st
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Another person replied to your comment and criticized you for interpreting my post in a certain way. (The reply is now flagged and dead.) I would like to make clear that the ACA-5 is absolutely one of the political issues that I am concerne
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Thank you for your support. I do not know where you live, but one issue that I am concerned about is California's ACA-5, which seeks to bring back racial preferences to public universities and will be on the ballot this November. It is
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Ask HN: How can I become politically active and promote Asian-American rights?
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by _wt8k 6y ago
If the justification of affirmative action is to "correct the harm caused by previous institutional bias," how is it justified that it discriminates against Asian-Americans when we've never held institutional power in America
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Thank you for your reply. I think I understand this better now.
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I'm cautious about approaching culture war threads, but I have to ask this question: What is your definition of "neoliberalism?" To my understanding, it is a center-left economic ideology that promotes globalization, free tra
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by _wt8k 6y ago
For my supplemental essays, I wrote about the importance of PL theory for software engineering, where you want to design programming languages that increase programmer productivity and ensure correctness, therefore leading to less bugs (e.g
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by _wt8k 6y ago
The reason why I applied to Cornell, CMU, and UPenn was that they all have strong PL departments. CMU offers an undergraduate PL concentration where you learn FP and constructive math: https://csd.cs.cmu.edu/academics/u
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Never in my comment did I advocate for policies that give Asians a leg up, and I'm curious to know which part of my comment you interpreted that way. I just want to be judged for my merits and passions without regard to any assumptions
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Yes, I agree completely. Because I personally don't come from a poor background, I fell into the racist trap against my own race of forgetting about poorer Asians (who may also live in such neighborhoods, and may be bullied if they loc
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by _wt8k 6y ago
To play the devil's advocate, if these poorer neighborhoods, which may correlate with race, have a culture that discourages kids who study, that might actually be an argument to take race into account, if there's say, a black appl
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by _wt8k 6y ago
>> I implore you, in the meritocratic tradition of the hacker culture, to speak out against affirmative action and support Asian kids who want to pursue these passions. > How are you unable to pursue your passions-because you didn&
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Hmm, that thought never occurred to me. I had assumed that having specific interests would help me because I knew exactly what the school had to offer (courses, concentrations) instead of a vague "I want to go to your school because it
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by _wt8k 6y ago
College applications season is ending and decisions are out. I don't know about going in undeclared, but choosing a different major is a risk that can backfire if your classes and ECs don't match up with it and admissions officers
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Thank you for the advice. Other people have told me this as well. I chose a school where PL theory has a presence so I can pursue my specific interests, but I expect that the undergraduate CS curriculum will also give me a well-rounded CS e
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I want to learn more about HoTT and constructive math, but I probably have to go to CMU to go deep into that. At Northeastern, I'll probably explore systems programming languages (I know that Amal Ahmed published a foundations of Rust
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I got rejected from Cornell, CMU, and UPenn, which are extremely competitive schools to be fair. But other people in my grade did get into Cornell. (I do not know whether anyone got into CMU or UPenn.) I got waitlisted from Georgia Tech and
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by _wt8k 6y ago
Okay, I just checked my Northeastern application submission: GPA: 5.46/5 weighted SAT Reading and Writing: 790 SAT Math: 790 SAT Essay: 19 SAT Math II: 800 SAT Chemistry: 800 P.S: As for California, you're not going to like this:
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I've committed to Northeastern. I also got into UMD and Purdue, but Northeastern was the strongest in PL theory, and FP and PL culture influences the undergraduate curriculum through Felleisen's teaching philosophy.
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by _wt8k 6y ago
I am an Asian-American high school senior who is nearing the end of the college admissions process. I am so frustrated and angry that there is this discrimination, and people defend it. I feel that people don't take racism against Asia

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