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by computerthings 1y ago
Where I live, people often put books in boxes out on the sidewalk as giveaways. They're worth nothing, but I love browsing through them if I have time, and sometimes I find something that does interest me. Books I want to throw away I
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by computerthings 1y ago
Yes, and? None of it left untouched, ALL of it pushed down, and most of it flagged and disappeared.
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by computerthings 2y ago
Ah, here goes the invisible, magic quota again. Do you think you could defend the phrase "primarily using HN for ideological/political battle" in court?
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by computerthings 2y ago
Allowing people to have their view of the front page unaffected by flags would be trivial. But some who don't want too discuss this don't want other people to discuss it, either, they precisely don't want people to have dis
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by computerthings 2y ago
You also said this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43113282 breaks site guidelines. You just call things "flamebait" and that's that. > no, this has nothing to do with your political views Who believ
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by computerthings 2y ago
Yet we're out protesting fascists, not immigrants. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_German_anti-... > By the last week of January 2024, the protests had become the biggest in Germany since the pr
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by computerthings 2y ago
then why is it always the same handful of people saying that
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by computerthings 2y ago
Fascists aren't "political opponents in a democracy", anymore than a burglar is a guest in your home just because they are located in your home.
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by computerthings 2y ago
for anyone who also wanted to know how that super neat list was made: https://www.tabulator.info/
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by computerthings 2y ago
You mean during the war of aggression when many Americans pretended to be Canadians when on vacation abroad, be it out of shame or fear of reprisal? And mind you, that was without any Hitler salutes or calling astronauts "retards"
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by computerthings 2y ago
Oh, we're already looking at the likelihood of Trump arming Russia and joining the war on the side of Putin. But for some people, although probably a minority, that just increases the resolve. They simply will never be part of somethin
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by computerthings 2y ago
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by computerthings 2y ago
So, what's this story getting unfairly penalized for? It's been bumping around between page and 2 and 3 after it had more than 80 upvotes and not even half the comments; meanwhile there's a story with not even half the votes,
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by computerthings 2y ago
There is also no qualitative difference between one water drop and a billion. One dropped on your head you wouldn't notice, a billion dropped on your head would drown you.
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by computerthings 2y ago
lots of discussions to read, lots of flags to wonder at https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
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by computerthings 2y ago
It's the exact same gesture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1Zwiv8erk0 As is what Steve Bannon did: https://bsky.app/profile/eladn.bsky.social/post/3linqzuoecs2...
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by computerthings 2y ago
> all the stuff they read online is fake It isn't though? But the stuff that is fake has a corrosive effect on out ability to interact with that which isn't. For example the fine article.. reading it, it didn't seem off to
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by computerthings 2y ago
I'd say the owner is making it worse, and it's not the responsibility of people to invest more of their effort into his platform when they can build up something they can feel way more ownership of. Bigger isn't always better
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by computerthings 2y ago
What do you know about the deliberations and discussions went into these laws. > because once you label someone who disagrees with you as a Nazi you are free to censor them, Show examples of it.
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by computerthings 2y ago
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by computerthings 2y ago
luckily, all I needed to know is in the page source: > Discover your dream career with Career Dreamer. An AI-powered tool to help you uncover career potential and analyze your skills to suggest new career paths!
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by computerthings 2y ago
Apart from government being very different from private business indeed; I wouldn't want to eat food, drive a vehicle, or use software made by a company made with that mindset. "Safety first" is also a hard rule in all sorts
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by computerthings 2y ago
Do you consider the original quotes "unsubstantive", too, seeing how it's flagged yet upvoted? Because like it or not, you have a lot of that on this website, most recently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?
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by computerthings 2y ago
Show me one that has substance. I see a lot of really wild stuff, but it all boils down to indirect attacks [0], not arguments. Seen any different? Show me. [0] "why did democrats/progressives/leftists never say anything when
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by computerthings 2y ago
> What signs do you expect so it can be called fascism? I think some people just know a few images from the Nazis at the height of their power. Or the death camps, that were only discovered because the Nazis lost the war (the plan was to
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by computerthings 2y ago
> What makes you so sure/special in this regard? Germany? the scope of the discussion is already limited to the AfD. What makes Germans special in their opinions about Nazis in Germany to is deep experience and knowledge with the su
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by computerthings 2y ago
Yes, they are. https://extremismterms.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/altern... AFAIK they don't terribly mind what Israel is doing in Gaza, and even the ADL has that page about them. There is a lot more if
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by computerthings 2y ago
> That made me think of how Arendt described the pre-totalitarian mishmash of opinions and totalitarian "opinions" That is genuinely all. If that is not welcome here, fine, but this "what are you trying to say ?" as
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by computerthings 2y ago
Malicious compliance what? And what did my comment get flagged for?
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by computerthings 2y ago
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