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by luffapi 5y ago
> And lots of stocks rose when Biden was nominated (and elected). Yes, because he’s a corrupt corporate puppet.
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by luffapi 5y ago
My costs in NY: When I was a single contractor: $900 /month After I married a healthy partner: $2100 /month for the both of us. After transitioning to full time employment: $2300 /month These numbers align with my friends. In
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by luffapi 5y ago
> Again, you're welcome to lay out your model of how the democrats are responsible. Simple, prior to the ACA I was able to cover my health expenses out of pocket. I’m healthy and literally went to the doctor 3 times in a decade. A
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by luffapi 5y ago
Destroying user privacy is absolutely anti-user. Why on earth would I want you, the website owner, to know who I am? I would like to remain anonymous, thus would never even consider using your site since it’s so hostile. I’m also curious wh
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by luffapi 5y ago
> If you think this method is sufficient to say two variables are not correlated, then nothing is correlated. And thus you’ve discovered why social “science” is not science at all. IQ is a nebulous concept anyway. Yes, if you’re cognit
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by luffapi 5y ago
Health insurance is a commercial industry. There is absolutely nothing socialized about it. The CEOs of these companies are getting paid tens of millions of dollars. They are INCs. They are not socialized in any way shape or form. They d
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by luffapi 5y ago
I’d like to see some research to back that up. Here’s an article that says otherwise: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11711-smarter-people-... Common sense will tell you billionaires aren’t orders of magnitude s
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by luffapi 5y ago
As did the cost of healthcare. Also look at the health insurance stock when Biden was officially nominated. Edit: source https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/20/cramer-bidens-2020-bid-is-se...
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by luffapi 5y ago
What on earth is “socialized insurance”? The Democrats are the party who put massive amounts of effort into derailing the only viable candidate to argue for public healthcare. Maybe you don’t care about keeping predatory insurance companies
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by luffapi 5y ago
I want to like this because I’m an introvert and a wfh advocate, but it doesn’t make a very good case. Gates and Musk aren’t successful because they are introverts, they’re are successful because they are sociopaths from rich families.
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by luffapi 5y ago
Talent, pay and IQ (if you believe it’s valid) have almost no correlation. Without question, the people I know earning them most money are rich kids and I assure you they are neither talented nor intelligent. There are incredibly talented m
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by luffapi 5y ago
Are you talking about the Democratic Party? They are more responsible for the extreme cost of healthcare in the US than any other political faction. Mandatory insurance, COBRA payouts… Did you know Gretchen Whitmer’s dad was the CEO of Bl
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by luffapi 5y ago
There are a million creative ways to solve this that don’t involve dark patterns, poor ux and wasted resources. This comment does a better job than I’ve done explaining: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27664604
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by luffapi 5y ago
I see you are correct. They did not used to though.
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by luffapi 5y ago
I worked on a site with 200M active monthly users. No captchas. It’s totally doable. Reddit is actually a good example of having millions of users with no captcha. They “fixed” their problem with user moderation. You chose to become a moder
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by luffapi 5y ago
You realize there’s no captchas or fingerprinting on this site right?
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by luffapi 5y ago
I’ve run plenty of large sites and apps, and yeah I always try to represent the users in product planning and for that the reason not once have I allowed captchas, fingerprinting… to be implemented. The real reasons people implement these
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by luffapi 5y ago
User moderation solves this. You’ll know if something is or is not wanted by users, as they will moderate the content itself. There is no need to destroy privacy, waste resources, create terrible ux, gate content…
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by luffapi 5y ago
> When accounts are trivial to create, moderators have no power. Sounds ideal! Moderators are just power tripping gatekeepers. Community ranking of content is sufficient to get rid of trolls, spam… Taking away people’s right to privacy
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by luffapi 5y ago
Well Musk both created the hype and bought into it at the wrong time, definitely worth taking a look at his motives for making such an aggressively destructive move. If you’re suggesting I bought in at the wrong time, I didn’t. I would nev
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by luffapi 5y ago
So you think he’s just incredibly stupid? I would believe that but he does have billions of dollars of incentives to do the bidding of the US gov. I could also see him tweeting GameStop as an anti crypto move. He basically has done nothing
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by luffapi 5y ago
I don’t understand why programmatic access is being equated with fraud. Device identification is never a benefit for end users. Lack of privacy, waste of resources, hostile ux… we’re basically talking about DRM.
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by luffapi 5y ago
You can get only scrape data you are allowed to access. If your eyes can see it, you should be able to scrape it. The analog hole is always there.
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by luffapi 5y ago
Musk receives billions of dollars in government handouts. Tesla and Space X could not exist without the government pouring our tax dollars on them. I don’t think it’s too far of a leap to suggest Musk’s role in destabilizing BTC came at the
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by luffapi 5y ago
There’s no misinformation in this post and you’re fabricating a straw man. This isn’t a political flamewar. It’s a discussion on how technology is used for censorship and oppression. 100% on topic for HN.
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by luffapi 5y ago
My source on that number is from the Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balfour_Declarati... That other countries have also engaged in colonialism, doesn’t mean we have to support it, especia
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by luffapi 5y ago
You did not post proof. The numbers directly contradict your statement. More emigration happened from Western countries than Arab countries. No amount of goal post moving will change that your original statement is factually incorrect.
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by luffapi 5y ago
This is a non sequitur and a straw man. I don’t agree with the Balfour Declaration because it was strongly opposed by the Palestinians, 90% of the population at the time. I have no idea why you are quoting John Lennon. It has nothing to do
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by luffapi 5y ago
That says nothing about their country of origin. These people literally emigrated from Western non-Arab countries. Your statement is just incorrect and now you’re moving the goal posts.
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by luffapi 5y ago
You said the majority of Israeli Jews came from Arab countries. That is factually incorrect. Your exact comment: > ” Most Israelis come from Arab countries(because they were expelled)”

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