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by otde 1y ago
Why does the consequence have to be deportation? Can we imagine a form of deterrence that doesn’t necessitate the cruelty of familial separation? Do we at least agree that what is happening right now , to this family and to others, is deep
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by otde 1y ago
Why is a) bad? Have you considered d) pass a different law? Why are you pretending the law is some immutable thing that we always need to follow, regardless of the situations an unjust law might place someone in if followed?
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by otde 2y ago
The point OP is making (and it ‘s one that I agree with) is that Graham’s particular usage of the word “woke” as written in his essay functions as a shibboleth for a collection of reactionary beliefs and impulses — not merely that he uses
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by otde 2y ago
> If someone hates trans people, they can, and you can't stop them. The whole "war on hate" thing was a bad idea; you can't forbid hatred. It predictably didn't work, and it's good that we're turning aw
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by otde 2y ago
which begs the question: why spend any time at all including an ai image as part of the cover if it’s a negative signal for some people?
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by otde 3y ago
I don't think the issue is whether GP lives next to neighbors with these kind of lawns, but more that the relative proportion of bird-hostile yards is outpacing any individual attempt to counterbalance. Moving only solves the problem i
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by otde 4y ago
Very smart people usually take the time to understand the historical context behind the problems they're attempting to solve, IMO. ( Especially if solving that problem requires proof that P=NP.) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by otde 4y ago
> The creation of new ideas being restricted to only experts, those who "actually know stuff" shrinks the pool of creators of new knowledge. Abstractly, I agree with what you've said here, but I don't think the part o
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by otde 4y ago
It's pretty complicated! I'd say it's a little bit of a lot of things, and the amounts of those things depends on the person. There's some people who feel like they wish they could have transitioned but didn't, an
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by otde 4y ago
> Nope, you're asking for a special treatment in an environment where 99.9% of people don't care how you want to be called. Not because they hate you -- it's because they're not there to fight for your rights. You are
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by otde 4y ago
The sibling comment actually does a pretty good job articulating why we as trans people (surprise! I’m one of them) receive the reactions we do. It’s a fundamental disgust at the concept of a trans person existing, full stop. In an ideal wo
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by otde 4y ago
I guess I just can’t think of a better way to describe some of the stuff people say about trans people. It’s rooted in a deep hatred that warrants the suffix, IMO. I don’t think “disagreement” adequately describes the severity. ¯\_(ツ)_&#x2F
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by otde 4y ago
I can’t help but wonder if reducing the possibility space of opinions one might have about Star Citizen’s development process to “sweaty misogynist nerd (the bad kind of nerd)” and “magnanimous rich nerd (the good kind of nerd)” is maybe sh
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by otde 5y ago
I’m not sure I like the implicit association here between a job’s income level and some vague metric of “usefulness to society,” to say nothing of the dismissiveness that comes with the “barista science” label.
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by otde 5y ago
Speaking as someone who started in Java and moved to Julia, my experience has been that a lack of concrete subtyping has generally not made an impact on difficulty with respect to problem modeling (at least, not relative to Java or other la
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by otde 5y ago
This is quite the paternalist view of working class people — is this not a concerted effort by working class professionals, asking for more? Considering the frequent remoteness of factory locations and the costs (monetary, social, etc) of m
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by otde 5y ago
This is the “have you tried yoga” of labor discourse — shallow, unhelpful, and really dismissive, especially when factory workers are not given the choice to work additional hours, working conditions are challenging at best, and management
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by otde 5y ago
> I have conflicted feelings about this. Is it really a "mistake" if you don't understand some subtle context about artwork that would not be clear to the casual reader either? Or, as an art critic, is it your responsibili
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by otde 5y ago
Being trans is one of many possible attributes a person can possess (tall, short, skinny, fat, and so on)! There are lots of ways a person's body can be built that may give them an advantage or disadvantage over another person. Strengt
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by otde 5y ago
I’m glad you’re able to see it as an edge case, but part of the reason we get so defensive is precisely because people who typically cite the story don’t want to see it as an edge case. I used “secret” with a clear intention here, because
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by otde 5y ago
Here’s what I mean when I asked us to consider perspectives of trans people —- I want you to understand us not just as potential perpetrators of violence here, but also as recipients. Trans women are subject to prison rape at apparently dis
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by otde 5y ago
On other subjects on HN (software, mostly), I find curious, questioning people, who will, for the most part, engage very seriously with the subject matter. I think this is because users here engage with software -- the creation, maintenance
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by otde 5y ago
It’s more that “teach critical thinking” often just means “condescend to an internet stranger about how flawed their thought process is” which, even if their thinking is flawed, isn’t exactly a winning strategy for helping people See The
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by otde 5y ago
Younger millennial/Z-adjacent here. I don’t claim to speak for everyone younger than me, but I am continually impressed by the level of genre awareness today’s youngsters have. Genres like synth/vapor wave are very conscious remix
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by otde 5y ago
People on HN usually aren’t fans of FLoC precisely because it doesn’t solve that problem, in addition to creating new ones (see https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/googles-floc-terrible-... ). I don’t see
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by otde 5y ago
On what planet does “I may need to put on a dress” not read as “if I pretend to be trans, I’ll have an easier time getting a job?” “Pretending to be trans for (reason)” is a really really common way to mock trans people and I think you know
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by otde 5y ago
I’m lucky to work for a small company where I am treated with respect by every one of my coworkers and my bosses. They are curious, thoughtful, and kind people, and I don’t need a window into their minds to know they’re not thinking “I coul
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by otde 5y ago
Bit of a fool’s errand to try and avoid politics at work — like a fish trying to avoid water in the ocean. The ways companies are built and maintained, the relationship between employers and employees, workplace requirements and benefits —
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by otde 5y ago
I really tried not to take the bait here, but come on, dude, that last bit was especially rancid. You do get that we’re real human beings with rich internal lives like everyone else and not shallow, opportunistic crossdressers, yeah? I’d be
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by otde 5y ago
Is running an organization the only way to have expertise on subjects like “how decisions made by organizations affect their members?” I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that a person can collect a fair bit of policy-specific knowledge fro

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