sage_joch

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by sage_joch 12y ago
It seems like this functionality should be part of YouTube itself, at least as an option settable by the uploader.
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by sage_joch 12y ago
If philanthropy became a bigger part of our culture, I believe we could achieve something similar to basic income. Of course, that starts with individuals getting in the habit of giving and encouraging others to do the same. A couple things
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Ask HN: is this idea interesting or obvious?(reddit.com)
4 points by sage_joch 12y ago|0 comments
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by sage_joch 12y ago
I have been on Reddit for eight years, and only came out with my name today. People should be encouraged to use aliases for any number of reasons. To name a few: * You should be able to express an idea without that idea being attached t
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by sage_joch 12y ago
"Choose what not to learn (while being outwardly supportive of endless learning)." So that's why I didn't hear back from the (initially enthusiastic) Google recruiter. (edit): I re-read the email thread and I think I w
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by sage_joch 12y ago
The Snowden documents revealed that Germans visiting the Tor project website would be subject to permanent NSA surveillance. Does that make you more or less likely to click the link below? If the answer is "less likely", how does
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by sage_joch 12y ago
It's also not reasonable for the public to be excluded from the conversation of how that data is handled.
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by sage_joch 12y ago
I don't think "tyranny of the majority" applies here. The proposed system makes minority opinions more visible, if anything. There would even be an incentive to have a minority opinion, if you truly believed the majority wa
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by sage_joch 12y ago
He is exploring how the Internet might be used to save civilization. What constitutes an "important idea" in your book?
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Copyright status of The Wizard of Oz and related works in the United States(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by sage_joch 12y ago|0 comments
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We need net neutrality because companies are not subject to the 1st Amendment
1 points by sage_joch 12y ago|0 comments
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by sage_joch 12y ago
Reddit actually brands itself as a "platform for online communities". Given the nature of subreddits, this does not seem like an unfair characterization.
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by sage_joch 12y ago
There are a lot of good use cases for throwaways (suppose a former cult member wanted to share their experiences, for example). And the fact that an account is brand new is also a data point. You'll notice that Reddit/HN have prod
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by sage_joch 12y ago
This made me realize: Reddit/HN wouldn't be nearly as valuable without usernames. They allow you to scan someone's posts to see if they have a history of being mean, intellectually dishonest, etc.
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Claim: the comment thread is as fundamental a form of expression as the essay
1 points by sage_joch 12y ago|1 comments
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by sage_joch 12y ago
If Twitter and Yahoo really wanted to disclose this information, there is nothing the government could do to stop them. Civil disobedience is one of the most important tools we have against Orwellian governments. And doing the right thing i
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by sage_joch 12y ago
This post does a great job of showing a simple truth that many people forget: when you genuinely help a person, you are also helping everyone in that person's "sphere". There is a kind of exponential echoing effect when you a
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by sage_joch 12y ago
A service that facilitates company matching of employee donations to non-political charities. Ideally, the service should make it as effortless as possible for all participants: employee, company, charity. This could be generalized into a k
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Show HN: an extremely simple program shows a 2D structure in the integers
24 points by sage_joch 12y ago|13 comments
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by sage_joch 13y ago
Edward Snowden is not currently in a country with press freedoms, and people have to pick their battles. Snowden has already picked some pretty huge battles. Besides, if you've been paying the slightest amount of attention you already
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by sage_joch 13y ago
Mayor McGinn brought this up in his recent /r/Seattle AMA (worth reading if you're at all interested in the race): http://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/1ox3gd/my_name_is_m...
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by sage_joch 13y ago
If I scroll the Reddit frontpage (without being logged in), I am not seeing any NSA stories, despite being on the top of /r/WorldNews, /r/news, etc. Anyone know the story behind that?
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More (1998 short film)(vimeo.com)
1 points by sage_joch 13y ago|0 comments
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by sage_joch 13y ago
It seems wrong to say both that he has the "social instinct of a cockroach" and that he's selfish (implying his oversight was a choice). I'm inclined to believe it's the former, given that he is making a post like t
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by sage_joch 13y ago
There exists no recourse any person alive can do to stand up against the TSA. Civil disobedience is always an option. The protester at Tiananmen Square changed the world because he realized that there was recourse in doing the right t
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by sage_joch 13y ago
I voted yes but then realized: there would be no more privacy in elections.
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by sage_joch 13y ago
In related news, DuckDuckGo has seen a huge spike in traffic ( https://duckduckgo.com/traffic.html ). Even if the NSA has probably circumvented DDG's privacy features, it's still worth using them for trying to pre
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by sage_joch 13y ago
Largely forgotten in all this is the fact that Manning was tortured in retaliation for the leaks. That this is being treated like an afterthought, with no indication of any accountability, illustrates how far we have descended in such a sho
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by sage_joch 13y ago
This list feels incomplete without Snowden.
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Carl Sagan's essay on the benefits of cannabis(marijuana-uses.com)
1 points by sage_joch 13y ago|0 comments

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