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by user982 11d ago
Assume for the moment that he did not have DHH in mind, and the timing of the post is coincidental. Is there some way of reading the moral of his story such that it is not defending projects and people like Omarchy/DHH against criticis
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by user982 12d ago
Remember: the onus is always on you to prove that you're one of the "good ones" by coddling them.
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by user982 12d ago
The essay makes a token gesture toward this ( "privilege and power dynamics play a complex and unavoidable role" ), but ultimately Marco, who is a rich straight white male unaffected by any meaningful or existential prejudice, is
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by user982 12d ago
The crux of this post is that even publicly stated political views like DHH's shouldn't matter. "If I learn today that my neighbors have political views that my “side” considers unacceptable and unforgivable, [...] Should I
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by user982 12d ago
From the timing, this seems to be a vaguepost in support of Omarchy and DHH.
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by user982 1mo ago
Metacommentary: how did this post get to #5 on the front page with 1 upvote within 2 minutes of submission?
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by user982 6mo ago
The previous time that the US and UK overthrew Iran's government ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d'%C3%A9tat ), they used the BBC in that way. Roosevelt told the Shah that he was in Iran o
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by user982 6mo ago
Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45448525
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by user982 6mo ago
That original headline is longer than what HN accepts. What editorialized message are you accusing the shorter "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story" of inserting?
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by user982 7mo ago
Read to the end: Every South Korean president who has served a prison sentence has ultimately been pardoned.
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by user982 7mo ago
> The embargo was partially lifted in 2015 And then reinstated in 2017. How has that been "over for a long while"?
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by user982 7mo ago
> the blockade has been over for a long while. What are you talking about?
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by user982 8mo ago
For however long flagging on HN has no downsides.
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by user982 9mo ago
The bill had no traction, "until Oct. 7. The attack that day in Israel by Hamas and the ensuing conflict in Gaza became a turning point in the push against TikTok, Helberg said. People who historically hadn’t taken a position on TikTo
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by user982 9mo ago
> This is brainrot conspiracy garbage. Here's Mitt Romney explaining that "the number of mentions of Palestinians" was the reason why "there was such overwhelming support for us to shut down (potentially) TikTok&quo
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by user982 10mo ago
Literally yes. "Tariffs on imports are designed to raise the price of imported goods to discourage consumption."
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by user982 10mo ago
> I don't think I am naive, just imagine the repercussions of the headline "FBI collected thousands of child rape photos for blackmail" What were the repercussions of this: "FBI ran website sharing thousands of chil
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by user982 10mo ago
In the pilot episode of Banshee (2013), a character has transparent monitors ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PiIhMs4k88 ) which never showed up again. They seemed higher tech than anything else in the series and I was neve
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by user982 11mo ago
When I first read Asimov's Foundation, I thought the decline and loss of knowledge in the Galactic Empire within a few generations was unrealistically quick. It's been eye-opening to witness new parents who not only don't kno
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by user982 11mo ago
Additionally, syllabaries (like the kana) are not alphabets.
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by user982 1y ago
Nobody finds it at all questionable that this submitter has "authored" around a dozen such books in 30 days?
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by user982 1y ago
The fact that you preemptively lampshaded this shows that you are well aware that this post actually is textbook trolling whataboutism from an account that only started spamming submissions about other famines ( https://news.ycomb
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by user982 1y ago
"Caesar" was pronounced in Latin with a hard C, which is preserved in German ("Kaiser").
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by user982 1y ago
But which "ch" sound? "Ch" as in "church" is just "tsh". "Ch" as in "charade" is just "sh".
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by user982 1y ago
> being vaguely anti-immigrant He is not vague about it. > DHH acknowledging Tommy Robinson's march existed He did more than just acknowledge it.
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by user982 1y ago
Chapter 2: I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time — when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other count
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by user982 1y ago
Hypocrisy is a show of power.
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by user982 1y ago
> (1) why has Israel dropped millions of leaflets to warn of impending attacks?; (2) why has israel sent millions of text messages warning of impending attacks?; These are the kinds of leaflets dropped by Israel: https://www
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by user982 1y ago
"Yes, history repeats itself. You're fooling people with your propaganda." "Oh, Sawatzki... You don't understand. In 1933, people were not fooled by propaganda. They elected a leader, who openly disclosed his plans
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by user982 1y ago
Many of the weapons now wielded by Trump (ICE, AUMF, DHS, Guantanamo, etc) were introduced under Bush II.

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