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by wismer 11y ago
spot on.
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by wismer 12y ago
Location: NY, NY Remote: Yes Willing to Relocate: Depends Technologies: Ruby, JS (React/Backbone) Resume: Mail me for full resume; Email: matthewhl at gee mail dot com I recently attended Hacker School; self-taught - strong interest in
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by wismer 12y ago
At least HN is a notch above GamerGate
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by wismer 12y ago
Wow. Ok, I was afraid that this copypasta account was going to bring up "slam-dunk" fallacies to bring me to shame, however woefully misunderstood. Let me spell it out for you - Just because some women happen to identify with the
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by wismer 12y ago
There's a really good reason for it and it's up to you to figure that part out.
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by wismer 12y ago
A racist man says: "I'm not racist; I have black friends." Do you see what's wrong with that statement?
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by wismer 12y ago
"It's about ethics" yet most of the moderators of the subreddit /r/KotakuInAction are also moderators of distinctly misogynstic subreddits http://i.imgur.com/3j7uzXZ.jpg EDIT: You might be taking do
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by wismer 12y ago
I think you might be taking the concept of 'white privilege' too personally.
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by wismer 12y ago
That's quite a rhetorical leap you just made, there.
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by wismer 12y ago
oh, please. No one wants to engage with a self-proclaimed martyr.
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by wismer 12y ago
I like reading this stuff. Sure, I may not use Rust for any real application yet, but it's been teaching me a whole lot on different paradigms than I am used to. I think these articles are great because it pushes boundaries in understa
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by wismer 12y ago
oh yous guys! When are you three gonna come back to nyc ;)
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by wismer 12y ago
I wish I could share your optimism about England.
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by wismer 12y ago
I second what you've said, as I've had the same experiences in dealing with it myself. Adderall is not crack, but other people may abuse it as such. People without the disorder.
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by wismer 12y ago
huh?
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by wismer 13y ago
Truly warms my heart to see there is some resonance on HN for the stoics. I came across Epictetus in a particularly low part in my life - it was this particular passage that nailed me - excuse the bad formatting/spelling. http:/&
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by wismer 13y ago
Trying to think of analogy here but nothing concrete comes up. The messy thing about this is that the ethnic, cultural and linguistic makeup of Crimea is by majority, Russian. It's something of an foreign-induced rebellion that the maj
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by wismer 13y ago
Crimea is a semi-autonomous region of the Ukraine. They elect their own PM, etc. Russia is still technically invading a sovereign nation, though the line gets smudged somewhat because of Crimea's status.
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by wismer 13y ago
Imagine if you will a US that is not imperialist; a foreign policy that is one of isolationism. Now imagine Russia as it exists today; expansionist and oligarchical. With no one strong enough to oppose it, how would anyone stop it from pull
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by wismer 13y ago
Sorry, but how does the link that to setting up the riots? That's an accusation without any concrete proof.
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by wismer 13y ago
I don't think the parent commenter was implying that, either. At the face of it, it is simply minor quibbling over details.
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by wismer 13y ago
The commenter may have implied they were troops of the Russian Army, but did not outright say it. Since these few hundred are mercenaries (might as well call them that, not 'private contractors'), they are still an extension of a
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by wismer 13y ago
I think the circumstances surrounding the conflict in Kosovo paint a starkly different picture from what's going on in Ukraine.
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by wismer 13y ago
Check out the media coverage table on pg 34. "Comparing average coverage by private and state media outlets in Figures 1 and 2, we find imbalance in the tone of coverage among both but find it more pronounced among state media. On t
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by wismer 13y ago
Right, I agree to an extent with that assessment. It would, in my mind, be more agreeable to say that the 24 hr news cycle was negligent and in dereliction of their duties as members of the free press to not report the story simply in the s
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by wismer 13y ago
True, but it makes me scrutinize it all the more.
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by wismer 13y ago
I'm sorry, perhaps I misinterpreted the headline: "US Media blacks out snowden interview" as "Only US _televised_ news sources either did not report with enough depth on the interview, did not report on it entirely, or g
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by wismer 13y ago
"Yes, but what about..." This is moving the goalposts.
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by wismer 13y ago
This website, this source for "investigative journalism" includes a video that claims that there's a link between autism and vaccines. http://benswann.com/truth-in-media-vaccine-court-and-autism/
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by wismer 13y ago
Thanks for providing this.

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