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by xqyf 5y ago
I think a quick glance at the headlines on CNN and Fox News on any given day show them practicing the same type of intellectual dishonesty to further their narratives. I'll give you OAN, that's an entirely higher level of misinfor
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by xqyf 5y ago
That's a broad brush. There's CNN/Fox News/OAN level bias and then there's ABC. It's a matter of degree.
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by xqyf 5y ago
That's why it's bad to rely on anecdotes. Car theft is up in 2019 and 2020 in the US https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-auto-the...
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by xqyf 5y ago
Not just more specific rules, ones that just come later in source order too (with an identical specificity). Oh, and more "important" rules too. "!important" overrides everything. Well, except more specific instances o
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by xqyf 5y ago
Car theft is more common where cars are more common
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by xqyf 5y ago
A search for "dog" yeilded zero results, terrible
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Statement on Tether’s Settlement with the CFTC(tether.to)
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by xqyf 5y ago
Using the USB-C cable that came with your MacBook? Or a cable you paid extra for?
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by xqyf 5y ago
The FDIC is a government agency created after bank runs were common during the Depression. This is much different, nothing has been "reinvented".
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by xqyf 5y ago
They work great to charge my Android. One day MacBook chargers may even charge iPhones!
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by xqyf 5y ago
Everyone that owns (is "enrolled" in) AAPL is "incentivized to get other people to buy" Apple products, just like BTC. These were the only 2 reasons you've ever given for why BTC is a "pyramid scheme". You
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by xqyf 5y ago
> you’d be able to quote where I agreed AAPL qualified as a pyramid scheme. Sure thing, here ya go (it's right there if you scroll up): > > So Apple is a "pyramid scheme" right? > Yes, to a mild extent ...you qual
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by xqyf 5y ago
Tell them that their name is spelled in Latin? Or that æ is a character formed by combining two separate letters? Both support the idea that Æ is not a letter in the modern English alphabet.
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by xqyf 5y ago
> yes, to a mild extent and indeed they do Thank you for agreeing. So your definition is so bad Apple qualifies as a pyramid scheme under it. That makes it appear that you have no idea what a pyramid scheme is. > so the owners don’t h
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by xqyf 5y ago
> not in an abstract sense ...and everyone that owns (is "enrolled" in) AAPL is "incentivized to get other people to buy" Apple products. So Apple is a "pyramid scheme" right? "Pyramid scheme" is a
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by xqyf 5y ago
Do you mean "pyramid scheme" specifically or just "scheme"? A pyramid scheme recruits members for enrolling others into the scheme, and not in an abstract sense. Bitcoin is decentralized and there's no way to enroll
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by xqyf 5y ago
They were never defunded. de Blasio’s executive budget proposal has NYPD funding at $5.13 billion for the 2022 fiscal year, ~$230 million more than the budget adopted last year for this fiscal year. You're accidentally arguing that pro
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by xqyf 5y ago
Sure, both browsers have developer tools. This is much more opaque than a Settings menu.
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by xqyf 5y ago
> Web pages shouldn't have typography What does this mean? Optimal line length for legibility is, indeed, generally agreed upon to be in the range of 45-75 characters per line (not 100).
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by xqyf 5y ago
Even more infuriating is that they're using en dashes places where they should be em dashes. For example: […] choices – e.g. I cannot fix small-resolution screens or bad user font choices – but at least […]
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by xqyf 5y ago
> but the page doesn't zoom Yes, devs- PLEASE stop doing this! <meta name="viewport" content="maximum-scale=1">
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by xqyf 5y ago
Surely there's a horrible subreddit for you to secrete hot takes like "literally FAKE NEWS" on instead of this forum?
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by xqyf 5y ago
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I don't see constructive criticism as a "flow of negativity."
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by xqyf 5y ago
I know this is an unpopular opinion, but "I know this is an unpopular opinion" adds nothing to comments but a false sense of contrarianism.
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by xqyf 5y ago
CSS only: [bgcolor="#ff6600"] { background-color: transparent; }
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by xqyf 5y ago
> If the comment desaturation makes Hacker News difficult to read ...then make it accessible. Sighted users do not have to click a timestamp or install extensions to have legible text. Why should the visually impaired? The extension link
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by xqyf 5y ago
So why post in a thread that's implicitly about little-known or emerging tech? "The best under-the-radar car? It's a horse and buggy I tells ya!" Every one of these posts on HN has to have a hot take that's contrari
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by xqyf 5y ago
Is "I don't even like Infinite Jest " the new "I don't even own a TV?"
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by xqyf 5y ago
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that instead of arguing in bad faith, you're just incredibly gullible.
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by xqyf 5y ago
on ALL of my alts?! Not to mention when I'm logged out. I'd rather click "install plugin" once.

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