> Fascinating. It's a shame that it's so hard to get people to pay for quality journalism. Maybe because it isn't quality journalism. Ultimately, something is worth what people are willing to pay for. > The world will…
> I guess all the folks in Xinjiang just don’t love freedom as much as you do. Of course they do. Good god you completely missed my point.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su...
> We're not talking about US, Britain, Europe or any other country. But you said "people of those nations"? Now you are backtracking? > It's also not a prerequisite to be Chinese or Uyghur to discuss this topic. If…
>1. Who "started it" Not just who started. The quality and sophistication. > 2. How long they've been doing it 3. Percentage of people affected by it (not number!) Yes. What else would it be? What other metric would you…
> Did you read the article? Yes. > Not sure about you but I don't have to put my government issued ID on my kitchen knives. Neither do I. But that's because I love freedom. What's the difference between ids on or for…
I'm spartacus!
> This post is clearly suggesting that the PEOPLE of those nations don't want that dystopian future. What people want a dystopian future? That's a pointless statement. Also, Nithin Cota is not chinese nor ughyur. How…
> How do you even measure that? How about on a per capita basis? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su... Or how about 1. In terms of quality and sophistication tech. US and Britain pioneered most…
HN is an echo chamber too. It's no different than reddit. Just much smaller.
> In simple terms they couldn't keep up with comment moderation and were not able or willing to invest in enough moderators. Has nothing to do with that. It's because their comment section gets no activity to merit…
How on earth can this be flagged on "hacker" news?
> for the first time since WWII the US may have the second biggest economy and be falling further behind. Since 1890 or so. The US was the largest economy in the world for more than 50 years before ww2 started.
As long as the functionality is there, there will be initial outrage and then people will accept it. Having gone through a few redesigns of a major website, the first few weeks can be a nightmare though. People love to…
Because you aren't a kid anymore? You are older and have a wife, children, nephews, nieces and responsibilities? Not only that you have friends from childhood, high school, college, work, etc and there are only 24 hours…
It's not a myth. It's a fact. Younger people are more naive and idealistic. Older people are more skeptical and conservative.
Is it possible to have a discussion about anything without someone bringing politics to it? > He's my dad and I love him, but needless to say, when I see my partners going down the same path, it freaks me out. Your dad…
> Nuclear power can (technically) easily replace all fossil fuel power. It can replace fossil fuel power for electricity. Not all fossil fuel power. > It would take a decade of serious dedication and leaving behind a…
It's ridiculous. My university tried to switch the CS program from C/C++ ( OS, networking, etc ) and Scheme ( functional, programming languages, etc ) to java and there was a mass movement against it and we kept the…
So true. Haskell is great to learn about functional programming and programming language theory in general. But to get things done, it's just not as practical.
Everything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great". The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
> The hello world has never been easier to do. Agreed. The hard parts of programming have been removed ( especially for entry level people ). > We have communities and cheap, fast computers. And online tutorials (…
> Given that Breitbart, Stephen Molynieux, etc, all basically support the least charitable interpretation of the memo (that women are genetically less predisposed to engineering) So? Are you saying you disagree? Then…
> Google is now a firm part of establishment They have been for a while now. They have a deal with the washingtonpost and nytimes to "feature" those two newspapers on google news and search. Check the waybackmachine and…
> Fascinating. It's a shame that it's so hard to get people to pay for quality journalism. Maybe because it isn't quality journalism. Ultimately, something is worth what people are willing to pay for. > The world will…
> I guess all the folks in Xinjiang just don’t love freedom as much as you do. Of course they do. Good god you completely missed my point.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su...
> We're not talking about US, Britain, Europe or any other country. But you said "people of those nations"? Now you are backtracking? > It's also not a prerequisite to be Chinese or Uyghur to discuss this topic. If…
>1. Who "started it" Not just who started. The quality and sophistication. > 2. How long they've been doing it 3. Percentage of people affected by it (not number!) Yes. What else would it be? What other metric would you…
> Did you read the article? Yes. > Not sure about you but I don't have to put my government issued ID on my kitchen knives. Neither do I. But that's because I love freedom. What's the difference between ids on or for…
I'm spartacus!
> This post is clearly suggesting that the PEOPLE of those nations don't want that dystopian future. What people want a dystopian future? That's a pointless statement. Also, Nithin Cota is not chinese nor ughyur. How…
> How do you even measure that? How about on a per capita basis? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jan/06/tony-porter-su... Or how about 1. In terms of quality and sophistication tech. US and Britain pioneered most…
HN is an echo chamber too. It's no different than reddit. Just much smaller.
> In simple terms they couldn't keep up with comment moderation and were not able or willing to invest in enough moderators. Has nothing to do with that. It's because their comment section gets no activity to merit…
How on earth can this be flagged on "hacker" news?
> for the first time since WWII the US may have the second biggest economy and be falling further behind. Since 1890 or so. The US was the largest economy in the world for more than 50 years before ww2 started.
As long as the functionality is there, there will be initial outrage and then people will accept it. Having gone through a few redesigns of a major website, the first few weeks can be a nightmare though. People love to…
Because you aren't a kid anymore? You are older and have a wife, children, nephews, nieces and responsibilities? Not only that you have friends from childhood, high school, college, work, etc and there are only 24 hours…
It's not a myth. It's a fact. Younger people are more naive and idealistic. Older people are more skeptical and conservative.
Is it possible to have a discussion about anything without someone bringing politics to it? > He's my dad and I love him, but needless to say, when I see my partners going down the same path, it freaks me out. Your dad…
> Nuclear power can (technically) easily replace all fossil fuel power. It can replace fossil fuel power for electricity. Not all fossil fuel power. > It would take a decade of serious dedication and leaving behind a…
It's ridiculous. My university tried to switch the CS program from C/C++ ( OS, networking, etc ) and Scheme ( functional, programming languages, etc ) to java and there was a mass movement against it and we kept the…
So true. Haskell is great to learn about functional programming and programming language theory in general. But to get things done, it's just not as practical.
Everything related to FB is now PR and propaganda. It's all "facebook is terrible" propaganda or "facebook is great". The obsession with facebook lately has been unbearable.
"The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." -- Edsger W. Dijkstra
> The hello world has never been easier to do. Agreed. The hard parts of programming have been removed ( especially for entry level people ). > We have communities and cheap, fast computers. And online tutorials (…
> Given that Breitbart, Stephen Molynieux, etc, all basically support the least charitable interpretation of the memo (that women are genetically less predisposed to engineering) So? Are you saying you disagree? Then…
> Google is now a firm part of establishment They have been for a while now. They have a deal with the washingtonpost and nytimes to "feature" those two newspapers on google news and search. Check the waybackmachine and…