There are still people in America who live without running water. There are still people who work on fishing boats in Alaska. There are still people who hitchhike. This is literally just an anecdote trying to deflect…
I always wonder what people who say these things think about the fact that we have someone in the white house who was mentioned in the Epstein files more than Jesus was mentioned in the bible. Whatever it takes to get…
Or worse, you wouldn't even know about it!
I have a personal belief that this is a result of the "can-do" attitude that pervades not only American society currently; but virtually all of American history. A small group of colonies managed to win a war against…
> I have become so disillusioned by some of the Hacker News crowd on here. I feel the exact same way, but it's due to comments like yours that seem to excuse anything in the name of innovation. The goosebumps people…
The good ol' invisible hand; Literally an appeal to ignorance. "What else could it be?"
I never claimed any techology is good or bad; you also seem to be in agreement with me that technology used in warfare _can_ have "good" applications (I mentioned that the benefits are secondary to their applications in…
> care more that their work is prosocial These takes are always so funny to me. The whole reason we even have the internet is because the US government needed a way for parties to be able to communicate in the event of…
Are authoritarians good? That's basically what you are asking.
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God has been used as a justification for a lot of human suffering. My personal belief is that the closer to god you are; the more easily you can justify evil. How could you not? If my entire belief system is derived…
> Mad respect to Sam And people wonder how we got here.
> but stop pretending this kind of thing matters one iota This is blatantly false and intellectually dishonest. Of course it matters. Your edit is also wrong; you are advocating for nihilism with statments like these.
This is where we're at huh?
There is also the added stress of commuting, which its fair to assume has negative impacts on heart, cognitive, etc. health.
> sits for hours playing a video game > if you are not moving, you are dead. I understand the point you're trying to make, but there is some irony here.
Microsoft's past behavior _may_ explain *why* there is a lack of investment in Github Actions; so yes, TheFeelz are relevant.
They manage a lot of old, big mainframes for banks. At least that is one thing I know of.
I'm aware of that. That does not make the second quote any less relevant.
> It's hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior > There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning. Huh.
Is this satire?
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I worked for an energy tech startup that did consulting for big utility companies. It absolutely does.
> dependency inclusion _should not_ be a main criterion for evaluating how good a build system is That's just like, your opinion, man.
How are you quantifying that 10% ?
There are still people in America who live without running water. There are still people who work on fishing boats in Alaska. There are still people who hitchhike. This is literally just an anecdote trying to deflect…
I always wonder what people who say these things think about the fact that we have someone in the white house who was mentioned in the Epstein files more than Jesus was mentioned in the bible. Whatever it takes to get…
Or worse, you wouldn't even know about it!
I have a personal belief that this is a result of the "can-do" attitude that pervades not only American society currently; but virtually all of American history. A small group of colonies managed to win a war against…
> I have become so disillusioned by some of the Hacker News crowd on here. I feel the exact same way, but it's due to comments like yours that seem to excuse anything in the name of innovation. The goosebumps people…
The good ol' invisible hand; Literally an appeal to ignorance. "What else could it be?"
I never claimed any techology is good or bad; you also seem to be in agreement with me that technology used in warfare _can_ have "good" applications (I mentioned that the benefits are secondary to their applications in…
> care more that their work is prosocial These takes are always so funny to me. The whole reason we even have the internet is because the US government needed a way for parties to be able to communicate in the event of…
Are authoritarians good? That's basically what you are asking.
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God has been used as a justification for a lot of human suffering. My personal belief is that the closer to god you are; the more easily you can justify evil. How could you not? If my entire belief system is derived…
> Mad respect to Sam And people wonder how we got here.
> but stop pretending this kind of thing matters one iota This is blatantly false and intellectually dishonest. Of course it matters. Your edit is also wrong; you are advocating for nihilism with statments like these.
This is where we're at huh?
There is also the added stress of commuting, which its fair to assume has negative impacts on heart, cognitive, etc. health.
> sits for hours playing a video game > if you are not moving, you are dead. I understand the point you're trying to make, but there is some irony here.
Microsoft's past behavior _may_ explain *why* there is a lack of investment in Github Actions; so yes, TheFeelz are relevant.
They manage a lot of old, big mainframes for banks. At least that is one thing I know of.
I'm aware of that. That does not make the second quote any less relevant.
> It's hard to beat The Golden Rule as a guide to behavior > There's class warfare, all right, but it's my class, the rich class, that's making war, and we're winning. Huh.
Is this satire?
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I worked for an energy tech startup that did consulting for big utility companies. It absolutely does.
> dependency inclusion _should not_ be a main criterion for evaluating how good a build system is That's just like, your opinion, man.
How are you quantifying that 10% ?