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What is this, the zillionth "I prefer WFH" article, the office sucks" article on HN? We get it, enough already. It's like dealing with vegans -- not enough for them to enjoy their lifestyle they must publicly tell you…
> But you can bet no high ranking officer in Saddam Hussein's army was successfully "fighting the bureaucracy" to get things through. Why do you assume that? The Baath party was quite a complex organization that had all…
This presumes the underlings were busy doing important things, aka "improvising" solutions that benefited the whole. Wrong. Most of the time they were slow-rolling initiatives or not getting things done because they…
I promise you, there is very little improvisation or "jazz" in the U.S. Army and a lot of micromangement and bureaucracy. The experience is more akin to being in a massive company with tons of middle managers who are…
> We routinely spend more money in the US on homeless services than it would cost to provide homes for free No. The original study that generated so much headlines in the press said this was true for _temporarily_…
Around 500,000 people have died in Iraq since the US invaded [1] and maybe 147,000 in Afghanistan [2]. Police kill ~1000 people in the US/year [3]. But what are we worried about? Doorbell data collected by Facebook and…
What is this implicit assumption that DNA index = power? Power to do what? Identify you? They already (try to) do that! A DNA index is just a superior authentication mechanism, one that would involve a lot less…
Is the TSA the FBI? They're not looking for perpetrators, they're looking for terrorists. I promise you the US government has a vast database of biometric information of suspected terrorists. The fact we all have to…
Exactly! If we had a DNA database we could quickly clear people as innocent. Instead we rely in inaccurate authentication measures like birthdays and names and photos...hence endless suffering. DNA would positively or…
Wait, WHAT? How are people going to use a DNA database to commit genocide? How are these people going to be killed en masse? What would stop someone from using the same method without a DNA database? This argument makes…
Sort of the way white people dismiss the problems of black people. Easily. For example: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.h...
Right, because the lack of DNA indexing stops cops from racial profiling now. Cops already check your ID to see if you're related to any known criminal! Literally, this "nightmare scenario" you're envisioning happens…
This will be an unpopular opinion but we should index the DNA of every citizen. The two objections are 1) exposing genetic health info 2) foreign countries can identify our spies. For #1, I have news for you: insurance…
LOL OK. If anything this kind of frivolous, nonsensical argument you're proffering here undermines the rights of the LGBTQ community, allowing conservatives to easily dismiss their actual meaningful concerns as liberal…
I don't follow. If we apply degrees of severity, urgency and closeness to the two problems the use of pronouns on programming websites does not rank as severe or urgent relative to...almost anything else in the…
If you want to have a meaningful impact, go volunteer at a soup kitchen. No, seriously. Spend a day at a homeless shelter. Help with the disabled. Arguing about pronouns is, in fact, dumb and no, it does not affect the…
Oh really? So if you had an open chest wound you'd say, "Worrying about bleeding to death is specious. There are always mortal wounds to worry about. That doesn't mean I can't worry about what color my fingernails are"?
60 million starving children in Africa. Something like 25,000 people die every year to war. The US president, leader of the free world, is facing possible impeachment. And what are we worried about? Pronoun use and…
This is one of the only non-misogynistic responses to my comment (IMHO). If you're healthy and have hobbies and socialize regularly finding a romantic partner is not only easier but also less important because you have…
Have you talked to many single women and asked them what their dating experiences are like? Are there large groups of single women out there who think online dating is amazing, wonderful, everything they ever wanted? I…
> You’re putting words in a lot of people’s mouths Uh, I literally copied-and-pasted exact quotes from the thread. > that we all have terrible social skills/are out of shape/etc) Where did I say that? Everyone can be in…
Dating threads on HN honestly could be confused for incel message boards on Reddit. Some real quotes from this thread: 1. "As a male, it becomes very difficult to stand out if you are actually interested in someone." 2.…
Says the person who, when confronted with objective evidence that defeats his argument, refuses to accept it. Male elites do not run every single ultra race out there, obviously. Why should they? A course record is not…
Say what you will. I would have preferred to have stayed with my ex-gf. Internet dating is not fun for me either, but again I'm not looking for sympathy -- just to tell you that the hypothesis people are advancing seems…
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What is this, the zillionth "I prefer WFH" article, the office sucks" article on HN? We get it, enough already. It's like dealing with vegans -- not enough for them to enjoy their lifestyle they must publicly tell you…
> But you can bet no high ranking officer in Saddam Hussein's army was successfully "fighting the bureaucracy" to get things through. Why do you assume that? The Baath party was quite a complex organization that had all…
This presumes the underlings were busy doing important things, aka "improvising" solutions that benefited the whole. Wrong. Most of the time they were slow-rolling initiatives or not getting things done because they…
I promise you, there is very little improvisation or "jazz" in the U.S. Army and a lot of micromangement and bureaucracy. The experience is more akin to being in a massive company with tons of middle managers who are…
> We routinely spend more money in the US on homeless services than it would cost to provide homes for free No. The original study that generated so much headlines in the press said this was true for _temporarily_…
Around 500,000 people have died in Iraq since the US invaded [1] and maybe 147,000 in Afghanistan [2]. Police kill ~1000 people in the US/year [3]. But what are we worried about? Doorbell data collected by Facebook and…
What is this implicit assumption that DNA index = power? Power to do what? Identify you? They already (try to) do that! A DNA index is just a superior authentication mechanism, one that would involve a lot less…
Is the TSA the FBI? They're not looking for perpetrators, they're looking for terrorists. I promise you the US government has a vast database of biometric information of suspected terrorists. The fact we all have to…
Exactly! If we had a DNA database we could quickly clear people as innocent. Instead we rely in inaccurate authentication measures like birthdays and names and photos...hence endless suffering. DNA would positively or…
Wait, WHAT? How are people going to use a DNA database to commit genocide? How are these people going to be killed en masse? What would stop someone from using the same method without a DNA database? This argument makes…
Sort of the way white people dismiss the problems of black people. Easily. For example: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/us/supreme-court-ruling.h...
Right, because the lack of DNA indexing stops cops from racial profiling now. Cops already check your ID to see if you're related to any known criminal! Literally, this "nightmare scenario" you're envisioning happens…
This will be an unpopular opinion but we should index the DNA of every citizen. The two objections are 1) exposing genetic health info 2) foreign countries can identify our spies. For #1, I have news for you: insurance…
LOL OK. If anything this kind of frivolous, nonsensical argument you're proffering here undermines the rights of the LGBTQ community, allowing conservatives to easily dismiss their actual meaningful concerns as liberal…
I don't follow. If we apply degrees of severity, urgency and closeness to the two problems the use of pronouns on programming websites does not rank as severe or urgent relative to...almost anything else in the…
If you want to have a meaningful impact, go volunteer at a soup kitchen. No, seriously. Spend a day at a homeless shelter. Help with the disabled. Arguing about pronouns is, in fact, dumb and no, it does not affect the…
Oh really? So if you had an open chest wound you'd say, "Worrying about bleeding to death is specious. There are always mortal wounds to worry about. That doesn't mean I can't worry about what color my fingernails are"?
60 million starving children in Africa. Something like 25,000 people die every year to war. The US president, leader of the free world, is facing possible impeachment. And what are we worried about? Pronoun use and…
This is one of the only non-misogynistic responses to my comment (IMHO). If you're healthy and have hobbies and socialize regularly finding a romantic partner is not only easier but also less important because you have…
Have you talked to many single women and asked them what their dating experiences are like? Are there large groups of single women out there who think online dating is amazing, wonderful, everything they ever wanted? I…
> You’re putting words in a lot of people’s mouths Uh, I literally copied-and-pasted exact quotes from the thread. > that we all have terrible social skills/are out of shape/etc) Where did I say that? Everyone can be in…
Dating threads on HN honestly could be confused for incel message boards on Reddit. Some real quotes from this thread: 1. "As a male, it becomes very difficult to stand out if you are actually interested in someone." 2.…
Says the person who, when confronted with objective evidence that defeats his argument, refuses to accept it. Male elites do not run every single ultra race out there, obviously. Why should they? A course record is not…
Say what you will. I would have preferred to have stayed with my ex-gf. Internet dating is not fun for me either, but again I'm not looking for sympathy -- just to tell you that the hypothesis people are advancing seems…