> The former is probably also the majority I think we also would disagree on the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few. > for present problems, ie the practical side I see your point here, but we can't lose…
I believe universal justice exists. I believe you can quantify justice. I think at the end of the day you and I are both right, and both wrong. We hold utterly different perspectives on life, choice, and freedom. These…
Nothing you've said here is wrong. The enquirer doesn't meet the minimum standards of journalism, they are a blackmail rag. I think this could actually be proven with empirical data.
There's a difference between a correction to a flawed article and attempted blackmail though... One is an accident that can occurre in the course of good journalism, the other is something else entirely.
There is no such thing as "financial freedom". Financial freedom is a concept that arises from personal beliefs and practices. There is only one universal freedom, the freedom of chioce. I think this is more important…
Shouldn't the `Student` class implement `Person` here? Did I miss that in the code sample?
> What do you about children born over the quota? Fine their families? The way that our government/legal system is currently structured means every child born is likely to impose a cost on the general…
> climate change + population growth will stress humans on the continent and increase environmental destruction I find it interesting that population growth is discussed so little in the context of climate change. It…
> We're just burying our heads in the sand about the reality of it. As a US citizen, what can we really do. I realize our country shares responsibility for climate change, but isn't a major problem here also poaching?…
> This is one of the things that turns me off Hacker News, an overly strong bias in defense of white men. Really? I feel the exact opposite. HN is full of articles like this, singling out white men, and claiming they…
> Why is it that Asian people are earning 2x more than white people yet article is focusing on "white men"? Because pay discrimination is actually skill discrimination, but we're all ideologues and have to ignore…
> None of these subs contained "sexual deviants". This is the problem with using the government to enforce any kind of grey aria social issue. We all have different definitions for sexual deviants, or reasonable drug…
> means a few sexual deviants get what's coming to them, who cares Yeah, I too hate people who make different life choices than me. We should round all the gun owning, drug using, sex having deviants up, and put them in…
What term can we use to refer to skin color and facial features if race means cultural differences? Also isn't what you're talking about culture not race? Edit: I'm going to jump off on a tangent here, but this is…
Are you saying race isn't biological? Using the fact that the random article the above comment cited is 11 years old?
> The problem is they are stealing from people with abilities, smarts, and resources. To be fair, these sorts of people tend to be wealthy. I think the real lesson is don't steal in the public eye. Theranos had so much…
> There’s a certain American standard of middle-class normality. [...] A school that has as few black students as possible without making the white middle class feel too guilty. Was this meant to be sarcastic? I feel…
> Sounds like ownership to me. Sure, the EU has essentially asserted in law that you own your data. That doesn't really make it true though. I don't even think the EU was really addressing the moral/ethical nature of…
You've brought up a lot of seemingly good points, but I feel you've conflated a lot of things here. First, I think we need to shift the discussion back to the first world. That was what the article was written about.…
> A million factors determine your trajectory This is inaccurate, or at the very least, incomplete. Mainly I take issue with the use of the word, "determine". Randomness plays a huge role in the direction of a persons…
> ""Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me", is an objectively true statement." >> It's not. This is an objectively false statement. Unless the words are being uttered through a loud speaker,…
> why is it so hard to not be a jerk to other people? That's really the essence of "being PC". Treat others with respect. Other replies have already hit the main points of why this position doesn't really make sense.…
They have the scanners installed, but no software to actually do the validation? Somewhere there must a team working on getting the software built/deployed already. How could something like that possibly just "fall…
Can anyone speak to how likely it is a case like this will succeed? It seems like abuse of the court system has become more rampant, especially with the emergence of patent trolls. How often are people able to…
This is also a bit of a miss-characterization. He tried to use data on the biological difference between men and women which _may_ be unrelated to justify why Google shouldn't forcefully diversify their workforce if it…
> The former is probably also the majority I think we also would disagree on the needs of the many outweighing the needs of the few. > for present problems, ie the practical side I see your point here, but we can't lose…
I believe universal justice exists. I believe you can quantify justice. I think at the end of the day you and I are both right, and both wrong. We hold utterly different perspectives on life, choice, and freedom. These…
Nothing you've said here is wrong. The enquirer doesn't meet the minimum standards of journalism, they are a blackmail rag. I think this could actually be proven with empirical data.
There's a difference between a correction to a flawed article and attempted blackmail though... One is an accident that can occurre in the course of good journalism, the other is something else entirely.
There is no such thing as "financial freedom". Financial freedom is a concept that arises from personal beliefs and practices. There is only one universal freedom, the freedom of chioce. I think this is more important…
Shouldn't the `Student` class implement `Person` here? Did I miss that in the code sample?
> What do you about children born over the quota? Fine their families? The way that our government/legal system is currently structured means every child born is likely to impose a cost on the general…
> climate change + population growth will stress humans on the continent and increase environmental destruction I find it interesting that population growth is discussed so little in the context of climate change. It…
> We're just burying our heads in the sand about the reality of it. As a US citizen, what can we really do. I realize our country shares responsibility for climate change, but isn't a major problem here also poaching?…
> This is one of the things that turns me off Hacker News, an overly strong bias in defense of white men. Really? I feel the exact opposite. HN is full of articles like this, singling out white men, and claiming they…
> Why is it that Asian people are earning 2x more than white people yet article is focusing on "white men"? Because pay discrimination is actually skill discrimination, but we're all ideologues and have to ignore…
> None of these subs contained "sexual deviants". This is the problem with using the government to enforce any kind of grey aria social issue. We all have different definitions for sexual deviants, or reasonable drug…
> means a few sexual deviants get what's coming to them, who cares Yeah, I too hate people who make different life choices than me. We should round all the gun owning, drug using, sex having deviants up, and put them in…
What term can we use to refer to skin color and facial features if race means cultural differences? Also isn't what you're talking about culture not race? Edit: I'm going to jump off on a tangent here, but this is…
Are you saying race isn't biological? Using the fact that the random article the above comment cited is 11 years old?
> The problem is they are stealing from people with abilities, smarts, and resources. To be fair, these sorts of people tend to be wealthy. I think the real lesson is don't steal in the public eye. Theranos had so much…
> There’s a certain American standard of middle-class normality. [...] A school that has as few black students as possible without making the white middle class feel too guilty. Was this meant to be sarcastic? I feel…
> Sounds like ownership to me. Sure, the EU has essentially asserted in law that you own your data. That doesn't really make it true though. I don't even think the EU was really addressing the moral/ethical nature of…
You've brought up a lot of seemingly good points, but I feel you've conflated a lot of things here. First, I think we need to shift the discussion back to the first world. That was what the article was written about.…
> A million factors determine your trajectory This is inaccurate, or at the very least, incomplete. Mainly I take issue with the use of the word, "determine". Randomness plays a huge role in the direction of a persons…
> ""Sticks and stones my break my bones, but words will never hurt me", is an objectively true statement." >> It's not. This is an objectively false statement. Unless the words are being uttered through a loud speaker,…
> why is it so hard to not be a jerk to other people? That's really the essence of "being PC". Treat others with respect. Other replies have already hit the main points of why this position doesn't really make sense.…
They have the scanners installed, but no software to actually do the validation? Somewhere there must a team working on getting the software built/deployed already. How could something like that possibly just "fall…
Can anyone speak to how likely it is a case like this will succeed? It seems like abuse of the court system has become more rampant, especially with the emergence of patent trolls. How often are people able to…
This is also a bit of a miss-characterization. He tried to use data on the biological difference between men and women which _may_ be unrelated to justify why Google shouldn't forcefully diversify their workforce if it…