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February 20, 2007 (19y ago)
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I try to express ideas on HN as truthfully as possible and without regard for whether an idea is popular. But I'm never contrarian just for the sake of being contrarian. Sometimes this approach results in great discussions and other times I miss the mark.

I try to put into practice G. H. Hardy's words that "It is never worth a first-class man's time to express a majority opinion. By definition, there are plenty of others to do that."

Because I do not believe in free will, I view everyone as always doing the best they can, given their genetics and environment. I have hatred for absolutely no one and have deep affection for all conscious creatures.

Thank you!

  1. Benchmarking SQLite Performance in Go (golang.dk)
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  2. Dissecting Iranian drones employed by Russia in Ukraine (storymaps.arcgis.com)
    8 points 0
  3. L3Harris tried to buy NSO Group, the creator of Pegasus (washingtonpost.com)
    4 points 0
  4. Brex is canceling customer accounts (twitter.com)
    11 points 4
  5. The Navy’s Big Carrier Groups Are Sitting Ducks (wsj.com)
    15 points 9
  6. Quick, How Might the Alien Spacecraft Work? (2016) (writings.stephenwolfram.com)
    2 points 0
  7. Light Years Ahead – The 1969 Apollo Guidance Computer [video] (youtube.com)
    2 points 0
  8. Hacker News Submission Ranking Tracker (hnrankings.info)
    6 points 0
  9. Ask HN: Is there currently an HN transparency site?

    I remember in the past seeing a couple different sites that tracked HN submissions to identify which ones had been flagged, pushed down, killed, etc. Is there such a site today? If so, can I get the link? If not, it…

    6 points 7
  10. Stephen Wolfram on Computation, Hypergraphs, and Fundamental Physics (preposterousuniverse.com)
    2 points 0
  11. Ask HN: Why not fight social media trolls and propaganda with country flags?

    It seems weird to me that an obvious mitigation to online propaganda and trolling doesn't seem to have been tried. Social media today allows anyone from any country to pose as anyone else. And yet in many cases the…

    1 points 1
  12. Ask HN: Educational PC and Nintendo Switch Games for 6-8 year olds?

    I'm hoping to get HN's suggestions for good educational PC and Nintendo Switch games. Especially for improving reading/writing and math. I'm looking for both games that are 1) more fun than educational and 2) more…

    1 points 1
  13. A Project Dedicated to Detecting UFOs Off the California Coast (vice.com)
    2 points 0
  14. Ask HN: What new startups are creating products that are changing the world?

    Slack is technically pretty boring, given that it's just hosted chat. But it's important because its adoption enables people to work remotely, which reduces long commutes, expensive housing, etc. Twitter, Facebook, and…

    2 points 2
  15. Earnest Capital “a fundamentally predatory investment agreement” (news.ycombinator.com)
    1 points 0
  16. Where Did You Go to School? (blog.usejournal.com)
    3 points 0
  17. Matthew Walker Ph.D – Author of “Why We Sleep” (podcast) (kevinrose.com)
    2 points 0
  18. Make education status into a protected class (twitter.com)
    2 points 0
  19. Ask HN: Are thousands of Bay Area workers going to die in a big earthquake?

    Looking at liquefaction maps of the Bay Area, it really seems like we're in for a huge disaster at some indefinite point in the future. Many buildings are very old, made of brick, and seem unlikely to survive a big…

    54 points 17
  20. This was the original 'Google Phone' presented in 2006 (2012) (theverge.com)
    4 points 0
  21. News from the Front (2007) (paulgraham.com)
    1 points 0
  22. Steve Jobs “The Big Secret is Apple views itself as a software company” (2007) (youtube.com)
    2 points 1
  23. Interviews with Elderly People Throughout the US (1929) (youtube.com)
    1 points 0
  24. Nothing new under the sun: PTSD in the ancient world. (2014) (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
    1 points 0
  25. News from the Front (2007) (paulgraham.com)
    1 points 1