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- September 4, 2010 (15y ago)
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Hacker news is turning into Reddit /r/politics (upvotes/downvotes based on agreement/disagreement with political views, etc...).
Unfortunately there is no delete account feature. So yeah, big middle finger to you guys who ruined what used to be a good site.
> he's just regurgitating conspiracy theories that float around in right-wing circles as Firstly, I am not "right wing". I am libertarian and socially liberal. > as a way to explain their often public…
> Everyone I know is fully aware of how some groups are treated in SA. Nope. Most people will simply not get the nuances. I sincerely doubt (no offense) that you know anything about the situation (economic,…
I am no fan of Roodt, but the Daily Show did its best to misrepresent his nuanced view. Here is a really bad translation on his website (praag.co.za): http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&h...
> I think it's pretty clear they are a comedic satire show when they do their interviews. Nope. They often have interviews under false pretenses (the interviewee doesn't know he is from the daily show). The…
> Journalism does exist, but you have to go to the locals to find it. By narrowing their focus, they're able to limit the costs. There are many facets of journalism (including regional papers). Regional papers are…
> Journalism is doing fine. You're just looking in the wrong places. Nope. Journalism isn’t doing fine. The majority of papers that do good investigative journalism have serious financial problems. > Can you…
I guess I will be heavily downmodded today. > According to the article, there is a 1.8 million viewer base per night. It gets viewed more often than that (through video streaming). It also appears on CNN…
> I'm a 20 something and know quite a few of them. Quite a few of my friends view this as a "serious" news show. If you do not believe this, look at any large social site such as Reddit (where the Daily Show is…
John Stewart’s show is probably the worst show that someone could create. He does not even attempt to be objective. A large part of 20 somethings use this as their main news source. It is sad when people are not willing…
> The value of the entire Greek church is in the billions of euros, and nothing is taxed. You know that NGOs are also not taxed? I personally find a lot of people who are against religion who wants churches taxed.…
> Large numbers of poor/mediocre teachers and small class sizes are not necessarily better than good teachers with larger class sizes. I suspect that this probably referred to class sizes of 15 (small) and 30…
> They have similar technology for farming, too. This is called "Precision agriculture". Tractors and equipment enabled with this can throw the precise amount of fertilizer/seeds at specific points. Probably quite a…
> The conventional wisdom on class sizes is being challenged currently. This is a statement without any meaning. Yeah, large class sizes with 800 students is OK in college. But it is a huge as difference between…
> There was a lot amount of duplication between racially segregated institutions, and cutting administration costs is a good idea. Yeah, closing them down isn’t such a good idea. You know that most universities…
> but the rest of the world coming together and imposing sanctions. Maybe. It is just ironic that they are standing in line to do business with countries such as Equatorial Guinea…
Look here, I am not in support of Apartheid (or the current system for that matter). The fact is that Apartheid could not work (for a multitude of reasons, including economic reasons). But a lot of attacks on Apartheid…