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feybay··on Ask HN: Would you move to Montana to work on a startup?
As a recent graduate looking for work I'd be very interested.
feybay··on [dead]
r/gamedev is good sometimes
feybay··on Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign
Yeah, Christianity isn't that bad.
feybay··on Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign
What does being white or a gamer have to do with this?
feybay··on Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign
You'll all be there in a few years if it sticks around.
feybay··on Ask HN: How to respond to recruiters who barely speak English?
Alright, thanks for the advice. I had similar thoughts but wasn't totally sure.
feybay··on Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease and You Can’t (2012)
The attitude seems a bit out of place but I understand your position more now. Thank you.
feybay··on Why Your Dog Can Get Vaccinated Against Lyme Disease and You Can’t (2012)
Why do you guys get so angry at anything vaguely anti-any vaccine?
feybay··on [dead]
This might be an actual thing but it may be the onset of a psychological break. I recommend talking to a psychologist and friends and family.
feybay··on After Senate vote, NSA prepares to shut down phone tracking program
Great! I really believe them!
feybay··on Uber Tests 30% Fee, Its Highest Yet
That's a very good point.
feybay··on Bribery Attacks on Bitcoin Consensus [pdf]
Not all. Some cryptocurrencies are Proof of Stake instead of Proof of Work. This means that in order to try and do a 51% attack, the attacker must have 51% of the staking coins. PoS uses magnitudes less electricity than PoW and game theory suggests it's just as, if not more, secure.
feybay··on Uber Tests 30% Fee, Its Highest Yet
Yep, this is an interesting pattern in a libertarian (essentially, they are ignoring laws for now) society. They will provide good service and rates until they have a monopoly and can maintain it. Then, they'll abuse the customer until a viable alternative pops up.
feybay··on Ask HN: Why are Silicon Valley interviews such a drag now?
Flagged for negativity ;)
feybay··on 6 Words: 'My Name Is Jamaal I'm White'
The fact that somebody can't write nigger destroys the flow of the article and wrongfully elevates the word. It's just a word, stop giving it power.
feybay··on 6 Words: 'My Name Is Jamaal I'm White'
How is this "antisemitic"? Jewish people are disproportionately represented on NPR's staff. I don't see this as a problem, but talk about a speck in your brother's eye when you've removed the plank in yours. Live by the sword, die by the sword.
feybay··on Peter Thiel on what works at work (2014)
I come from a conservative background and I've never been discouraged from hanging out with different ethnicities and cultures. We are not the strawmen you apparently think we are.
feybay··on Grooveshark Shuts Down
There were add-ons to seamless download songs as you played them, as we as playlists
feybay··on Ask HN: Is anyone using a web IDE for most of their development work?
I used Cloud9 for a while. The lag from typing on my keyboard to showing up on my screen became pronounced that I stopped using the service. I was on the free tier. I can see the appeal, but the execution of this service was too poor for me to use. Perhaps in the future I'll try again.
feybay··on Ask HN: Do you feel like you're in a filter bubble?
Nope, go on 8chan and other controversial sites. You don't have to like what they say, but you'll get interesting ideas and points of view that people won't say on mainstream sites like HN and Twitter. Seek out writers and sites you don't agree with and read stuff that makes you uncomfortable.

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle

feybay··on Kleiner Perkins seeks legal fees or dropped case from Ellen Pao
The fact that she was clearly in the wrong also made it a hard case for Pao to win.
feybay··on 100 Days as a Black Man in Silicon Valley
Firstly, I upvoted your account because you use logic and don't try to shut down discussion by whining that somebody is being to mean in a comment.

Secondly, this comment hit the nail on the head. Let kids pursue fields they are interested in, regardless of their race or sex. Don't hijack a person's career to serve your moral crusade.

feybay··on An Ex-Teacher Made a Video Game That Skewers the No Child Left Behind Act
Throwing more money at a problem to try and fix it in the way that makes sense in a very surface level way isn't smart when the stuff you want to fund has been shown to be minimally effective.
feybay··on An Ex-Teacher Made a Video Game That Skewers the No Child Left Behind Act
Wouldn't that result in a race to the bottom with regards to teaching?
feybay··on YouTube announces ad-free version for a monthly fee
Hopefully this doesn't turn into a revenue sharing deal like spotify.
feybay··on Ask HN: Anyone using a “no hands” setup for programming?
I think the quality difference might be due to a lot of government jobs where you people use dragon are on Windows.
feybay··on If a Caller Says, 'I Am with the IRS,' He's Not
Yep, I'd rather some people get scammed than my rights be further violated.
feybay··on Obama signs executive order allowing government to seize hackers assets
It seems a bit improbable that everybody in the government is not wise enough to see what they're doing.

I think I fall on the opposite end of spectrum from you, as I tend to think that 99% percent of the politicians holding office at high levels don't actually care about their constituents. I have yet to see any evidence that contradicts my current belief.

If Obama doesn't fully understand what he signed, that would be even more frightening than him not caring.

feybay··on Obama signs executive order allowing government to seize hackers assets
I don't think they don't understand, but rather they don't care. Obama is at least a decently smart guy. After all these repeated infringements by the government, there's not really a chance that he's somehow unaware.
feybay··on New Hacker News Guideline: Avoid Gratuitous Negativity
I'm not really sure what the problem with that is. Security flaws are important to know about, as well as personal opinions. We don't want HN to turn into a hugbox, as that gets rid of all the info that is useful.

Positivity is nice, but criticism is what chips away at the block of marble until it becomes a beautiful statue.

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