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iklos55··on CRISPR used to genetically modify viable human embryos for the first time
FYI: I don't know about your language skills in general but https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/commata#English. Point I want to make: Please stop correcting so many people in general on HN.

Edit: Yes, this was not a perfectly warranted criticism. Yes, I may come off as smug. It's my opinion that needing perfect english should not be a requirement to have a conversation about tech in general.

I often get the feeling that in an academic setting every native English speaker assumes that everyone needs to be perfectly conversational in his English but when asked which other languages they even tried to learn you often learn that the English native hasn't put considerable amount into learning something else. Again, did not want to offend anyone.

I personally do not get offended, I like to learn. Still, I often experience corrections by an English native which are simply not called for.

iklos55··on SpaceX to Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond the Moon Next Year
Finally. I am so so hyped for SpaceX's development. Hopefully they can stay afloat to experience stability and a stage where they can sit on funding and provide credit for fusion and/or antimatter research. Glad they're here to give us a glimpse into the future of space travel.
iklos55··on Ask HN: What is a problem you face at work?
Mistake on http://7scientists.com/ueber.html it should be 'Unser' instead of 'Unsere' just an FYI
iklos55··on Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?
Take your pity fights to reddit ffs. Most of us are here for evidence-based discussion. (OP gave source, you rejected it)
iklos55··on Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?
Well that is correct. But I was not answering OP, I was commenting on your pointless statement. I'm fully aware that this is not how the world works.

You haven't answered any of my questions so there's that.

iklos55··on Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?
Let me spell it out for you: You claim that X is nonsense without any reasoning whatsoever. Why was NSA surveillance before 2013 not an urban myth? Why is facebook eavesdropping on you nonsense?

And no, I wasn't implying anything - I'd like some arguments regarding your point. And saying 'thats nonsense', 'you're wrong' does not make any of your points valid.

iklos55··on Ask HN: Do you have examples of Facebook using your microphone for ads?
Well, global three-letter agency surveillance was an urban myth until it wasn't.
iklos55··on Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware [video] (2016)
You're absolutely right and I apologize for unnecessary ad hominem attacks.
iklos55··on Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware [video] (2016)
Let me guess, you live in the US and think you live in a completely free democracy?
iklos55··on Ask HN: Why do companies outside the US pay so much less?
GDP per capita is one of the worst metric you could cite
iklos55··on Mathematical genius is fragile
How do you define 'high IQ'? +30 from height of bell curve or how much exactly?
iklos55··on Facebook’s AI unlocks the ability to search photos by what’s in them
i'll compare that with ublock/umatrix. thanks!
iklos55··on Facebook’s AI unlocks the ability to search photos by what’s in them
Really off-topic, but: Are there (tech) news-sites which do not have this 10-100MB bloat with three js framweorks and gifs, ads and whatnot? I'd gladly pay for a minimalist news source...
iklos55··on Tell HN: We write the algorithms. We need to understand propaganda
it also brought us pgp and tor
iklos55··on “Going Dark”
I think the FBI is knowingly leaving the public in the dark about internal advancements regarding codebreaking and data analysis. But they somehow try to make a point appealing to the emotional need of security through state surveillance.
iklos55··on Doomsday Clock Moves Closer to Midnight
you're delusional
iklos55··on Is atomic theory the most important idea in human history?
Well to me, your way of taking a dump seems backwards and barbaric. Does not mean my way of doing is the correct one. I'm not insulting, just saying that there are cultural preferences.
iklos55··on Vegetarian diets are not going to save the planet
Yeah, I would have loved some more facts and sources in that film. Nonetheless, as others have said, it presents awful circumstances that need to be changed.
iklos55··on Is atomic theory the most important idea in human history?
hahaha wtf
iklos55··on Investing Is More Luck Than Talent
very good paper from first looks! thank you
iklos55··on Magic Leap is neither magic nor leaping
This was amazing
iklos55··on Lavabit Reloaded
Absolutely not, stop spreading false information
iklos55··on All References to Climate Change Have Been Deleted from the White House Website
Why is that link flagged?
iklos55··on China has wealth of data on what individuals are doing at a micro level
Guess you read this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13389935
iklos55··on China has wealth of data on what individuals are doing at a micro level
This is amazing - you're saying that Wechat has privacy issues but advertise Whatsapp.