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There are no "petty screeds." You're imagining things, just like you're imagining that most people want illegal aliens in their country.

An opinion goes against your indoctrination so you cry out an accusation. I didn't question him and I didn't downvote him either.

I could replace US in your post with many European, Asian, African, etc. countries.

You won't visit the US because they want your social media details?

This is why I hate HN. Someone here has an opinion that doesn't toe the line and instead of asking about the opinion, instead of considering he might be right in at least some way, we downvote to oblivion.

Bunch of assholes, really.

Pretty much anyone can get a gun, right? Because of the Constitution, right? Where's the magic thinking?

You say most people would support a tyrant, which may not be true but let's go with that. Given that, why wouldn't you want the opposition to that tyrrany to have guns? Your take seems defeatist. You want to just try to live peacefully as tyranny spreads?

Lecturing about behavior and then replying like you have makes you quite the hypocrite, friendo.

I don't think it's fair or accurate to say folks wouldn't speak out against those things.

Your argument is that people shouldn't have guns because we probably couldn't beat the government. I'll take my fighting chance. It's better to die free.

You missed the part where I mentioned Vietnam, and the part where I asked what if half the military defects?

I'm against loss of human life too, that's why I'm pro-2nd Amendment. People can defend themselves. People can fight off tyranny. Given enough time, people will need to do that again.

Why have a society if you cannot trust the people in it to defend themselves?

You would have probably been against the American Revolutionary War then? Meh, let's let the British tax us. They're big and powerful. They're the Government.

And what about something like Vietnam? Who won that one?

And even if you're right, that the US government is just that big and bad. What if half the military defects and joins the revolt?

People have the right to defend themselves, and must be trusted to do so. Otherwise you get something like England. Say the wrong thing and you go to jail. The 2nd Amendment keeps the government in check. Eventually, given enough time, it will need checking.

I'm not impressed with your posturing, at least.

You prove the necessity by trying to shoehorn this into "nobody's perfect." This "tech & science literate" mob circle jerk enables bad science and bad behavior. I doubt many here even know what Hawking really contributed. He simply embodies some need to worship a disabled genius. No one wants to hear it from me. I get it, but I thought just one person should speak up.

Thank you for posting too. I have a tiny glimmer of hope because of it.

HN, you call yourself scientists? You pursue the truth? You have an open mind? I call bullshit on you HN visitors. Shame on you. I hope I never act as you have done here.

I'm not just saying he had failings. It's an impressive copy paste job, but his meager contributions and many accolades only serves my point.

Someone like Harvey Weinstein has brought much inspiration and joy to the world too. I'm not arguing against the positive so much as just mentioning some of the ugly negatives.

I'm being honest, and you're not providing anything that goes against what I wrote.

No comment about how interesting or entertaining your reply is.

Not one negative comment in this whole thread. Everyone is enamoured with Hawking, huh? Ask the women in his life what they thought of him. Ask the scientists, including Peter Higgs, who complained about his undue credibility and attention given to him.

Disagree with me? Think I'm speaking negative about the dead? If you call yourself inspired by a scientist, admiring a scientist, then you should seek the truth. Emotion based on truth I can stand, but the outpouring in this thread is ridiculous.

Blindly supporting something and crying "Bigot!" if anyone questions it is legitimate? Seriously, no.

Maybe a Faraday cage out of foil could work? It's been asked here before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9660752

I was not happy with Doze in L and M either. I keep an older pre-Doze Android phone next to my bed so I can get urgent notifications.

I was surprised myself. So much bloat and spying. I saved one of the emails I received:

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There are actually networks of unrelated apps that listen for uninstalls. I was contacted by a company wanting to add their SDK to my apps, partly for this purpose. Uninstall activity is just another thing being monitored.