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rPlayer6554··on Tell HN: I'm Afraid We're Shutting Down
Thanks for all your work on this project. Very inspiring what you set out to do.
rPlayer6554··on Ranked-Choice Voting Is More Democratic, Not Less
Just because someone has experience with the criminal system doesn't mean they know how to fix it properly
rPlayer6554··on Inkdrop: Organizing your Markdown notes made simple
I love Joplin but the Android app really needs an update. It's missing a lot of important features that are available on desktop.
rPlayer6554··on How illiterate people use their mobile phones (2012)
Maybe that explains why Alexa is popular? I never really understood it since of it's limited capacity. I guess I don't see the appeal because I'm a programmer and used to high capacity, low user friendly tools like terminal UI/UXs.
rPlayer6554··on Union Pacific to buy 20 battery-electric locomotives for yard service
It's an initial step. I'm not sure if the technology would work for their main routes, but this at least is a step to test and evaluate how this technology works.
rPlayer6554··on Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list
There is a reason not all sentences are life sentences. Sometimes people do things wrong and if they are willing to change their ways we as a society should forgive them if it's safely possible. Just because someone does something wrong once doesn't mean they are that person forever.
rPlayer6554··on Delta CEO wants U.S. to put unruly passengers on 'no-fly' list
But you can't ban them from all supermarkets in the country forever. That's what the no-fly list does.
rPlayer6554··on Amazon Pip Horror Story
When I saw that on bind the follow up comment was.

"He was then PIP'd for accepting the gift card and not being frugal"

rPlayer6554··on Why are semi trucks in the US and Europe so different? (2018)
So why is that rule there? The article describes the cultural and geographic reasons why the eruopean design is feasible and preferred in the EU, but makes less sense in the US.
rPlayer6554··on Iowa man convicted of lottery rigging scheme granted parole
Wow I'd be very interested in that
rPlayer6554··on Ask HN: Best 2-player co-op gaming fun for mental health
+200 to duck game!!
rPlayer6554··on Tell HN: Unable to login to HN from Firefox, a Lovecraftian tale
OT but what theme is that?
rPlayer6554··on BlackBerry sells mobile patents to patent troll for $600M
This is a good idea in theory, but what stops a factory offering to produce one of anything for a few thousand dollars, just to meet the requirements of "making a product." If there are requirements for how many you produce, how does that affect small businesses or businesses that want to keep products exclusive?
rPlayer6554··on YouTube ranks “wholesome and funny” comments higher?
To add to this, since it linked to the archived version I thought it was taken down for some reason. Giving the original source makes it clear it's still up.
rPlayer6554··on YouTube ranks “wholesome and funny” comments higher?
> Again, an embarrassingly high number of likes. Do people actually think a YouTube "like" is going to generate a blessing for them?!

You never know! Like this comment to get like blessing insurance. Like some of my other posts to get higher coverage. We protect you from bad luck from not liking posts.

rPlayer6554··on Please make a dumb car
Do you by chance know the models?
rPlayer6554··on Nuanced communication usually doesn't work at scale
> But that's because, if I write a blog post and 5% of HN readers get it and 95% miss the point, I view that as a good outcome since was useful for 5% of people and, if you want to convey nuanced information to everyone, I think that's impossible and I don't want to lose the nuance

Bruh

rPlayer6554··on I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)
I can agree some parents take this power too far and abuse it, but saying they should not have this power at all is not right.
rPlayer6554··on I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)
For the first part your statement was

> parents cannot govern friends and romantic partners.

With absolutely no qualifiers. Unfortunately there are pro-pedophilia people out there, and some are quite public about it (for instance, Richard Stallman at one point). So I think it's important if you take that stance you clarify.

For the second part let's say that there is no question about it (maybe they were convicted). What if they are a violent person? Are you willing to let your child potentially harm themselves or others by being in the influence of violent people?

Lastly you misunderstood what I was saying. From your comment I assume you are against xenophobia and racism (rightly so). What if your child wanted to spend time with another child who openly hated black people or Jewish people?

What I'm saying is as a parent you do have a duty to take care of your child. You should prevent them from being hurt and hurting others. You need to instill in them moral values that make them a good person. If you do not have any power to say, prevent them from spending time with soemone who openly hurts them, then they aren't going to listen to you. They have to learn some things through experience, but other things would hurt them on such a great level that it could be permanently damaging. Yea they might not like it, but when you are a child you don't always have the mental capacity or experience to make all of these decisions logically. True love for someone is not always pretty, it sometimes involves telling them "no" to protect them.

rPlayer6554··on I got an FBI record at age 11 from dabbling in cryptography (2015)
So would you be alright with your son/daughter choosing their romantic partner as a 50 yr old pedophile, drug dealer, and/or avid supporter of whichever religion or cause you find the most perverse and destructive to humanity?
rPlayer6554··on Anti-work subreddit goes private after rough Fox News interview
You expect him to do work to prepare for the interview? I thought it was clear he was anti-work! He wanted to clean up his room....then realized laziness is a virtue!
rPlayer6554··on Panwriter – Distraction-free Markdown editor with pandoc integration
:%s/emacs/vim/g
rPlayer6554··on Ask HN: Is the past disappearing on the web?
where is this setting?
rPlayer6554··on Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone
I own a pixel 3 in good working condition.....do I really need to get a new one?
rPlayer6554··on Ask HN: Am I being instructed to do something illegal? (DEI hiring practices)
Whatever opinions you have, the legal system was designed by lawyers in such a complicated fashion that only lawyers can keep track of it. Like that or not, it's the way it is.
rPlayer6554··on Gemini is Solutionism
I think this is an interesting argument, but my question is why can't it just work in the browser I have with an extension? No matter what people say, modern websites with JS and HTML and such aren't going away. I can't just stick my head in the sand and only use this special browser since I use too many things that make my life better in meaningful ways that use the traditional protocols. Many of them wouldn't be possible using Gemini (I assume, I haven't dug in much).

That means if I want to use Gemini I would have to add a whole other browser to my computer and switch between the two while browsing which is super annoying. At that point I just won't bother.

What is the end game here? Do they want all websites to switch to Gemini? Do they expect people to use two browsers? Are they saying that anything that can't be built on Gemini should be a Native App?

rPlayer6554··on Which Values Children Should Be Encouraged to Learn, by Country
"Unselfishness vs Religious Faith" these are not at all mutually exclusive.
rPlayer6554··on Ask HN: Am I being instructed to do something illegal? (DEI hiring practices)
WHY DO PEOPLE ASK FOR LEGAL ADVICE HERE? ASK A LAWYER....
rPlayer6554··on Show HN: Make better food choices when grocery shopping
This is awesome! I have a diet that is rather difficult and this covers it. Really helpful.
rPlayer6554··on Google requiring all ‘G Suite legacy free edition’ users to start paying
I can second zoho. They have a decent service for the price.
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