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specializededon Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World's Deepest Ocean Trench

The bags sold are not generally reusable as a practical matter

Citation abso-fucking-lutely required.

I moved to Austin 4 years ago and use the exact same Wal Mart & HEB bags I got the first week here like literally everyone else, not a single one has gone out of use.

specializededon I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter

Stay losing then? Trying to help, whatever.

specializededon I was Zuckerberg’s speechwriter

The moral equivalent of a gish gallop, might want to trim this a bit for an actual reply to come through...

specializededon Sweden’s violent reality is undoing a peaceful self-image

HN is a link aggregator and this link will probably be flagged off the front page in less than ten minutes, I’d direct ire at Politico in this case.

edit less than 1 minute apparently!

specializededon I built a progressive web app and published it in three app stores

I’ve been getting tired of seeing accessibility, accessibility, accessibility in every front end web/iOS/etc conference. Like we get it, everyone’s got it...

No longer tired of it, thanks.

specializededon Ask HN: How did you become fluent in English?

If you haven’t named this technique yet, I’d suggest “The Atlanta Method”!

specializededon Rising Anxiety Among American Whites

And if so, if the bank takes it back is it wrong?

specializededon Project Gutenberg blocks access from Germany

Perhaps the European interests fighting copyright regulation are stronger than the ones that fought privacy regulation. See: diesel

specializededon U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering with Election

States couldn’t give less of a fuck about karma or guilt so neither do I.

There are teams, people play.

specializededon How does ‘class-passing’ actually work?

*Canada, France, Germany, or the Nordic countries, as determined by a single study from ‘06 with race (apparently?) not taken into consideration for any of them

specializededon Finding Family Ties to Indian Slavery in New Mexico

Same w/ Mexican American communities around the states, mejorar la raza and all that

specializededon Ad campaign runs cryptocurrency miners while unwitting users watch videos

Best bet, aren’t any real alternatives to YouTube yet outside some smaller niches.

specializededon Supreme Court Takes Up Internet Sales Tax Conundrum

In Texas at least, cities, counties, transit systems and ‘special districts’ that mostly represent local public services can impose sales taxes.

6000+ nationwide is lower than I imagined honestly

specializededon The Amazon worker: paid £18,000 a year to shift 250 items an hour

You all really need to learn to read the article before spewing your shite eveywhere, there is literally an entire paragraph dedicated to why.

specializededon US to end policy that let legal pot flourish

Could you explain why it shouldn’t be?

specializededon People Walked Differently in Medieval Times

The purpose of the shoot was to determine whether a galloping horse ever lifts all four feet completely off the ground during the gait; at this speed, the human eye cannot break down the action.

That’s ridiculously interesting, but is it really comparable to a walking speed human? Sounds more like an issue with the human eye than older paintings in general

specializededon Hard and Soft Skills in Tech

We also use it to construct theories about sociopaths infiltrating the industry and realigning the biggest players’ cultures to better suit their sociopath interests when someone suggests people skills might not be irrelevant.

specializededon Remarks on the Decline of American Empire

He isn’t African, the ICC won’t bother and everyone involved knows it.

specializededon Hapi.js – v17

A rich framework for building applications and services

hapi enables developers to focus on writing reusable application logic instead of spending time building infrastructure.

a magical piece of technology whose purpose we’ll never be able to decipher without an about page

specializededon How I got to 200 productive hours a month

Not having to ”be in bed early” makes ”going out occasionally” easier!

specializededon Trump: Internet must be “cut off” to stop terrorist attacks

Somebody will say, 'Oh freedom of speech, freedom of speech.' These are foolish people.

What a country!

specializededon Michigan Gambled on Charter Schools. Its Children Lost

Can I just say I love the attitude re: charter schools ITT, a refreshing change of pace from the public school obsession elsewhere.

It's like I've just nipped into the waterboard room for a quick drizzle, will be riding this high the rest of the day.

specializededon China forces one of its Muslim minorities to install spyware on their phones

I’d be happy to attack if you had anything worthwhile to dispute.

Consider my criticism and one day you might.

specializededon China forces one of its Muslim minorities to install spyware on their phones

Because the argument is already being attacked, and I’ve already attacked their previous ones with no change on their part

I’m obviously not attempting to be impartial considering I’ve directly called them out by name, but I’m glad you’ve noticed the tone of my comment awkarddaturtle.

specializededon China forces one of its Muslim minorities to install spyware on their phones

Always one for facile comparisons between China and developed entities aren’t we paradite?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14763085

Your response to me back then seemed in good faith, if a bit naive. This continued trend of blatant propagandizing is a bit worrying though.

Perhaps change it up so your work isn’t immediately recognizable? Even sounding the least bit neutral would probably be enough to blend in.

specializededon The Company Isn't a Family

Sorry, would you rather me say “tier”? It occupies the top spot in the league pyramid and is fully professionalized.

That MLS isn’t of the highest quality should be obvious to anyone concerned, especially considering I’ve used it as a low paying contrast to “professional sports teams”.

specializededon The Company Isn't a Family

It really depends on the league. There are lots of soccer players in America only making 60k or so a year despite playing at the highest level of soccer and being fully professional.

specializededon Jeff Sessions Announces Justice Department Will Increase Asset Forfeiture

The travel “bans” are not equivalent, first off.

Second, try using Reddit’s search function or Google’s trends app to see just how devastatingly demonstrably wrong your claims about interest in bombing the Middle East or civil asset forfeiture are.

Sort of looks like you’re the only one who’s just now giving a shit, eh?

specializededon Jeff Sessions Announces Justice Department Will Increase Asset Forfeiture

like an evil caricature, not actually one.

You’re not doing any better going up and down this thread punching straw men and condescendingly misinterpreting comments.

They didn’t even characterize a group of people as evil!

specializededon Jeff Sessions Announces Justice Department Will Increase Asset Forfeiture

Not a single person in this entire thread has claimed it wasn’t a problem the last 8 years.

Be better.