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Anybody know how to delete your data from fitbit? Looks like I have a crappy watch now, instead of a smart device.

My Samsung keyboard on my S6 does this.

Can capitalism be fixed with a wealth tax? Like tax 2% of wealth greater than some arbitrary amount - say 1 mill USD - and feed that back into social services?

I have stage 3 chondromalacia + flat feet + loose joint, an incredibly unholy trinity. Nothing amount of PT seems to work and the arthsocopy didn't help much either. If anyone's got any tips, I'd love to hear them.

No, my point was that if there was a state whose founding cause was white supremacy, they would be much more likely to align with Nazi Germany's idea of Aryan Supremacy.

And regardless of whether that is true or not, my even greater point is that the USA and CSA would likely have found themselves on opposite sides of the conflict and fought a war on the North American continent that would have not only caused much greater loss of life, but also prevented either state from helping an isolated Britain in Europe, greatly improving chances of a Nazi triumph there.

I think the cultural imperative for white (or indeed, Aryan) supremacy would have closely linked the south to Nazi Germany.

However, regardless of how the war would've played out, the North American continent would've been ravaged again as there would be an American front that would've prevented the Americans from providing much needed reinforcements in Europe.

I'll bite - imagine then a South that sided with Germany in WWII.

Let's also not make it easier for those companies to abuse the system even more. Why blame the US for Indians' problems when Indian companies are incentivizing us to get rid of rules they're abusing? Reign in your companies instead of telling us to fix our immigration.

I wasn't aware that we had a national obligation to be fair to Indians. Especially since Indian tech bodyshops have made a mockery of the entire H1B system.

I don't understand how this would go through with unanimous consent. Diversity is the lifeblood of America. We don't want immigrants that are proportional to the rest of the world's population - we want the different ideas and ways of thinking from all over the world.

The other day, I was at a table with a white American, a Tunisian, an Omani, a Turk and an Indonesian, and it was some of the best conversation I've had in a while. All besides me (an immigrant) and the American were the children of immigrants.

> My understanding here is, it depends on who initiates that sale. Amazon initiates, you get it on full. Publisher initiates, you get on the publisher’s choice of price.

21st Century books are for 21st Century audiences. They can explain, for example, a cultural / sociopolitical / religious context that the original author took for granted.

Groupme came out before iMessage

Seems pretty expensive, when you can print a photo from your local CVS for 10c and mail it for 50c.

The legacy web interface was so functional! The new interface is actual trash.

I would correlate it more with food security than with heat.

I would love it if I could use Skype, but Skype has been consistently crashing on my machine for the last month. And even when it opens, it almost never works correctly.

As someone who's considering turning to writing from tech, this hurts. It's probably true, but now I don't know how to handle my midlife crisis.

That might be from the caffeine withdrawals. I'm trying it wihtout caffeine at all this year, and it's been great.

Yup, I feel like a total loser when I see posts like that.

autocratic groupthink is a great way to put it

I really like his ideas, if not his writing (or speaking?) style.

I especially liked the bit about how society today is more rational (better?) because of guaranteed dissent that was part of the scientific revolution, and we're taking that away with safe spaces and the like.

Of course you should /intend/ to, when all else is equal. But once the cost to yourself of keeping that commitment skyrockets, it's just not worth it.

Think of it as a captain staying with his ship. All else being equal the captain should stay on his ship. But if the ship is damaged beyond repair and it's sinking, a human life is far more valuable than a ship. Bankruptcy is leaving the ship when things are too far gone to save.

The bank charged you interest based on what they thought the risk was of you breaking that promise. They knew the risk when they put out that loan.

Was learning how to learn actually that useful? I kinda let off halfway through it ...

What eREITs are you investing in?

How much sleep do you get?

What kills me at work is down time. Better to be on HN than just watching a half hour build ...

Are you or your spouse stay-at-home? Does that make homeschooling easier?

Do you pair your kids with other homeschooled kids? If so, how did you find kids/parents with similar enough values that you were comfortable homeschooling your kids with them?