Hacker News: CathedralBorrow

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap"

CathedralBorrow — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 12:07:22 +0000

That makes sense if the original statement was that capitalism is the only thing that can ever incentivize abuse.

If you assume that abuse can be caused or influenced by more than one thing -- which I believe makes sense but you might disagree -- then it doesn't matter what communism was doing if we're talking about capitalism.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Young Goldman Sachs bankers ask for 80-hour week cap"

CathedralBorrow — Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:07:41 +0000

How can you argue against the statement "capitalism incentivizes abuse" by talking about communism?

Note that I don't disagree with your notion that abuse is abundant in all human societies.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:51:13 +0000

> It is literally impossible to view everything you say through all possible interpretations. There is no way that any single person can know every possible interpretation of what they say.

100% agreed. Don't see how it relates to what I wrote however.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 14:01:57 +0000

Funny; since you are right now bringing up this group of people to express indignation towards their behavior.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Why the new USPS mail trucks look so weird"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:58:18 +0000

It's easy to offend without intending to, so I don't get how your intentions are relevant. Yes it can be annoying and difficult to consider the impact of your words and how they might be perceived by other, different, people. It would be simpler if you didn't have to think about that at all. But is that really the argument? It's a big hassle and you'd rather not have to do it?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Tim Berners-Lee: We need social networks where bad things happen less"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 10:04:27 +0000

How do you make someone shut up in a social network?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "HyperRogue: A puzzle roguelike in a non-Euclidean world"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:37:47 +0000

I'm a roguelike enthusiast who's attempted to play HyperRogue many times but always get stuck on not understanding the geometry at all. Any tips from those who have?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler CEO says he was fired by board"

CathedralBorrow — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 22:57:38 +0000

Again, if you wanted to convey a specific meaning of consequences you probably should have just said that. There's a lot of consequences you're protected from, and even more that you're not protected from.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler CEO says he was fired by board"

CathedralBorrow — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 18:43:24 +0000

> Surely you don't think you should be able to doxx or punch someone in the face that has extremist views?

How could you possibly believe this in good faith? Consequences can also be, for example, people expressing their distaste in your speech and choosing to boycott your products if you're a business.

You said protection from consequences, not protection from criminal violence and harassment. If you meant protection from criminal violence and harassment, you should have said protection from criminal violence and harassment.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler CEO says he was fired by board"

CathedralBorrow — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:48:05 +0000

> Freedom to do a thing implies protection from consequence, or you're not free.

This is a wild take on freedom. Do you seriously believe that free speech means that you should be able to say anything and be protected from any and all consequences?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler CEO says he was fired by board"

CathedralBorrow — Fri, 05 Feb 2021 10:44:25 +0000

Legal free speech does not mean that a private company is obligated to host it.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting"

CathedralBorrow — Wed, 20 Jan 2021 13:18:55 +0000

Doing shady things? Is this a rephrasing of the "nothing to hide" argument?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:42:12 +0000

Have you ever had a meeting where sensitive information was shared?

Zoom meetings are like those, but with the sharing of sensitive information transmitted over the Internet. Someone could easily record their screen and audio and capture said sensitive information for subsequent sharing -- or "leaking"-- with someone else.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:36:27 +0000

They definitely exist, and can be installed to home screens.

It is however a huge hurdle to user acquisition, which is the angle I was referring to. The obscurity of Gab kind of supports that point. All kinds of products and services can exist, but if you get booted of all the main channels you are doomed to be an obscure niche at best.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler partially reappears with support from Russian technology firm"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:47:59 +0000

Regardless of hosting, Parler seems to be dead in the water given how much of the Internet is accessed via mobile devices, and Parler being banned from all (both) major app stores.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "What You Should Know Before Leaking a Zoom Meeting"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 06:28:05 +0000

Because users have attendees leaking meetings and asking Zoom if there is any way to identify the leaker. This in turn informs Zoom that the ability to identify leakers is a desired feature for users. This might make the product seem more "secure" and "safe".

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Parler LLC vs. Amazon Web Services Inc"

CathedralBorrow — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 15:38:09 +0000

Yet you presumed to know that anyone downvoting you must be a "Biden lackey".

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Stripe bans Trump campaign"

CathedralBorrow — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:38:31 +0000

How do you engage with a mob that chants demands for executing democratically elected leaders while storming the capitol?

Listen to their demands and try to find a compromise?

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump"

CathedralBorrow — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:59:51 +0000

That's a matter of opinion.

New comment by CathedralBorrow in "Permanent suspension of @realDonaldTrump"

CathedralBorrow — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 12:32:57 +0000

Can casting your one-every-four-years vote for a presidential candidate not be accurately construed as showing support?

"I do not support this man but I did want him to be President, and cast my ballot for him" is a concept I can't understand at least.