Hacker News: RightMillennial

New comment by RightMillennial in "Why states are rushing to seal tens of millions of old criminal records"

RightMillennial — Fri, 15 Nov 2019 14:07:48 +0000

If person A has a criminal record, it's quite possible he couldn't afford a good defense lawyer to be acquitted, and was better off taking the plea bargain than risking a worse conviction.

New comment by RightMillennial in "Why so many Chinese students can’t understand the Hong Kong protests"

RightMillennial — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 14:32:26 +0000

You're off by an order of magnitude. Trump received 62.98 m votes while Clinton received 65.85 m. That's a difference of 2.87 m votes not 13 million. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_presidentia...)

New comment by RightMillennial in "Your face is now your boarding pass"

RightMillennial — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 14:51:50 +0000

I meant border control. I didn't realize those gates were operated remotely.

New comment by RightMillennial in "Your face is now your boarding pass"

RightMillennial — Mon, 10 Jun 2019 20:45:50 +0000

You can already pass customs in an airport through face recognition in the EU. I don't see it as much of a stretch for it to be extended to boarding.

New comment by RightMillennial in "There is no reason to cross the U.S. by train, but I did it anyway"

RightMillennial — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:05:07 +0000

I just tried some borscht a couple weeks ago. It was made by an older Russian gentleman at my church (in the U.S.). It was definitely a different flavor but it was pretty good.

New comment by RightMillennial in "German for Programmers"

RightMillennial — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 03:21:20 +0000

I took German back in high school but I don't really remember anything about it. How can you read if you don't at least have an idea of what each word or phrase means? I'm a native born English speaker, and I occasionally have to look up English words if I have no idea what they're supposed to mean. It's one thing if it's an obvious random word for a gadget such as doohickey. I can't imagine reading a foreign language and surmising what a word means without a definition.

New comment by RightMillennial in "What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making"

RightMillennial — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 21:01:28 +0000

Likewise. Discussions like these are interesting and a nice break from technology and politics.

New comment by RightMillennial in "What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making"

RightMillennial — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:54:49 +0000

I don't mean to dismiss the idea. I think animals, farmed or not, should be treated humanely. My point is living or growing up on a farm where animals do get slaughtered can affect your perspective on the matter. I doubt a lot of people really do know the reality of it if their only knowledge of it is from the shock and horror perspective. I suspect culture also plays a role.

New comment by RightMillennial in "What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making"

RightMillennial — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:31:12 +0000

Have I ever struggled with it? No, nature itself is violent where the only fittest and luckiest survive long enough to procreate. Death is the inevitable outcome of life. I doubt our chickens had any worse of a life than they would have out in the wild (if they weren't domesticated). I know factory farming exists but I don't care enough about it to give up the deliciousness of meat. We're omnivores by nature.

New comment by RightMillennial in "What the 'meat paradox' reveals about moral decision making"

RightMillennial — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 20:01:03 +0000

See, I grew up on a small farm. We raised chickens that my father would butcher. He'd string one up, slit its throat and it'd die instantly. After it was bled we'd pluck the feathers off and then cook it for supper. There wasn't anything particularly cruel about it, and I feel no moral qualms about eating chicken or any other meat for that matter. Maybe growing up on a farm taught me the reality of it which I see as normal.

New comment by RightMillennial in "U.S. Hospitals Are Asking Their Own Patients to Donate Money"

RightMillennial — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:12:57 +0000

Is that gross or net revenue or income?

New comment by RightMillennial in "US shutdown: Flight delays caused by staff shortages"

RightMillennial — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 16:26:46 +0000

That sounds like quite an improvement over our system in the U.S. This budget standoff with a month long shutdown is a disaster.

New comment by RightMillennial in "Things you should know about the Ottoman Janissaries"

RightMillennial — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 16:56:11 +0000

I was referring to the 4th Crusade's siege and then sacking that crippled the Byzantine Empire.

New comment by RightMillennial in "Things you should know about the Ottoman Janissaries"

RightMillennial — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 15:55:41 +0000

The sacking of Constantinople was just an honest mistake. /s

New comment by RightMillennial in "Ask HN: Is your work meaningful?"

RightMillennial — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 14:56:30 +0000

Online retail isn't particularly meaningful. However, I enjoy the work and it pays well.

New comment by RightMillennial in "People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds"

RightMillennial — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 15:04:05 +0000

Aren't employers legally required to give you time off to vote? In roughly half of the states it's paid time off as well.

New comment by RightMillennial in "Google's 'two-tier' workforce training document"

RightMillennial — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:27:42 +0000

I partially agree with your general criticism. But as conservative in tech, I'm completely with the lefties on this one.

New comment by RightMillennial in "The Irresistible Urge to Build Cities from Scratch"

RightMillennial — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:37:10 +0000

No one uses turn signals on them, and you never know when, where, or if someone is going to turn. It's haphazard maneuvering. 4-way stops are far more predictable and functional.

New comment by RightMillennial in "The Irresistible Urge to Build Cities from Scratch"

RightMillennial — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 16:33:29 +0000

Stop signs are simple to navigate too. You stop, and then go when it's your turn.

New comment by RightMillennial in "The Irresistible Urge to Build Cities from Scratch"

RightMillennial — Wed, 07 Nov 2018 15:02:57 +0000

As an American, I detest roundabouts. I've never encountered one with a light before.