But there’s no value in arguing over this. I long ago decided it was more fun to burn the bridge (by rudely stating things that are true) on this set of browser/cookies/account/IPs. I’m not going to dox myself to prove that your second paragraph was wrong. Especially when I concede that _after_ I got banned stupidly and unfairly, I decided to fight back by becoming ban-worthy.

The “optimist” in me thinks your a decent person who happens to have some big blind spots and biases, and you might eventually figure out how to address them if you meet the right set of people and start to learn from folks who don’t look like you. Maybe you’d realize that there are a collection of things that HN encourages, all of which contribute to a “safe space” for certain people, while excluding others.

I hope my optimistic view is eventually right.

Edit: thank you to the peer post to this comment that gives an example of this happening to them a long time ago. I didn’t want to dox myself to show it’s a real thing.

I’m adding this as an ‘edit’ instead of a reply to the peer post because this account is just barely allowed to post at all.

I’m not crazy enough to sue over that shit; but somebody might be.

If you want to get banned quickly, criticize pg portfolio companies (even politely, with valid criticism), point out that white supremacist and other hate speech is welcomed so long as it is polite; point out that responses to hate speech are _not_ tolerated.....

The community here used to be absolutely amazing. 10-15 years ago the discussions here were actionable, and I was able to make valuable professional connections in the the comments.

These days, that doesn’t happen. The discussions are lower value, less open minded, and more strident. It’s a pile of shit.

And candidly, that’s why I’m logged into a banned account to post this. Uncomfortable truths can’t be posted from IPs/cookies/users that you want to preserve. Daniel Gackle will ban your ass if you point out, for example, that he tolerates and even welcomes extremely bigoted shit.

This is the opposite of other major currencies.

BTC is an environmental travesty.

I would be willing to bet actual money that his imagined conspiracy theory didn’t exist, and that two things happened simultaneously, but without relation: scam apps existed, and Apple tried to buy him.

The notion that Apple would engage in widespread conspiracy to save a million bucks strikes me as bizarre.

I’ve had them send replacement cards to my hotel without problem.

I knew and didn't care. If you care, you're going to be real upset when you look at your other alternatives.

That said, I don't think many people here actually care. I firmly believe that most of the people on this site just like to shit on Apple, because they prefer that to trust their privacy to an Advertising company.

That said, the real figures are still startling. They represents 4.4% of the US worker population but some states rely incredibly heavily on the program.

  Alabama - 8.0% of the population
  Arkansas - 7.9% of the population
  Kentucky - 7.6% of the population
  Maine - 7.4% of the population
  Mississippi - 7.5% of the population
  West Virginia - 8.6% of the population

2015: in two years https://fortune.com/2015/12/21/elon-musk-interview/

2016: in a year https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-autonomous-tesla-d...

2017: in two years https://electrek.co/2017/12/08/elon-musk-tesla-self-driving-...

2018: in a year https://electrek.co/2018/03/11/tesla-ceo-elon-musk-self-driv...

2019: in a year https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-tesla-full-self-drivin...

It is common for Coiners to remain willfully ignorant about the price manipulation, because y'all don't want to admit how small, fragile, and wildly corrupt your ecosystem is.

1) Scott Alexander wanted more attention, and he realized that deleting his site and blaming the NYT for it would garner dramatically more attention, creating opportunities that he wanted. He recognized that he could become a martyr to a certain group, and use that for future gains.

2) Scott Alexander is an absolute moron who did not foresee the Streisand Effect that he was going to cause.

I personally do not think he is a moron. I think he is a manipulative sociopath who knew that people who agree with him on other matters would line up to create future opportunities for him if he pretended that his hand was forced.

It saddens me that so many "smart" people fall for such transparent nonsense. There was no lapse of judgment. He is just a selfish sociopath. Nothing more.

This is because mediocre white men are afraid that more talented minorities may gain access to the labor pool and they might start having to work harder for a living.

ReticentVote is fairly openly asserting that he wants less competition, because he is a mediocrity whose wages will suffer if forced to compete against minorities.

It saddens me that the very first comment here was from a white supremacist, but that is unsurprising given that Daniel Gackle works really fucking hard to ensure that HN is a "safe space" for white supremacists.

Congratulations dang, you've done it again. More bigoted white supremacists spreading their shit on your platform. The klansmen in your family would be proud of you.

It's a shibboleth; folks who instinctively say "Democrat" are reliably far-right.