Hacker News: cbnotfromthere

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

cbnotfromthere — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 17:52:55 +0000

Do you really need a citation to understand that biological males perform better than biological females at basically any imaginable sport?

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Despite social pressure, boys and girls still prefer gender-typical toys"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 22 May 2021 03:55:45 +0000

I have ABSOLUTELY seen many young girls (3-7 yo) playing with sticks or similar objects as if they are babies / dolls.

In communist Romania of my youth, where toys were sparse.

In Egypt nowadays, in poor families who can't pay for toys.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Cheerleader’s Snapchat rant leads to ‘momentous’ Supreme Court case on speech"

cbnotfromthere — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 23:18:55 +0000

"Probably because one of those two is a religious statement, while another one is a political statement."

Why would biological facts be considered "political statements"? (assuming gender = biological sex, which is the usual usage from regular talk to identity papers throughout the world).

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store"

cbnotfromthere — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 23:38:28 +0000

"Plotting armed violence to overturn a legitimate election result isn't"

There are already laws and means to deal with plotting armed violence. None of them include (or should include) banning the phone company / app company / phone maker / etc.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Russia gives Edward Snowden permanent residency"

cbnotfromthere — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 23:44:29 +0000

I can absolutely assure you that in each and every European country the person leaving must show his/her passport.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer for hate speech"

cbnotfromthere — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 23:53:41 +0000

"Someone being nationalist for a race"

This makes literally no sense.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Y Combinator Abruptly Shutters YC China"

cbnotfromthere — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:25:47 +0000

This sort of moral relativism and whataboutism is repugnant.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Still Manufacturing Consent: An Interview with Noam Chomsky"

cbnotfromthere — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:20:11 +0000

Using CNN to confirm Chomsky is like using RT to confirm Putin.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Dealing with China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost"

cbnotfromthere — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 04:57:58 +0000

Your account was created 6 days ago.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "The China Cultural Clash"

cbnotfromthere — Wed, 09 Oct 2019 00:34:16 +0000

"I want to point out that Morey's HK tweet is out of line"

Which part of freedom of speech is still unclear even after supposedly you've "lived in the US for over a decade"???

"and doesn't deserve NBA's endorsement."

The NBA did not endorse nor reject Morey's words.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "The China Cultural Clash"

cbnotfromthere — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 21:53:42 +0000

"Twitter, Facebook, and any other entity that deplatformed Alex Jones are private companies and can deplatform whoever they want"

Would you feel the same way if the deplatforming was done by, say, AT&T, Verizon, or T-Mobile? Because Twitter and Facebook specifically get the same protection as if they are communication pipes (as opposed to being publishers).

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "High finance is wrecking the economy and the planet, but it won't reform itself"

cbnotfromthere — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 23:08:30 +0000

" the communities that outlaw it (the whole of Islam, old style communism)"

I lived almost 20 years in communist Romania, I can assure you interest aka "usury" was not banned at all.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Ask HN: Cool stuff that's still completely unregulated?"

cbnotfromthere — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 02:23:05 +0000

Cybernetics has nothing at all to do with cyborg implants.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "The West’s failed fight against China’s ‘Cloud Hopper’ hackers"

cbnotfromthere — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 07:20:32 +0000

"Ukraine is not part of Europe."

Ukraine is 100% part of Europe, as per any conceivable map or definition of Europe.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "France's Basque Region Creates Its Own Currency"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:08:07 +0000

" In Barcelona, capital of Catalunya, most of what you'll hear is Spanish, not Catalan."

Sorry if I may seem pedantic, but there is no such thing as "Spanish" language (at least not inside Spain).

The language you are talking about is actually called "castellano" (Castilian).

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Lexical Distance Among Languages of Europe (2015)"

cbnotfromthere — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 11:25:31 +0000

Written norwegian is almost phonetic

Your claim is literally absurd.

http://www.learn-norwegian.net/pronunciation/pronunciation.h...

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:38:20 +0000

" America is a net evil force in the world, and its illegal wars must be stopped at all costs."

How about you move to Russia or Venezuela and stop USA's illegal wars at any cost from there?

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:33:48 +0000

You seem to willingly confusing "assassinations" with "acts of war".

Anwar Al-Awlaki was unquestionably an enemy combatant due to his overt belonging to a non-state actor engaged in military combat with the United States.

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:14:54 +0000

So basically you want the process to be judged by the outcome, not by... the process.

That's not how the legal system works and that's not how ANY legals system COULD work, because it would require the process to be finalized and the outcome known before any legal enforcing to happen).

Basically you're bringing an utterly irrational viewpoint to the discussion then you end up with " we can make rational value judgements".

New comment by cbnotfromthere in "Julian Assange Deserves First Amendment Protection"

cbnotfromthere — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 10:08:37 +0000

"Actually if a cop finds evidence of a crime without a warrant when one is required,(or any illegal means) it won't be admissible, so I'm not sure where you are coming from."

"Exigent circumstances" are, from the perspective of the law, the equivalent of a warrant, thus making any proofs legal.