Hacker News: damnfine

New comment by damnfine in "‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Are Reported Killed in Brazil"

damnfine — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:51:34 +0000

Well, I didn't expect blatant racisim in HN comments, but there it is. Based on ignorance no less. Can we ban people like this? /serious

I am all for free speech, but excusing murder based on race is where I may have to draw the fucking line. Feel free to post this on a board relevant to your hopefuly unique interests.

New comment by damnfine in "Lagos megachurches building their own cities"

damnfine — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 14:41:57 +0000

To some. There are also quite a few traveling americian yuppies that trade aid for 'souls', for the sole purpose of bragging about it back home. Its an unfortunate mix.

New comment by damnfine in "People Don’t Actually Want Equality, They Want Fairness"

damnfine — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 14:29:35 +0000

There most definately are, although not extremely common. I recall reading a HAYES (pro-fat) article calling for beauty equalization or some rediculious thing. Sure its not common, but to dismiss any extreme you arent aware of does not help the conversation. The amount of impact is highly variable, but one must assume there is some, as many of these blogs have thousands of followers.

New comment by damnfine in "The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millenial"

damnfine — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 14:03:00 +0000

And you almost always make your actual life objectively worse in the process. I dated a media junkie, never any fun, always posing, aranging dishes, making 'moments' instead of actual enjoiable memories. She was an amazing person, but the near OCD levels of trying to make life look perfect to the outside just didnt work for me. The most amazing moments in her life, never documented, only a ghost shell online to paint a false memory.

New comment by damnfine in "Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed"

damnfine — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:54:09 +0000

This was the reaction I got from most non techies. Makes my heart sad.

New comment by damnfine in "Three Equifax Managers Sold Stock Before Cyber Hack Was Revealed"

damnfine — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:53:15 +0000

If you are willing to gamble real money on that assertion, its there for the taking.

New comment by damnfine in "What does an innocent man have to do to go free? Plead guilty"

damnfine — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:46:04 +0000

But very few go to trial because the courts cannot afford to try that many cases. So, like most social issues, where does the money come from?

Edit: I want to be clear. I agree with your point, but observing the obvious roadblock to implementation.

New comment by damnfine in "3D Coke Sign in Times Square [video]"

damnfine — Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:42:49 +0000

If one dimension is limited compared to others, it makes sense to call it psudeo 3d, because all planes are not fully realized. But it is still clearly invoking a 3rd dimension, maybe a 4th if you consider movement in time.

I still call it just shy of '3D'.

New comment by damnfine in "The Memories of Plants"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:31:16 +0000

All my meat is raised on open pasture locally, fed only on wild grasses. I specifically said factory farms are a clear problem. Thanks for talking past me and ignoring my point. This is what makes conversing wih you people get on my nerves. Show some intellectual respect and get some in retuen.

New comment by damnfine in "Attacked by Rotten Tomatoes"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:28:44 +0000

I can't agree more. I grew up next to a theater and it was the thing to do. The last decent movie experince I can recall was the film print showing of the hateful eight. I didnt even like the movie itself a whole lot, but the quality, and experince were amazing. I would love to have a movie to get excited about. It all just seems like such low effort drivel now.

New comment by damnfine in "Attacked by Rotten Tomatoes"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:25:27 +0000

That argument just lowers the bar. It can be a shallow movie and also not insult my intelligence and cram product placements into every other shot. Bad filmmaking is bad. Do not make excuses for it.

New comment by damnfine in "Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:18:46 +0000

If you live/lived in the usa, and have ever had credit here, this affects you.

New comment by damnfine in "Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 22:04:33 +0000

This so much. The stream of corporations passing the buck into a black hole of irresponsibility needs to end now. If people arent held responsible, they will continue to make these failings without pause. I hope everyone is writing their legislators and congresspeople right now. They listen more than even my disillusioned self thought. The just might have bigger incentives to act otherwise. But if they dont know, they cant even choose to be corrupt or not, they are ignorant by proxy. Communicate to your leaders, and remember their response when you vote.

New comment by damnfine in "Cybersecurity Incident Involving Consumer Information"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:59:08 +0000

But you still pay the fees from the banks failings, so it really does hurt everyone even when the bank eats it.

New comment by damnfine in "How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its own weapons"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:25:34 +0000

Murdering an 18 year old kid for painting a wall is not accountability.

New comment by damnfine in "How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its own weapons"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:24:38 +0000

It is literally the facts ot the story. Repeating strawman does not further your argument, or anyones opinion of your reasoning skills.

New comment by damnfine in "How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its own weapons"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:22:14 +0000

That is depressing as hell. I got up that heavy once and life was signifigantly worse.

New comment by damnfine in "How Taser inserts itself into investigations involving its own weapons"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:19:49 +0000

The big differince is where you are tased, and for how long. I have done taser training and we usually got it in the leg, rather than across the chest, as most deployments happen.

New comment by damnfine in "Tesla’s new Solar Roof is actually cheaper than a normal roof"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:15:09 +0000

Can we get an apples to apples price comparison? Most people dont get huge government kickbacks, and have to pay connection fees to the local power company, etc...

I know 3 people with solar, and none are able to use it because of regulations except when completely disconnected from the grid.

New comment by damnfine in "Silicon Valley's Politics: Liberal with One Big Exception"

damnfine — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 20:11:37 +0000

So S.V. is more Liberal than Democrat, is this news to anyone who understands the distinction?