Completely orthogonal to any US allies and their action, it is absolutely disingenius to dismiss the evils of Saddam's empire: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLUktJbp2Ug. There is a large body of work around Saddam's regime, this YT clip isn't provided as an evidence, but to show how misplaced it is to say "Saddam did nothing wrong".

I find this an ongoing problem on HN. There are 2 counter acting forces A and B. Objectively, B is evil. But, HN equates A and B on the same level and demands equal criticism of both just by the virtue of the fact that A and B are up for a discussion. I am sure there is a list of biases being violated. It's similar to the debate between flat earth deniers and believers. If we host a debate between them, there is a perceived notion that both parties are on the same footing. The truth couldn't be far from that.

You can despise someone deeply, but if they are citing facts, reason, logic, etc - have no association, they stand on their own. Doesn't matter who uttered it.

https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/dont-worry-these-gangley-armed-...

It's cliche. It is obnoxious. They serve absolutely zero purpose. Get rid of them.

Not everything needs to be distilled down to nationalistic undertones.

I am getting sick of this kind of discussion permeating on HN - It is extremely juvenile and damaging to the spirit of HN. In this regard, Reddit seems to be a lot better. Go on any vaccine related thread and there is absolutely none of this. There is so much more global cooperation observed on Reddit than on HN.

I'll take a Django project instead, thank you very much.

This is an age old discussion about appropriate abstraction.

Since text files and excel sheets are "outdated", we don't stack them up against bloated webapp that Asana is.

What if, really, excel sheet can just work? Its like we get so wound up in existing status-quo, we get narrow vision and forget the larger domain space for solving problems.

It's like the guy that ran a bunch of ETL jobs on a Macbook Air faster than a Hadoop cluster. KISS is beautiful sometimes and eye-opening. When someone brings up a ridiculous "outdated" idea, I try to keep an open mind. May be... just maybe we're wrong about all this?

It is actually quite terrifying to imagine yourself as sub-human. Equally, it is terrifying to think about super-human capabilities.

Sublime Text is like a finely crafted precision tool in the shop. Sure, it doesn't have all the bells and whistles, but it is undeniably a reliable tool and does what it is supposed to do well as you said.

Also, learning to forgive is a rare virtue these days. Entitlement and expection creates conflict. Learn to forgive others and you'll have a better time with everyone else. No one who even spells it as Ghandi means any malice or offense. So, it is a matter of technicality. Let go.

There are many languages around the world and it is impossible to remember every nuance of how to pronounce things. Ghandi is common pronounciation even in Germany. The Japanese might pronounce it something else.

I presume a whole bunch goes into making vaccine and this is just the top of the iceberg.

From semiconductors to the internet, thanks folks. I have many mentors from this generation and I find a common thread of extreme discipline and rigor in their work - this is largely lost in my own generation (millenial).

Transfer of knowledge needs to be from prev to next gen. Unlike tutorials on YT teaching horrible practices, which is exactly the opposite. Experienced people from Gen X doesn't have the time, motivation, etc to go on YT with full blast click bait tutorials and compete with user engagement tactics. They write books. They're better than edu-entertainment IMO.

https://text.npr.org/

Far easier to read since the length of the line is absolutely perfect. Pro tip: https://practicaltypography.com/line-length.html

That said - something is wrong with NPR, a bunch of Lorem Ipsum links :)