Hacker News: happyscrappy

New comment by happyscrappy in "Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It"

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:28:38 +0000

So hypocrisy justifies spraying random Frenchmen with machine guns? Think harder.

Philosophy saved me from poverty and drugs: that’s why I teach it to kids

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 20:10:13 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/nov/19/philosophy-poverty-drugs-kids-young-people

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10603517

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Pyrosomes: Whale-sized tubular sea monster?

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 16:01:12 +0000

Article URL: http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/stories/what-in-the-world-is-this-whale-sized-tubular-sea-monster

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10601844

Points: 2

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New comment by happyscrappy in "Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern"

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:36:00 +0000

>to get blackmail material on 100% of people

Nonsense.

New comment by happyscrappy in "Baseless Calls to Expand Surveillance Fit Familiar, Cynical Pattern"

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 15:16:03 +0000

>That's their angle: use the panopticon to get blackmail material on 100% of people, then anyone who is inconvenient or needs to be controlled can be dealt with painlessly.

Right, France is a totalitarian government, no proof necessary. You cannot fight nonsense with nonsense.

VW to Pull Back on New Projects Amid Costly Emissions Scandal

happyscrappy — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:48:49 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/21/business/international/volkswagen-emissions-scandal.html?src=twr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10601382

Points: 1

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New comment by happyscrappy in "Apple's iTunes Is Alienating Its Most Music-Obsessed Users"

happyscrappy — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 17:58:37 +0000

Careful what you wish for.

Who's to Blame for PC Culture

happyscrappy — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 15:07:13 +0000

Article URL: http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-11-18/who-s-to-blame-for-pc-culture

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10588067

Points: 1

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DPS 2015: Pluto's Small Moons Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra [UPDATED]

happyscrappy — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 14:55:27 +0000

Article URL: http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2015/dps15-1110-small-moons.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10587994

Points: 2

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New comment by happyscrappy in "U.S. Mass Surveillance Has No Record of Thwarting Large Terror Attacks"

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:46:01 +0000

>the true goal of all the governments and agencies involved is not "preventing the next terror threat" but a power-play for the control of information.

This is a laughable statement but typically upvoted on HN. Politicians have to appear to have done everything possible to prevent these attacks. They are not dictators, if the public feels they were soft on terror they are gone, no pentaverate necessary.

New York City to Pay $3.8M Settlement in Death of Rikers Inmate

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 20:00:26 +0000

Article URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/nyregion/rikers-inmate-jason-echevarria-wrongful-death-lawsuit-settlement.html?src=twr&_r=0

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10583568

Points: 2

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New comment by happyscrappy in "Defense Claims Courthouse Was Illegally Bugged"

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 19:10:24 +0000

"woe is us, it's all rotten, we can't do anything" is the motto of the current generation and self fulfilling.

China says it has shown 'great restraint' in South China Sea

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 17:53:33 +0000

Article URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/17/us-southchinasea-china-idUSKCN0T60B520151117

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10582766

Points: 1

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New comment by happyscrappy in "The War ISIS Wants"

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 16:03:03 +0000

People don't spray random other people with automatic weapons because of the marginal level of welfare benefits. The fact that you can even entertain that opinion is mind boggling.

New comment by happyscrappy in "VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks"

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 15:54:31 +0000

What I've never understood is if these people believe so strongly in their God, and that he will punish them for apostasy, then why the hell do they have to kill them? It undermines their alleged faith.

New comment by happyscrappy in "VLC contributor living in Aleppo writing about the Paris attacks"

happyscrappy — Tue, 17 Nov 2015 13:53:33 +0000

More and more of the West are wanting to just pull out and "let them all kill each other", but that seems a little cruel doesn't it? Damned if you do damned if you don't.