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New comment by jacalata in "Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?"

jacalata — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 04:25:18 +0000

In my experience, autistic people are far less likely to offend people than charismatic "leader types", mostly because they are willing to learn and don't just blow off feedback with some bullshit about having the right to be offensive. Don't use them as a shield. And yes - people who don't agree on the value of inclusion cannot be included without destroying the inclusivity. Popper, paradox of intolerance, etc.

New comment by jacalata in "Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?"

jacalata — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 05:47:14 +0000

It's funny, I don't experience that "heightened state of alertness" at all. Maybe the onus should be on those people who have no way to know if what they say could be offensive to get a clue and learn about the world?

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:37:07 +0000

Any useful network uses routing. Comcast is not defying net neutrality by delivering all the packets addressed to your IP to you. Net neutrality is not breached until Comcast or your mesh network starts handling the packets differently based on who they came from and the business decisions about that source.

New comment by jacalata in "Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:23:48 +0000

Pretty sure most 70-year-old American ladies would be quite surprised to be addressed or referred to as "guys". I'm not sure who you hung out with while you were here, but it may not have been a representative group. (Some people think "guys" is a universal referent, other people don't. The first group seems to skew heavily to younger males.)

New comment by jacalata in "Ask HN: CS papers for software architecture and design?"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 08:20:53 +0000

People who care about the effect their words have on other people.

New comment by jacalata in "Drinking 3-4 Cups of Coffee Is “More Likely to Benefit Health Than to Harm It”"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 05:41:56 +0000

> Anyway I think it's impossible to talk about caffeine consumption without also considering sugar consumption because they really do go hand in hand.

Not for everyone - there are people who drink coffee black with no sugar (especially espresso drinkers).

New comment by jacalata in "Drinking 3-4 Cups of Coffee Is “More Likely to Benefit Health Than to Harm It”"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:48:50 +0000

You don't know what - if this general result could be invalidated by your personal experience not matching it?

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 04:41:46 +0000

I didn't make a statement either way about likelihood of it happening, I replied to your naive hope that the FCC would still jump in and stop Comcast from doing so after net neutrality rules are abandoned. If you think that this would still be illegal, please do explain which laws and regulatory bodies would be involved and how it would be enforced. Also, it is not at all worth noting that a group who are legally barred from a behavior engage in it less than a group that is not legally barred. Why on earth would it be?

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:55:28 +0000

He means that if people already know they're going to die of old age eventually, nobody will be interested in a cure for cancer.

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:53:18 +0000

> I'm at least confident if my ISP started blocking Netflix because they made a deal with Comcast, the hammer of the FCC or FTC would fall on them in short order, and there would be consumer outrage.

You mean "while net neutrality is the law", right? Because that's exactly what you will lose if net neutrality is no longer required.

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:51:17 +0000

> A mesh network by its nature most have packet-gnosticism as a first principle.

Why?

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:50:27 +0000

That is at best a misreading of the parent comment. Try quoting whole sentences and see if you can identify the parts of the argument that you chopped out.

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:48:21 +0000

It does have something to do with Gab- if net neutrality goes away then Comcast can block their site exactly the same way Apple can refuse to put their app in the App Store.

New comment by jacalata in "The internet already lost its neutrality"

jacalata — Sat, 25 Nov 2017 23:46:30 +0000

Well, your hypothetical moron is apparently unable to understand net neutrality at all, even the very simple version that "net neutrality means that the ISP can't block one company. If net neutrality goes away. Then it doesn't matter if Gab gets their site registered - Comcast will be allowed to block it. What you are arguing for is extending net neutrality principles to App Store providers and domain registrars, instead of just ISPs". And yes, the existence of so many idiots on one side of politics is exactly why this is a partisan issue.

New comment by jacalata in "Impact of Depression and Its Treatment on Productivity"

jacalata — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 09:18:55 +0000

A better title might be "hand waving around depression, sleep, productivity and some unrelated numbers"

New comment by jacalata in "Show HN: Nebula – Alarm clock where you grow stars while you sleep"

jacalata — Fri, 24 Nov 2017 03:19:47 +0000

http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/colorblind/

New comment by jacalata in "Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago"

jacalata — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 05:36:03 +0000

Too mainstream?

New comment by jacalata in "Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race"

jacalata — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 21:01:50 +0000

For a single person renting out one house, they will get away with it. But for an apartment complex, they can get investigated and have secret shoppers come in and then they get in trouble for not treating the two marker customers the same.

New comment by jacalata in "Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race"

jacalata — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:59:45 +0000

Are you using the slippery slope fallacy to argue against the existence of federal protected classes?

New comment by jacalata in "Facebook Still Letting Housing Advertisers Exclude Users by Race"

jacalata — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 20:58:11 +0000

A company that doesn't rely on the resources and services of society can argue that. But a company that wants to rely on any infrastructure like roads or electricity, and a landlord relying on the socially enforced theory of property, is not in that group.