Hacker News: maccolgan

New comment by maccolgan in "Farmers ‘crippled’ by satellite failure as GPS-guided tractors grind to a halt"

maccolgan — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 08:07:06 +0000

We are taking the nodejs solution too far.

New comment by maccolgan in "Imgur Updates TOS, Banning NSFW Content"

maccolgan — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:29:41 +0000

>Society has started to see sexual freedom and expression as grotesque

When has it been not grotesque? It's just that “American” “norms” are actually starting to “progress” to the mean.

New comment by maccolgan in "Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions"

maccolgan — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 20:07:38 +0000

No state is representative of the whole US population. Don't think the US is a united whole.

New comment by maccolgan in "Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to cut emissions"

maccolgan — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 20:00:59 +0000

What's stopping people from changing it?

New comment by maccolgan in "TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and voiceprints (2021)"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:17:02 +0000

Almost all the world doesn't care about any of that when it comes to external behaviour.

New comment by maccolgan in "TikTok updated privacy policy to collect faceprints and voiceprints (2021)"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:09:13 +0000

There's incredible amount of misplaced belief on HN that every HN reader considers the US government friendly.

New comment by maccolgan in "FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 23:02:30 +0000

Balkanizing the internet sounds great, honestly.

New comment by maccolgan in "FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:55:51 +0000

I think the CLOUD Acts essentially make them proxies of the state.

New comment by maccolgan in "FCC commissioner wants TikTok removed from app stores over spying concerns"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 22:53:26 +0000

“American” is a granfalloon.

New comment by maccolgan in "Thunderbird 102"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 15:05:13 +0000

I really hope this doesn't become the standard for new Linux desktop users.

New comment by maccolgan in "Mastercard and visa are the de facto regulators of porn"

maccolgan — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 02:51:38 +0000

It's not possible to regulate porn and sexual content because of Rights™. Things like moderation can't be enshrined in a constitution.

New comment by maccolgan in "The SQLite Code of Ethics"

maccolgan — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:51:12 +0000

RIP

New comment by maccolgan in "The SQLite Code of Ethics"

maccolgan — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 17:47:06 +0000

“Be truthful to your partner” is not the inverse of “Do not commit adultery”.

New comment by maccolgan in "Why America can’t build"

maccolgan — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:45:51 +0000

You are making the assumption that deliberately causing an undersupply of road space so that people are forced to use public transit is a net virtue, while in reality it's just acting against the market.

New comment by maccolgan in "Why America can’t build"

maccolgan — Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:30:29 +0000

US is not the place to be if you want to tell others how to live their lives…

New comment by maccolgan in "Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade"

maccolgan — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:45:56 +0000

How did you even think there was one America?

New comment by maccolgan in "Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade"

maccolgan — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:28:17 +0000

We are talking about a mother, courts frequently force parents to act in the best interests of their children even if it's against the interests of the parents. A mother's child is not an alien unrelated in any way to the mother.

New comment by maccolgan in "The end of the world is just beginning for shipping"

maccolgan — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:24:21 +0000

Funnily enough only Israel has made that culture shift, but I don't think people like Haredis very much.

New comment by maccolgan in "The end of the world is just beginning for shipping"

maccolgan — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 10:19:11 +0000

Funnily enough Meghalaya Rural and Bihar is keeping us still afloat.

New comment by maccolgan in "Bunny fonts – privacy respecting drop-in replacement for Google Fonts"

maccolgan — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:37:43 +0000

Google Fonts does serve a different font based on the user agent. Depending on things like hinting and stuff. Bunny fonts would help solve that problem.