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New comment by majoram in "“Please don't add any of my stuff to this project”"

majoram — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:10:14 +0000

Anyone who claims to care about the mental health of open source devs should be on the author's side here

Timeline of the 22nd Century

majoram — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 20:43:02 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_century#22nd_century

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27496251

Points: 2

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New comment by majoram in "Federal court says Florida city can take man's house for tall grass fines"

majoram — Sun, 02 May 2021 00:56:08 +0000

That makes so much sense. Which is how I know they'll never implement anything like that :(

New comment by majoram in "Labor shortage or terrible jobs?"

majoram — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 17:38:50 +0000

Thanks man, you really understand. Good post.

It's sad to say, but the pandemic was lifechanging for me. With the unemployment benefits I received, I was able to save up some money and had time for myself to start thinking about what I needed to do before the money disappeared into rent. I applied for the local community college and trying to get financial aid here in California, and if it works out, I'll "only" pay like $3.5k for each of the two years. If they don't give me financial aid, it's time to give up lol. I wouldn't have been able to afford even entertaining this idea before, because all the money disappears into living expenses. The pandemic saved me...the only way for someone like me to get a higher education, is for a global pandemic to happen at 24 years old haha.

New comment by majoram in "Ask HN: Would you pay for Hacker News?"

majoram — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:27:30 +0000

If they paywalled HN, I would finally be free from this place.

New comment by majoram in "Travis Kalanick's CloudKitchens Repeats Uber Playbook, Loses Staff"

majoram — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:38:58 +0000

Do you think Kalanick would react the same if instead of "happy ending" for a dessert at an Asian restaurant, it was something like "Uncle Tom's Chicken & Watermelon"? To me, this is just another example of the acceptance of racism toward Asian people in American society.

New comment by majoram in "India’s second wave"

majoram — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 01:19:31 +0000

I wish it wasn't like this, but it is what it s.

New comment by majoram in "India’s second wave"

majoram — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 23:19:37 +0000

I wouldn't say that we shouldn't have laws. I just think it would be best for society if we avoided doing shit that will cause more riots. I think it's called consequentialism? Not sure. Whether or not it's a good idea to arrest/fine people who don't wear masks, I know for a fact that it will lead to disproportionately more black and brown people being at best fined/harrassed or at worst killed by police. So I am against it.

New comment by majoram in "India’s second wave"

majoram — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 22:41:14 +0000

It has everything to do with it when it comes to the U.S. If we were another country, maybe it would be acceptable to have police harrass people for not wearing masks. But in the U.S., giving police the license to harrass people minding their own business will inevitably result in more police brutality that affects some races more than others.

New comment by majoram in "Association of sleep duration in middle and old age with incidence of dementia"

majoram — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:42:26 +0000

Nah he's just bulking. It's all muscle under there.

New comment by majoram in "India’s second wave"

majoram — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:24:48 +0000

That's a horrible idea in today's social/political climate. Just try visualizing a police officer trying to arrest a black person for not wearing a mask. Or police being sent to gatherings in black neighborhoods. Sorry but I'd rather have more covid deaths than more riots and possibly a race war in my country.

New comment by majoram in "Association of sleep duration in middle and old age with incidence of dementia"

majoram — Wed, 21 Apr 2021 18:45:10 +0000

>My personal experience leads me to believe that there is no way Elon Musk could have been dosing stimulants for the last 10-20 years and look as good and as relatively calm as he does.

Looks can be deceiving :P Years ago Elon was balding hard and now he has a full head of hair.