<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: ntsplnkv2</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ntsplnkv2</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 22:53:29 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ntsplnkv2" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "Dr. Seuss books deemed offensive will be delisted from eBay"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The quality of HN has decreased considerably over the last 4 years or so, much like the rest of society sadly. Posts like this, to me, should just be removed. There is little valid discussion, it's drowned out by nonsense and political pandering. Posts like these are no better than r/politics or r/conservative.<p>HN used to be above this drivel, and actually had thoughtful replies. I hope dang and company push for a less politics focused approach because it's degrading here, rapidly. I have flagged this post, but I doubt it will do much.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2021 04:15:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26352613</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26352613</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26352613</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "Boston public schools suspend advanced learning classes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't buy this. Rich people already have better schools and will do better anyway. The divide is growing not because of schooling but because of the centralization of wealth.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:27:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297708</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297708</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "Boston public schools suspend advanced learning classes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Choice of schools will just lead to more centralization and it won't be any different than it is now. It doesn't really solve the underlying problem.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:26:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297695</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297695</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "Boston public schools suspend advanced learning classes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm not sold on gifted education, but I am sold on providing advanced classes for students who are further along.<p>I don't believe you are gifted or not. If I did, I wouldn't be as successful as I am, because I didn't start out as "gifted."</p>
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<p>Black americans have been around longer than Italian Americans have been, and they're still "integrating?" I don't buy that at all.</p>
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<p>God is that a bad image. "Helping others means cutting off your own leg" isn't really something I can get behind.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:12:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297594</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297594</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26297594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "In Defense of Dumb TVs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> like breaking up the traditional channel bundle and increasing access to more personalized and niche content.<p>Yea this is benefit decreases every day. The "cord-cutting" phenomenon is dead. Want to watch a discovery show? Oh great, it's only on Discovery plus now, $5 a month. Want to watch Premier League soccer? Peacock Premium!  Cobra Kai? Netflix... marvel? Disney+. Oh but you can't watch THIS nfl game on here because it's blacked out locally for TV. Champions League soccer? Sign up for CBS All Access. Can't forget HBO Max!<p>When you add everything up, cable for me was actually cheaper. But now I'm screwed, because they aren't putting shows on TV channels anymore to get people to sub to their streaming service.</p>
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<p>Yea that's what I said - you need to have important/urgent controls physically on the stalk because it's faster than voice commands. What am I not getting? Slow is clearly the problem - that's why they're on the stalk.</p>
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<p>What did you buy? I'm suddenly interested...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281062</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281062</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281062</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "In-car touchscreens are dangerous"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Voice controls do a help a lot in many usecases, but are still slower than a physical button in many others.</p>
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<p>The problem is that basic controls got moved into touch screen interfaces.<p>Before I could turn my fan speed knob by feel. It was "stepped" so I knew what level it was at when I moved it, if it was min/max. Same with heat and cool. Knob to adjust what vents. All could be done with eyes on the road.<p>Now? OK you can change climate control, go into touch screen, open up controls, tap to change 5 times to different vents, some crap slider to control fan speed, all requiring to look in order to see where to touch. The lack of tactile feedback just sucks.<p>On a phone yea sure it's great because I'm looking at it when I use it - it's function is to look at it. Not in a car.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2021 23:21:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281022</link><dc:creator>ntsplnkv2</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281022</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26281022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ntsplnkv2 in "Letters from House members to cable providers [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's plenty of evidence/public court rulings which thoroughly debunk these claims.<p>Why should I believe anything that supports trump. He said "we have the virus under control." Yea, let's believe his cronies. Give me a break.</p>
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<p>> Those two things are not in conflict with each other: a sizable percentage of Trump voters may have been counting on the fact that they could secretly vote in order to protect themselves and even their jobs.<p>Black people have lost their jobs for years for being black (See, Kaepernick.) many mad about this post didn't care then. It's all fake, using free speech to coverup blatantly partisan items.<p>They can't actually be on the side of free speech and be a Trump apologist. He was extremely anti-media, one of the most anti-press presidents we have had.</p>
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<p>Of course - but that just makes a bad thing worse.<p>The capital riots were bad. No amount of far right-wing sugar coating is going to change that.</p>
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<p>This article doesn't disprove much.<p>Being "pro-trump" doesn't make the death not count. 3 of the five died because of the protests - it doesn't matter which side. You can argue that a stroke/heart attack may not have happened in a non-high pressure environment.<p>We don't need any more evidence than the mountains of video of people storming the capital. It's bad enough as is, it could have been far, far worse.</p>
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<p>All of the "evidence" here is from sources like the Washington Examiner and "The RF angle" Are you kidding me?<p>If you want real evidence of "irregularities" look elsewhere, its certainly not here.</p>
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<p>~75 million people voted for Donald Trump - it is hardly socially unacceptable to vote for a republican and you have a secret vote anyway.</p>
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<p>Trump continually attacked the media, Trump literally said the media was the enemy of the people. He would ignore questions from other agencies, even those without bias.<p>Until people in their own parties start standing up for principled government it will never change.<p>Unsurprisingly, downvoted for stating facts once again - people are afraid to call a spade a spade.</p>
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<p>Yep, the partisanship is absolutely insane, far worse than in years past.<p>The problem is now moderates are getting forced to join sides - which leads to even more polarizing candidates.</p>
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<p>I'd be very wary of any studies that ask people to identify "activity level."</p>
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