Hacker News: pointillistic

New comment by pointillistic in "Facebook removes QAnon conspiracy group with 200k members"

pointillistic — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 19:56:52 +0000

you can't compare some web forum to a paper that pretends to deal in actual news. Defend free speech above all or it is a slippery slope. and this is country sliding down that slope as we speak.

New comment by pointillistic in "Facebook removes QAnon conspiracy group with 200k members"

pointillistic — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 19:37:34 +0000

If people here give up on free speech, all is lost. This and other groups are just a symptom. The reason these groups flourish is because the legacy media (aka MSM) has lost all trust. Should you also ban NYT for the Russian interference conspiracy theory? If the legacy media deal in conspiracy, you should expect a reaction on the periphery of the political spectrum.

New comment by pointillistic in "Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects"

pointillistic — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 14:47:27 +0000

Some European countries, named here, only very recently cared more about insects than people.

Google will start paying publishers

pointillistic — Thu, 25 Jun 2020 07:13:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/google-will-start-paying-publishers-to-license-content-d05550e5-cc0f-4177-a7db-b085af9157bb.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23637744

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

America on the Path to Lysenkoism?

pointillistic — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 18:41:59 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23618341

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by pointillistic in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

pointillistic — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 11:28:41 +0000

Dark ages are upon us and NYT leads the way. This is the most significant blog in the last decade plus. NYT should be canceled before they cancel every shred of independent thinking in the country.

New comment by pointillistic in "The Return of the 90s Web"

pointillistic — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 11:56:14 +0000

Why people miss the simple solution, off with the ads on with micro-payments. You like the content, pay for it.

New comment by pointillistic in "Ask HN: Does it matter to give IRS your bank routing info?"

pointillistic — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:07:21 +0000

your answer is very contradictory, can you please clarify your advice?

Ask HN: Does it matter to give IRS your bank routing info?

pointillistic — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 15:43:23 +0000

When you get the Covid checks, you have an option to give IRS your routing numbers. Is there any concern with this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22879096

Points: 4

# Comments: 3

New comment by pointillistic in "Fastmail Labels Beta"

pointillistic — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 22:38:04 +0000

I takes years to develop an interface, apps. etc. FM has been doing this for two decades plus

New comment by pointillistic in "Fastmail Labels Beta"

pointillistic — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 15:56:43 +0000

you are right, does this mean that labels will work on the main site?

Big Tech moves into government vacuum on coronavirus

pointillistic — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:51:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-big-tech-action-95ccfc44-3756-4b5b-a6fc-745c05ef1b5c.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22841173

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by pointillistic in "China Is Hording Masks"

pointillistic — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:28:56 +0000

thank you for the info.

New comment by pointillistic in "China Is Hording Masks"

pointillistic — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:28:32 +0000

yes you are right, don't know how to fix it

Massachusetts Covid-19 Manufacturing Capacity Index

pointillistic — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 02:22:05 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmYFsiH9-t_qyuUWmbDIgzX6h9bUZEkE_Jc6e2CD2aYm7_aQ/viewform

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22652154

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

China Is Hording Masks

pointillistic — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:07:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/business/masks-china-coronavirus.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22651042

Points: 2

# Comments: 4

Can a Corona test detect antibodies after you are cured?

pointillistic — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 19:03:47 +0000

I don't know where to ask this. Can a Corona test detect antibodies after you are cured? If negative, how can you know that you are immune after being cured or not even seeing the symptoms?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22649011

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

New comment by pointillistic in "In 2019, Americans went more to the library than to the movies on average"

pointillistic — Sun, 26 Jan 2020 15:34:48 +0000

they are not reading books in the library, they are working on computers or even streaming movies. I am in a library all the time, so this is what I observe.

New comment by pointillistic in "ProtonMail takes aim at Google with an encrypted calendar"

pointillistic — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 18:33:22 +0000

I agree 100%, Fastmail is just a superb complete service.

New comment by pointillistic in "Germany Calls for European Firewall Against U.S. Sanctions"

pointillistic — Sat, 28 Dec 2019 14:12:35 +0000

One would think that with it's communist history Germany would be on the side of the Western Values. In addition Globalism hollowed out the western know-how,via cut and paste to China. Germany stands to lose from it the most with precision manufacturing being transferred to China. Markel is picking the wrong friends.