Hacker News: up_so_floating

New comment by up_so_floating in "Saudi Arabia builds 600-mile border wall equipped with Airbus radar and helipads"

up_so_floating — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:56:04 +0000

The same is occurring in Europe and even America. The establishment is threatened as a result of this mass immigration. Perhaps the difference is that the Saudis do not suffer from white guilt and, hence, attempts at rational discourse are not drown out with calls of racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia.

New comment by up_so_floating in "The Human Toll of Protecting the Internet from the Worst of Humanity"

up_so_floating — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 04:49:47 +0000

When you criminalize a certain pattern of thought, it seems that its inverse will eventually get taken to the most extreme position.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Time to Take a Stand"

up_so_floating — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:49:42 +0000

It is already socially unacceptable to promote ethnic cleansing of any sort. Sure, it's important to continually affirm this, but can you name anyone in the Trump administration who is promoting ethnic cleansing?

New comment by up_so_floating in "Ask HN: YC please talk about Immigration Order"

up_so_floating — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 16:00:33 +0000

The OP is just virtue-signaling. He presumably still buys products from third-world dictatorships. Let's ask him. OP, how can you justify boycotting America and not China or a myriad of other countries that are ruled under a far more oppressive regime.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Google, in Post-Obama Era, Aggressively Woos Republicans"

up_so_floating — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 04:38:53 +0000

There is no evidence, at least not for such a general claim. Each human has a wildly different experience. For many of us, we never left this era. For others, we have been out of it X years. Etc.

New comment by up_so_floating in "John Carmack on the Government"

up_so_floating — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:23:18 +0000

This comment is especially relevant, given yesterday's popularity of Scott Aaronson's blog post.

New comment by up_so_floating in "In Colorado, self-harm is leading cause of death in new mothers"

up_so_floating — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:58:05 +0000

Perhaps one reason could be changing gender norms.

New comment by up_so_floating in "In Colorado, self-harm is leading cause of death in new mothers"

up_so_floating — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 01:56:05 +0000

From the article, 40% reported stressors such as "being single, divorced or separated",

New comment by up_so_floating in "Theresa May: UK must leave European single market"

up_so_floating — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 15:03:46 +0000

Have we really ever left the "Era of the Bully"?

Do you think China or Russia care about "hurting" others through their actions? You will be competing with them. Can you punish them as effectively as you can "punish" Britain?

New comment by up_so_floating in "Astronaut – YouTube videos with almost zero previous views"

up_so_floating — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:07:46 +0000

New comment by up_so_floating in "Ask HN: Is there an HN for optimists?"

up_so_floating — Sat, 14 Jan 2017 17:42:57 +0000

Should be https://lobste.rs/

New comment by up_so_floating in "Welcome Chris Lattner"

up_so_floating — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 23:12:54 +0000

Chris Lattner, personally

New comment by up_so_floating in "Neurodiversity"

up_so_floating — Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:13:16 +0000

Your body evolved skin to suit an environment other than a Thai beach. I would not consider that genetic inferiority.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Microsoft wins $927M Pentagon contract"

up_so_floating — Wed, 21 Dec 2016 15:07:52 +0000

A bit too long-winded for me.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Ask HN: What problem in your industry is a potential startup?"

up_so_floating — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 22:18:47 +0000

But then you'd have to wait four more. And then four more? Four more after that?

New comment by up_so_floating in "Ask HN: I'm depressed, what should I do?"

up_so_floating — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:43:04 +0000

This is a good opportunity for learning. Your perception of the world apparently did not match up with how the world actually is. We've all been there. Get back up, readjust your perspective, and accept the next offer.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Mr. Robot Killed the Hollywood Hacker"

up_so_floating — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 03:10:17 +0000

I couldn't get past the second episode, or whenever the lead character met the idiosyncratic band of misfit hackers. These individuals seemed extremely cliche and unlike any hackers I have ever met in real life. The terminal input might have been valid, but the people doing the typing seemed out of place.

New comment by up_so_floating in "A strengthening dollar is bad for the world economy"

up_so_floating — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 17:13:44 +0000

That would be easier to believe if the US market indices were not at all time highs.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News You See"

up_so_floating — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:35:42 +0000

When "fake news" is finished in the US you'll understand why people are panicking.

New comment by up_so_floating in "Russian Agents Are Not Behind Every Piece of Fake News You See"

up_so_floating — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 15:32:48 +0000

Peer review and corrections are indeed important, but many have lost respect for traditional news media due to the selective reporting that they feel pushes a certain narrative.