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How about you just post proof of your claims instead of throwing out “just google it!”, so the discussion isn’t lowered even further from when HN used to expect citations?

Also aggregate statistics aren’t the same as this database. What the CN government is doing is far creepier. Individual personal entries.

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Please don't cross into incivility on Hacker News.

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The census maintains a micro level data-base, which you need clearance to use or do research on, but is used to inform government policy.

Source: I was tangentially involved in a research project once where we wanted, but weren't granted, access to this data.

> What the CN government is doing is far creepier. Individual personal entries.

Yes, thankfully there are no systems in place for the US government to verify/track someone's age (and thus infer their ability to bear children).

No, because that allows for an asymmetrical attack on a conversation, where a person can demand evidence, despite there being readily accessible information at the demander's fingertips, forcing the other person in the conversation to spend much more time than the time it took to request the information.

You're asking someone else to do your legwork, and it's a form of trolling.

Prove you care about this topic to the person you're talking to by doing some cursory research.

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