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Wasm is great for sandboxing so iOS could make Wasm first-class native citizen. Then Wasm module could have access to anything and everything iOS and one could write "native" iOS applications using any language that compiles to Wasm.

What would be more interesting than running Swift in the browser is running Wasm on Android and iOS. That would bring some true code sharing between the browser, mobile and backend! And also easily allow constructing apps using pieces written in any of the languages that nicely compile to Wasm.

I said it before and I'll say it again... Japan has a great idea: make rent deducible from salary before tax. Then if the city wants some tax revenue they'd better have affordable housing!

Perhaps it's time to put it in the Terms of Service that blatant disregard for dictionary definitions shall lead to suspension or an outright ban!

> The word "Nazi" itself contains a provocative charge

I find this a bit confusing. Provocative to whom? There are 1) people calling other people Nazis and there are 2) people being called Nazis.

1) Can't claim they're being provoked because they're the ones using the word in the first place. I don't think 2) would be offended by the word itself. They don't like being called Nazis, which is different.

When someone says "Nazi" I'm thinking "The Final Solution to the Jewish Question" and the "superiority of the Aryan master race". These are very bad things and practically everyone agrees!

Side note: perhaps when people say Nazis they mean ethno-nationalists?

Nazis killed millions of people in Europe and took my country apart. What was left behind is a deeply damaged society. I don't know how many generations it will take to fix it. So it annoys me when the word is thrown so casually at any random person on the internet. A dude going to a Mall with a swastika flag is probably just an ass that wants to "trigger lefties". And they take the bait. And media takes the bait too.

> I define "fascist"

I'm sorry, but you don't get to do that! `fascism` already has an established meaning. Please make up a new word for what you believe `fascism` means.

Going by the dictionary definition:

> 1. a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of the Fascisti) that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition

> 2. a tendency toward or actual exercise of strong autocratic or dictatorial control

This is the exact opposite of Carl's beliefs and agenda.

EDIT: how can we have any discussion about anything if everyone gets to define words to mean whatever they want to mean?

What do you mean by right-wing? Does right-wing automatically mean something negative? It seems to me that to you right-wing means something bad. I don't have that kind of association.

To address your first point, I disagree it's a strawman. My personal opinion and what I'm arguing here is that yes, it is indeed an (unhealthy) obsession. I'm an expat. I lived outside my home country longer than I lived there. I bounced around Europe, Asia and US. I've never heard much Nazis except the constant coverage from US media that emerged in last few years.

I agree that comment was only tangential to the article. But every time someone says Nazis I raise my eyebrows and think "who are those Nazis they speak of"? I've only been to New York, DC, Bay Area and few other places in US and I've never seen a Nazi.

I'm happy to concede that what I've said was somewhat off-topic though.

To address your second point, while the bulk of the article talks about alt-right, Nazis and American History X are mentioned, and I think that makes discussing them fair game. Because this article does not exist in vacuum.

Thank you for taking the time to explain your downvote though.

I think I could substitute "obsessed" for "preoccupied" in the future :)

I think that's exactly what is currently happening to the left!

EDIT: But I think the left believe they must be united at all cost. Because anyone not in their group is wrong. I don't get that vibe from any other part of the spectrum: moderate left (if it still exists)/center/right/alt-right/far-right.

It's an interesting story. I find the conclusion not unsurprising. The author seems to assume the existence of `alt-right` as a monolithic group with a specific agenda. As far as I can tell that's not true. These groups may come out together to protest because they've been lumped together by the media. If they weren't all branded `alt-right`, would they connect? If you want to disarm them, divide them! Don't label them as a single group.

A lot of these groups have internally inconsistent ideologies. These can be overlooked for a while as one is drawn to the community. But eventually the novelty wears off and cracks start to show and one realizes that a lot of the personalities are one note and don't actually have anything interesting to say.

This is true about the Left and the Right.

And then one moves on.

Unmoderated quickly devolve into toxic pool of "I don't actually care about what you're saying, I'm just going to downvote/report you". And it works! No discussion can take place just self-reinforcing feedback loop (ironically that's what the author describes in the article!).

Moderated platforms are no better because then one is at the mercy of the moderator.

What are we to do?

I like to discuss anything and everything because I can't turn off my brain and I just think about all kinds of random stuff, a lot. There's no "idle" mode.

There just doesn't seem to be any sane place left on the internet.

What does flagged mean on HN? Not sure why my comment got down-voted so fast. It's a genuine question.

If people can't agree on what Nazi means we should ban the word altogether since it has loaded political context and doesn't foster proper discussion.

It appears to me that:

1) Some use Nazi to mean Nazi Party with proper historical context 2) Some use Nazi as tool to bludgeon anyone they don't like 3) Some use Nazi to be an umbrella term for anything related to fascism, racism, right-leaning ideology, all kinds of other stuff.

If a single word means all kinds of things to all kinds of people, it's a useless word.

Why are Americans so obsessed with Nazis? I mean, I'm from Europe and I don't recall growing up worrying about everyone being a secret (or overt) Nazi, which, unless promptly punched in the face, would somehow take over.

WWII and Nazis destroyed Europe. Are Europeans worried about Nazis? Not as far as I can tell.

Yet all I see from American news is Nazis this Nazis that. Can someone explain?

17 years in US and still no permanent residence of any sort?! That's why I'd never consider moving to US! If I chose a country to live in and they let me in I want to have a possibility of either becoming a citizen or at least have permanent residency (actually permanent; often permanent just means long-term).

Is Green Card that hard to get?

Also, psychedelics make you face your inner demons. Perhaps not right away because the wonders of the experience can be captivating, for a while. But sooner or later they will. Many people I talked to tried something like LSD once or twice and while they enjoyed the fun part they didn't like what they've seen once the party was over and they were left alone with their own thoughts. This is where the benefits are but it's work and it's not easy.

Just imagine something like cannabis lounge where you could take mushrooms in safe setting and if you feel overwhelmed you could talk to a trained staff member. Not necessarily a psychologist, just someone who can guide you through the experience. I really believe it could unleash incredible well-being for the society.

But then who'd gobble up those anxiety or depression or ADHD or sleeping^` pills?

^1 Wasn't there a severe warning issued by FDA on sleeping pills just few days ago? Risk of injury or death? I had some Ambien to sleep on a plane but I thrown that stuff away.

When did we forgo

> Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness

?

"Modern" mentality seems to be that everything is illegal unless government specifically approves. Any substance that emerges and becomes popular enough gets banned immediately (unless there's a huge backlash; I can only recall one case like that, kratom. Don't know much about that substance though). Meanwhile invasive questionable medical treatments and supplements are marketed as safe (government stamp of approval) all the time.

I recall how green tea extract destroyed someone's liver because the dosage was just crazy high. But it's green tea, so must be good for you? Or how about alcohol or tobacco or opioids which are literally killing people?

I think psychedelics should be unbanned first, because it's the right thing to do. The need for more research to treat specific conditions is a separate manner.

At the very least this should apply to mushrooms and perhaps LSD. MDMA can be great even in self-administered setting but I think it has more potential for (unintentional) abuse.

But mushrooms can be abused right? Sure. What about people who died in water drinking or hot-dog eating contents then? Are we going to ban those?

I've never seen "no gaijin" signs here either!

Maybe it helps that I don't read Japanese :P

> or inherited

Sadly I failed to inherit property in major metropolitan area :( I suppose I tried?

Regarding prices I was thinking about rent actually. Owning a house in Bay Area is not something that pops into my mind in most circumstances!

I worked on projects that required complicated FFI bindings to C/C++ libraries. Creating, testing and maintaining such bindings always ends up a huge undertaking. Now I'd think twice. I imagine something like Wayland will have hundreds of functions and if one doesn't want to write C in Rust (which isn't that bad actually) then wrapping up such API is a Herculean task!

> The taxes and financing are such that there is no current scenario where the man could own one or both of these homes.

This is curious. Could you share some numbers? I thought the financing wouldn't be an issue due to incredibly low interest rates.

When I tell people "I live in Tokyo" they immediately assume it's crazy expensive. I always say, compared to what? London? New York? San Francisco? Tokyo is actually cheaper.

And there is choice! I could live 15 min away from where I live and save 30% of my rent. But I love the place where I live! (and I don't need to travel anywhere, just walk. So worth the money).

One can vary the size / location / age of the building and fight something. Tokyo is so amazing due to mixed-use zoning. Apartments, restaurants, shops, office buildings. All tastefully mixed together.

Also the food is so much cheaper. I can get a great, tasty and healthy (-enough) lunch in Tokyo for $10. Same food/quality would cost me $20 in US.

Bay Area is terrible. Pay through the roof to live in the middle of nowhere and spend hours every day in traffic.

If the peg was actually backed by anything then yes, that'd be unusual.

Does this book explore what does it mean to think? This is a topic that I'm interested right now. It became clear to me that the way I think is different than a lot of people do. Most people seem to be the intuitive type. So how does a thought appear in your head? How do you link thoughts together and make a decision? One mental process will be good for training, another for coding. If one were able to articulate the process and describe the state of mind then maybe we can learn better.

This echos my own experience over past couple of months. Deliberate intellectual approach and introspection. I improved a lot when I started doing that. However, when I try to talk about it with my friends and trainers, they dismiss it. I don't expect them to have the answers, but they're not particularly willing to engage in conversation either. They don't understand what I'm talking about. The advice I always get "this is different, you have to feel it". Repeat repeat repeat until you get it. That never worked for me. Or rather, I work hard but the benefits are slim. I feel like I've been getting 30% gains from the training while I could be getting 80%.

It's pretty good, thanks!

Looks cool! But Gnome control center is kinda terrible. I'm on Ubuntu and if I want to connect to my bluetooth headphones I have to use bluetoothctl. The Gnome control panel is a joke and doesn't work. Same for wifi. The widget works but the control panel doesn't

What exactly is "white nationalism"?

First class is probably all nice and cool but given how comfortable business is, I couldn't care less about any fancier service. Just give me flat bed on 13h flight so I can sleep! Bigger screen? Don't care. Fancier food? Don't care.

That said, I'd love to one day fly the first class where they have a bar. Would be cool to sip cocktails and chat with fellow travelers!

Probably to make the whole process speedier and cheaper for the airline.

You'd have to completely finish boarding for lower classes and then give a decent grace period for first class passengers to just show up at their leisure.

Also first class (and often business) are kinda separated so no one stares you down.

I fly premium economy sometimes and you're the first to board and sit upfront and then you have to watch everybody walking by!

It's a world of difference between premium economy and business, sigh.

Norwegian Air Shuttle had a pretty cool idea with their premium cabin. It's not crazy expensive but the seats are so much better!

I'm not so sure. If the car was driverless then yes. But they put a human operator precisely to handle these sort of situations.

They could put eye tracking system in place to make sure the operator pays attention! If the driver doesn't pay attention the car should slowly stop.

Expecting people to always do the right thing is a recipe for disaster.

If there were only few of those around and you could afford one and it had good range imagine how it would cut your commute. Fly to your cabin in the woods in no time (rather than sit in traffic for hours) to chill for a bit? Worth the money.

In one of the companies I worked for we had this really nice semi-automatic espresso machine. The type where you have to unscrew the handle, put the grounds in. I loved making coffee in it! A little break from coding, some manual task to do. Make the coffee, steam the milk, clean up. It was a nice little break.

Then some part broke and instead of fixing it the company bought the fully automatic machine. It was downright terrible (and crazy expensive!). The coffee tasted terrible and more importantly the ritual of making it was gone :(