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JetAloneon Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initiative

He did say he was a liberal. I don't think it's possible to be a left wing westerner without embracing the prevailing cultural attitude of activist pettiness, at least a little bit.

JetAloneon The Twitter Files Part 2: Twitter's Secret Blacklists

Right, so now that this thing has been proved we're moving on to the "They did and it's a good thing" phase.

JetAloneon Canada's Trudeau says people in China should be allowed to protest

I almost misread that as "Trudeau says Canadians should be allowed to protest in Chinatown".

JetAloneon Evacuations in Indonesia as Mount Semeru erupts, spewing river of lava

Interesting, there was a volcanic eruption emergency in Hawaii 3 days ago. Maybe this won't be all the tectonic activity we see in the pacific...

JetAloneon Porting Doom to the 3D0 Console

Oh neat, the Doom port was gonna have Command and Conquer style FMVs.

JetAloneon Heavenbanning can reduce toxicity on the Internet

https://fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Yes_Man

Yes.

JetAloneon Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political tolerance

Yeah, it's all tribal for them. Freedoms are to be defended if and only if it's good of the political tribe, over and against the rival political tribe. Adherence to the valued principles of yesteryear is all just for optics.

Nowadays, freedom of speech is a funny meme about how nobody should be able to hear you yell "fire" at a crowded gay bakery. Let it all burn down.

JetAloneon Cognitive ability is a powerful predictor of political tolerance

It's not a paradox, it's a contradiction. The "open society" is a closed circuit.

JetAloneon The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value

And not just gay cakes, we're going to compel bakers to make "It's ok to be white" cakes against their conscience. And let them eat those, too.

JetAloneon The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value

No.

JetAloneon The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value

For real, why bother speaking when there's all-you-can-eat cake?

JetAloneon The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value

Not if you don't want to get downvoted lol. The people in the protected categories get to force you to associate with them, it's really simple.

JetAloneon The distinction between free speech as a legal right and cultural value

Let them eat gay wedding cake.

JetAloneon The tide is turning against autocracy

Or, it's the thing I don't like that causes the wave.

JetAloneon The tide is turning against autocracy

Everything that happens is a wave that rolls over whatever I don't like.

JetAloneon Ask HN: Are you usually late, and if so why?

-Start work late

-Work hours are long, goes on too late into the day

-Revenge night burn

-Sleep too late

-Rolls into weekends, very hard to be ready for plans.

JetAloneon India's Central Bank(RBI) Introduces Retail Digital Currency

Yep, you could adapt it for a protest sign against completely disenfranchising the untouchables of society from buying or selling.

JetAloneon Ask HN: How do you overcome feeling completely lost in life?

Hope you got those dishes done, man.

JetAloneon India's Central Bank(RBI) Introduces Retail Digital Currency

India will go cashless before it goes casteless.

JetAloneon Can This Man Stop Lying?

Feels like they must recruit important people from his support group.

JetAloneon Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays

I haven't played MTG in ages, and decided to check out their website to see what the new cards are like. Aoparently there's a new mechanic "More than meets the eye" letting you cast Optimus Prime for one less mana...? Apparently it's just, part of the Brothers' War set now. It's like those fortnite ads I see for Naruto or Goku being in the game now. Games just aren't allowed to have their own aesthetic anymore because crossover deals are apparently too profitable. Totally felt off.

JetAloneon Americans prefer to harm their own political cause than help an opposing one

It reminds me of game theory. People with strong political beliefs see themselves as hostages of each other.

JetAloneon Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays

Yes, your docking station is effectively a primitive duel disc. The write-able cards are new, though.

JetAloneon Show HN: Trading cards made with e-ink displays

Why are the ports for the card bays Sephirot shaped? Does this game's lore have some Talmudic angelology inspiration?

JetAloneon China Got Our Kids Hooked on ‘Digital Fentanyl’

绿帽

JetAloneon China Got Our Kids Hooked on ‘Digital Fentanyl’

白右影响危险

JetAloneon Ask HN: Which jobs will survive and which will disappear in 50 years?

A new line of work will be created; Butlerian Jihadi.

JetAloneon Elon Admits His Content Moderation Council Was Always a Sham to Keep Advertisers

Advertisements in general are just crummy. These are people who sell our privacy and attention to greedy suits who hire marketing departments to create a generic product-centric universe with a soundscape of corporate elevator music from hell. They don't care about our "safety", they only really want the minimal amount of our trust required to not lose enough sales to go under. The idea that they or their self-reported ESG score stand for anything is laughable.

JetAloneon Are ‘Dark Ages’ Inevitable?

I can't unsee Dark Ages' inevitability as that of people, in aggregate, suffering some combination of poor social relationships and exploitative societal relationships during difficult times, and then succumbing to laziness out of indifference as a response.

JetAloneon Anime is the reason I won't switch from Android to iPhone

Lol, salty iPhanboys dislike? I must have hurt your feelings almost as much as your wallet.