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I don't think it's unreasonable to complain about HN not having the same functionality that every other social media site has.

I answered that in my original post: "I understand that there are other options (reset password to random gibberish, run a script to delete my comments[, or, third option I'm inserting now, which seemed obvious to the point of not bothering to state it, just stop using the site]) and none of that would provide the catharsis I aimed for so I'm still here, for now, I guess."

Just told you, there's no delete button.

Some version of "these comments are a donation to the community and the idea of taking your ball and going home is anathema to what we are trying to build here"

which is a long way of saying "we think our shit don't stink"

I've recently (over two months) deleted my Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook accounts and was not impressed by what I found when I went to delete my HN account.

I understand that there are other options (reset password to random gibberish, run a script to delete my comments) and none of that would provide the catharsis I aimed for so I'm still here, for now, I guess.

Edit: looking at the other replies next to mine, I think "we think our shit don't stink" was an accurate description of what's going on here.

For some value of "just fine"

https://www.businessinsider.com/leaked-twitter-documents-ad-...

Not that it's worth much but I recently deleted my Twitter account (and then a few weeks later, also, my Reddit account)

I think it explains the why quite clearly- editorial independence. It's a big deal. NPR is allowed to be critical of the US government in a way that RT is not.

If it's a progressive plank, surely you can provide an example of an actual progressive politician making the argument, yes? Instead of two private, non-elected people, that no one who doesn't have an agenda to push has ever heard of? You know, something to tie it to actual progressives, so that it doesn't just look like you're nutpicking.

no, not like that fellow you didn't name and made an unbelievable and unsourced claim about

They detected the incident on the 29th of December. I kinda think that regardless of what day they disclosed, from that day to today, people would find various reasons to complain- "to soon to know what happened", "the day before New Years", "the day after New Years", and "too long after the event". In snark I will suggest that's a pessimist voice you're hearing- the cynic in me wonders if there's any time to disclose that won't receive a complaint.

I mean...surely you're aware that, at this time, already, there are many people committing non-violent crimes, and being sentenced, and not being incarcerated, right? Punishments include fines, travel restrictions, wage garnishment, loss of license or ability to hold certain types of position, monitoring of movement, there's quite a list. Unless you think "all people convicted of a crime go to jail" is already true- and it is not- the answer to your question is "what we're already doing".

Yes, I think that non-violent offenders should not be sent to jail, and I think that we should only punish people for what we can prove in a court of law.

They're already out of top sport by virtue of not being able to compete against people who are actually at the top of the sport. Really we should be coming up with better ways to divide "top sport" than gender. Weight class, for example. Or just skill level/rankings regardless of gender and stop acting like #1 in both things is the same.

Immigrants: you don't get to choose where you're born. Dual citizenship seems similar. I see no particular reason to consider "allegiance to the government" as a matter of trustworthiness, barring actual treason.

Job search: this is a real topic of debate in the business world already, but seems pretty commonly accepted due to the deteriorating nature of employer-employee relationships.

Religious conversions: the "you don't get to choose birth religion" argument from above combined with the inherently illogical nature of religion makes this one nearly impossible to judge on.

Unfaithful before marriage: seems pretty easy to toss this into the same category as "unfaithful during marriage".

Not trying to be flippant, but I genuinely do see basically all of the cases you listed as strictly less serious than being unfaithful during a committed relationship.

Of the three, Madoff killed no one.

Also of the three, Madoff was a real person, not a fictional character, which is probably where the comparisons start to fall apart.

Just do NOT stick the probes into your fingers, ie, don't break your skin. Depending on the multimeter this can be extremely dangerous.

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