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bshoemaker··on House Democrats to propose ban on lawmaker stock trading – report
Yet another thing Democrats fight against and Republicans support
bshoemaker··on Supreme Court Overturns Roe vs. Wade
I have grown to hate edgy comments that are like "Well actually now it is just a state's issue and Roe v Wade was poorly decided!".

You're not edgy & insightful. The impact of this decision isn't just pushing pieces around a chess board. It's scared women & girls around the country, it's women dying who wouldn't have otherwise.

bshoemaker··on SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking Elon Musk
Free speech for me but not for thee.
bshoemaker··on Dreaded commute to the city is keeping offices mostly empty
You are one of the very few people to have no kids and a seemingly utopian home. This does not seem like an experience most would have.
bshoemaker··on Much philanthropy is a routinized exchange between salaried bureaucrats
I have always thought this. The fundamental way this is discussed today (taxation as a punitive measure) rather than celebrating the contribution to society titans of industry make when they pay their taxes.
bshoemaker··on Employees are returning to the office to sit on zoom calls
Wtf are you on about
bshoemaker··on Climate change is hitting the planet faster than scientists originally thought
I think it's pretty reasonable to bet on people being incredible stupid and stuck in their ways; concluding that we have a better chance of innovating out of it than changing human behavior is a pretty worthy hedge.
bshoemaker··on Ask HN: How does TurboTax get away with dark patterns?
I've used FreeTaxUSA and it's done everything I've ever wanted.
bshoemaker··on Google Search Is Dying
That's so funny, because I use Google to search reddit, because Google's search of reddit is better than Reddit's.
bshoemaker··on Why U.S. Infrastructure Costs So Much
This is stupid af because there are plenty of other countries with similar incentives & similar levels of corruption who don't have this problem. This sort of low-effort "lol everything bad" adds nothing to the discourse.
bshoemaker··on Nuclear energy is long-term sustainable
I do not understand why this comment is getting votes. The doomer perspective alone should be disqualifying... While we can't completely prevent any climate change, we have already significantly bent the curve and our efforts now are important - 2 degrees warming vs. 4 degrees is incredibly material.

More on this: https://nyti.ms/3Egq7tV

bshoemaker··on Pfizer's oral Covid-19 antiviral cuts hospitalization, death by 85%
Lol it's nice that you can just send all the covid patients to the city to get treated and you guys can pretend covid doesn't exist
bshoemaker··on Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent
Sure, but you're suggesting that they are doing that without any evidence.

This is classic conspiracy theorist rhetoric, whether that's your intention or not.

bshoemaker··on Antiviral Molnupiravir Reduces Risk of Hospitalization/Death by ~50 Percent
Is there any evidence they are?

Otherwise, that sounds like a conspiracy theory itself.

bshoemaker··on Show HN: We built an end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos
I want none of those features.

I want automatic backup, easy sharing, and accessibility from all devices.

bshoemaker··on Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S. offices
Found Marjorie Taylor Greene!

Moved on from the Holocaust comparisons, at least.

bshoemaker··on Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines
It's not that complex. These people also acted like masks were an affront to their liberties. It's not about the facts, they're delusional.
bshoemaker··on Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines
What argument..?

The workforce is safer if vaccines are mandated in the office. Indisputable.

bshoemaker··on Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines
That's nice. I have a baby. I don't want to be exposed to unvaxxed people at the office and risk bringing that home to my baby.
bshoemaker··on Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines
It's a thought, I suppose, but the science is in on the vaccines. It's not in on the case you're talking about, and given the safety & availability of the vaccine it's an easy call.
bshoemaker··on A backlash against gender ideology is starting in universities
Republicans think it's a wedge issue, so they're happy to distract from real issues and ruin trans people's lives.
bshoemaker··on Is education no longer the ‘great equalizer’?
Being a do-er... what a nice, simple, seemingly intuitive concept.

I grew up in a rich area; all of my friends (even the screwballs) are in white-collar jobs, they are all "senior this" and "lead that". I'm 30. Even the people who were serious screw-ups, getting in trouble, drugs, rehab, etc. are doing relatively well - they just had unlimited re-tries.

On the contrary, my wife is from a relatively poor area. Most of the people she knew are poor, have a number of kids, and are just struggling to make ends meet in blue collar jobs.

I don't think my rich kids group had "the ability to DO THINGS". They just had every advantage & their failures were just setbacks in a nearly inevitable path to success.

bshoemaker··on John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US
The more simple explanation would probably be "a person doing this doesn't have a firm grip on reality, and might be a suicide risk"
bshoemaker··on Killing TurboTax
Aren't there a number of tools that people use already other than TurboTax? This seems incorrect.
bshoemaker··on Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast
How in the world has this been upvoted lol
bshoemaker··on Software engineering topics I changed my mind on
> 90% – maybe 93% – of project managers, could probably disappear tomorrow to either no effect or a net gain in efficiency.

I never cease to be surprised when an otherwise intelligent person lays judgment on something they likely do not understand. At larger companies, these types of roles are invaluable. I'm going to charitably that this isn't referring to product management - it's dumb either way though.

bshoemaker··on Gallup: 81% of Black Americans Want Police to Retain Local Presence
The slogan is defund. I.e. reduce
bshoemaker··on Tired of note-taking apps
I just keep a running document with all my meetings, notes, etc. and when I need to pull things out into a more focused document, I do so. It's worked pretty well.
bshoemaker··on The evidence which suggests that Covid-19 is not a naturally evolved virus [pdf]
That's because it's exhausting to debunk idiots & those operating in bad faith (often both); it takes several orders of magnitude more work to respond and debunk that unicorns don't exist than it does to post that they do.
bshoemaker··on Teachers are ready to quit rather than put their lives at risk
This is not true; a) more rural states have a much easier time with covid and b) blue states started off being hit the hardest, but red states are now catching up because their governors are incompetent
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