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btingle··on Show HN: Tuc – When cut doesn’t cut it
Try jq for parsing/selecting JSON data.
btingle··on Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among the young
Are you saying that there is an epidemic of polyamorous, rich, good looking men? In my experience, men dating multiple women at once, while it does happen, is not very common. Same goes for women. If people mostly pair off 1:1, this hypothesis that a small percentage of men control a large percentage of women (occupy chad street?) doesn’t really make any sense.
btingle··on Loneliness is pervasive and rising, particularly among the young
>Naturally there are more men born than women

The ratio of men to women in the US is almost exactly 50/50 (with a slight bias to women!) In fact, that ratio has gone down in favor of women over the years[0], which invalidates your last point. And unless you live in a select few states[1] this holds true.

Instead of there being a secret gender imbalance cover up, it seems much more likely to me that cities with large tech industries (like NYC) are just swimming with sausage.

[0]https://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/c2kbr01-9.pdf

[1]https://www.statista.com/statistics/301946/us-population-mal...

btingle··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
I think my original comment may have been a bit too snarky. But countries like the US could absolutely be doing more for their poor and downtrodden than they currently do. And yes, I guess I am fine with spending "other people's money" (AKA money belonging to people who don't need it) if it means that the quality of life for those with the least advantages was improved.
btingle··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
Because solving the issue of homelessness (or poverty in general) would mean parting with precious, precious currency.
btingle··on We Should Be Building Cities for People, Not Cars (2016)
What do I look like, mother Theresa? It's not my job to solve the city's homelessness problem. Do you mean to say that politicians/public officials/etc should be dealing with the problem?