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chance_state··on California plan for wealth tax on anyone who spends 60 days a year in the state
But "Democrat supporters" sounds worse, which is why they use that word instead.
chance_state··on New York Times retracts core of podcast series ‘Caliphate’
Here's another classic: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/27/manafort-hel...
chance_state··on Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in 737 MAX testing: U.S. Senate report
I used to be a huge Greenwald fan. I think he handled the Snowden era like a total pro.

But lately the guy just sounds crazy. His takes are all incredibly predictable: Biden bad, Trump actually good for this one weird reason, libs hypocrites, Obama is a murderer, etc. All the same, boring, tired takes.

chance_state··on Boeing 'inappropriately coached' pilots in 737 MAX testing: U.S. Senate report
> If people refuse to fly the 737 MAX, hopefully they go bankrupt and the existing management can be replaced.

Lol.

As if Boeing would ever be allowed to go out of business.

chance_state··on U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise
Hugo Chavez hacked our election from the grave. Oh and he also manufactured millions of paper ballots that match the electionic tabulation almost perfectly.

The deep state is deeper than we thought!

chance_state··on U.S. Treasury, Commerce Depts. Hacked Through SolarWinds Compromise
Did you read the book?

They work extensively with industry to patch vulnerabilities. There's a whole committee and process for it.

chance_state··on FTC Sues Facebook for Illegal Monopolization
No.

Dang, please do not change the UI.

chance_state··on No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore (2018)
> Do you have plans to address the criticisms you've had on Youtube and Reddit comments?

Isn't this just an advertising platform? Why would we address criticisms here?

chance_state··on Rga: Ripgrep, but also search in PDFs, E-Books, Office documents, zip, tar.gz
It's a joke.
chance_state··on ‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
> Do you regularly record interactions with your coworkers, on the chance they may say something incriminating?

If I'm so upset at work that I'm about to publicly call someone a racist? Yeah, I usually gather some evidence rather than just smear them.

Just throwing accusations works in 2020, however.

chance_state··on ‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase
Would the NYT just go off and... write an ideological hit piece?

Impossible!

chance_state··on Nearly 28M licensed Texas drivers hit by data breach
Yes.
chance_state··on EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf]
So stop letting "that kind of people" into your country rather than take away everyone else's rights.
chance_state··on EU Draft Council Declaration Against Encryption [pdf]
Lol, what?
chance_state··on Hate crime bill: Hate talk in homes ‘must be prosecuted’
> At some point you are no longer asking what topics are offensive, but rather what topics are safe.

Isn't that the point of the thought and speech policing we're seeing lately?

chance_state··on Electoral College Decision Tree
> Do you also only think that crimes happen only if it gets reported? Meaning if 50 burglaries happen to 100 people but only 2 people reported it, does that mean the burglary rate is 2% or 50%? This is why I don't bother with these worthless metrics as I'll explain in the next paragraph regarding trump.

Based on this middle school level of understanding of polling and crime statistics, I'll skip the rest of the comment, but thanks.

chance_state··on Chess’s Cheating Crisis
Are they trying to hit 50% female participation?
chance_state··on Eric Yuan's Visa Application Was Rejected 8 Times
Maybe since the foundation of nation states, humans have been pondering immigration, and everyone in modern history has it wrong except you?
chance_state··on Eric Yuan's Visa Application Was Rejected 8 Times
> You don’t know who the best and brightest are when they’re crossing the border

Not sure how anyone can say stuff like this with a straight face. Of course you know. In fact, we already have programs to get these people into the US on a faster track. There are problems with these programs, like any, that we should improve. Opening the borders to all comers is not a viable option.

chance_state··on iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro
Not an excuse and never has been.
chance_state··on A Note about Spotify Transfers
What kind of Spotify automations do you have?
chance_state··on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
She is an illegal immigrant, who had an anchor baby, who engaged in chain migration. Hilarious.
chance_state··on The FBI Team Sent to ‘Exploit’ Protesters’ Phones in Portland
Yes, it's well known that the FBI deploys teams of agents to downvote comments on posts on HN.

It's definitely not that most people think this kind of talk is insane. Definitely not that. It's the FBI.

chance_state··on California Is Built to Burn
I have the same feelings about Americans living in a geographic area called "tornado alley".
chance_state··on Ask HN: Why Paul Graham’s Website Isn’t Using HTTPS?
What do they insert? Ads?
chance_state··on How the Police Use AI to Track and Identify You
Do you have any data on how effective this technique is?
chance_state··on Several Apple Services Down
This is good for bitcoin.
chance_state··on Amnesty International India Halts Its Work in India Due to Government Reprisal
(for manufacturers)

"In China they roll out the red carpet, in India they roll out the red tape."

chance_state··on Crows possess higher intelligence long thought a primarily human attribute
Of course they could, but they can already fly. See? Intelligence.
chance_state··on Assange Hearing Day 14
I think this is overly cynical. There are TONS of Netflix shows focusing on wrongful conviction and other legal system injustice, and they're a huge hit.
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