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Slate.com is another example of a despicable fake news rag though. :-)

"Would", if he ran for president against a democrat back then. As things stand, the article you linked to doesn't directly call him anything of the sort.

I read this as "we don't really care about VB anymore, but we're contractually obliged to say that we do".

How are my statements in any way "inflammatory"? They're as factual as it gets. Is there anything in them that's even up for debate?

Not "Trump", but "one of Trump's companies". There's a difference. Trump would only be really at fault here if he was the author of the discriminatory policies in question, and there's no evidence that he was. Moreover, he testified under oath that he wasn't.

Say the company your work for or have shares in discriminates on the basis of race. Does this make _you_ a racist? Is there any evidence that he was in fact the decision maker when it comes to these policies? FWIW, the very same article you linked to (in a despicable fake news rag, BTW) says "Donald testified repeatedly that he had nothing to do with renting apartments". :-)

Breitbart is less insidious imo. If you go there, chances are pretty good you know it's mostly horseshit. When it comes to e.g. CNN, way too many people take it at face value.

I'm just pointing out that the "legitimate" news sources aren't that much better than Breitbart these days, except a lot of people treat them as though they are.

Millions of people have branded Trump as a "homophobe", where in reality he's the most pro-gay president of all time at the start of his term. Not just republican, any US president, period. Obama was against gay marriage before he was (reluctantly) for it. Trump sees no problem with it.

Same with xenophobia: a xenophobe doesn't marry an immigrant.

Same with misogyny: a misogynist does not appoint a woman to run his campaign.

Same with antisemitism: his daughter converted to Judaism to marry a Jew, who also had a hand in running his campaign.

Same with racism: he wasn't in any way called "racist" by anybody until he ran for president, and there are numerous photos of him with prominent members of the black community dating back decades.

Much of the slander we've seen about the guy is totally fake. It seems HRC had very little of substance other than the pussy grab tape (note that there's no evidence it was anything other than talk), so they just made shit up and told CNN to air it 24x7. And CNN gladly obliged.

When the same people that manufactured and spread fake news start lecturing us about the harm of fake news, I just facepalm.

Press will never be the same again. Over the past year and a half, most mainstream press outlets have shown themselves to be nothing more than a propaganda wing of the party their owners affiliate themselves with. This was particularly obvious on the democratic side, where they worked really hard to shove a pre-selected, cheating psychopath into the White House, and failed, much to the chagrin of their owners.

If there was any doubt about the lack of impartiality and fairness, we're way beyond it now. No matter what they "report" now, their reputation is gone and only completely gullible idiots trust any of it.

This reminds me very much of Soviet Pravda newspaper, where you'd first read the article, and then try to read between the lines and guess what really happened.

I'm pretty sure they'll still be around. They're all open source.

It's ironic in the sense that California liberals literally let their guy get away with murder, but for a republican, they're all indignant and stuff for a much smaller offense. Not only is this ironic, it's pathetic and hypocritical as well.

Thing is, you only need to configure Vim once, and then use your version controlled config everywhere for 10 years, very gradually improving it. I doubt VSCode will even exist in 10 years.

Not funny per se, ironic. But there's no smiley for "ironic".

I prefer console in general, for everything. I've been doing this for 20+ years, and you can pry it from my cold, dead hands.

VSCode/Atom are great, but for most folks on UNIX they are worthless, since you have to use something else when ssh-d into another machine. So folks build these elaborate Vim and EMACS set-ups so that they could use the same editor and the same config on all of their machines, whether they're local or remote. Vim is an acquired taste, but once acquired, it's pretty awesome.

Where did I find fault with ACLU? This problem is much broader than them. They're merely a reflection of the larger society.

I just wonder if they'd be as passionate about defending civil liberties if a devout Muslim photographer refused to photograph a Bar Mitzvah of a gay Jew. Would that be illegal? Or does this only apply to Christians?

Funny how YC didn't consider it sensible to sponsor ACLU back then. :-)

I wonder if they will at some point remove the crap that's needed for 32 bit mode from the die. That could shrink the die size a tiny bit.

LOL, no. Don't be naive.

It's actually "universal" now, for the first time in history. You can run anything through it, including power and your 4/5K displays. It's far less "serial" than it used to be, though.

You don't have to "replace peripherals" in most cases. USB-C to USB2 and USB3 cables exist. Just buy a cable and enjoy not having to guess which way is up for the first time ever.

The only major pain point is really the monitor.

>> Why is it a bad thing?

Because it achieves NOTHING. If the goal is to help those affected, the ONLY way to do that is by engaging with the administration. The only way you can engage with this particular administration is by not shitting all over it no matter what it does. This is what Musk is attempting to do. What the protesters are doing is ACTIVELY HARMFUL to that goal, because it makes softening of the restrictions politically unfeasible.

On the other hand if the goal is to show each other how "progressive" you are, sure, go ahead and block the airports, burn effigies, beat and torture Trump supporters, etc. But don't act all surprised when this leads to nothing of consequence.

It's not just irrelevant, it's detrimental. The US should conduct itself from a position of power, not preemptively apologize for hurting other governments' feelings like Obama did. You do not bow to any king. You insist on exiting your plane to whatever exit you want, not through the fucking back door like Obama had to do in China. You demand respect. You demand red carpet and honor guard. You make sure to communicate unambiguously that you will not be manipulated by what's "politically correct", and you can only be swayed by the cold, hard facts of the situation, and your country's interest. You make others pay their fair share. You undo obviously bad trade deals. You negotiate good (or at least better) deals. Basically all of these things is what Obama failed to deliver.

Rumor is, Trump will issue a EO that is much smarter than this bill. In particular it's supposed to replace the lottery system with a priority queue, in which priority will be determined by salary. Combined with a cap, this will lead the system to letting only the most expensive workers through. Not ideal, but better than any alternative I have heard of so far.

Doesn't matter who she is. She's not a judge and DOJ is not a part of the judicial branch. Only a judge can stay or overrule an EO. She was way out of line, by a mile, and she got fired for it.

Funny as well that when Obama unceremoniously fired James Mattis without even bothering to communicate his decision why, no eyebrows were raised and he wasn't called a 5yo. Mattis's fault? He didn't want us to bomb Iran.

Nah, a serious question wouldn't presuppose a particular answer. I think you've made up your mind long before you asked it.

But I'll oblige anyway. Virtue signaling in this context means that actions of individuals are directed mostly at people within their political and social group, not outside it. Their main purpose is similar to that of a Facebook "like", to communicate adherence to a shared set of beliefs, not to change anything per se. Indeed, in this political climate, where silent majority is actually in favor of the ban, to be in favor of it in the social circles of coastal elites could be harmful to one's well being. These days you have to constantly and proactively reaffirm your adherence to the latest groupthink.

This is further exacerbated by a rather severe level of hypocrisy demonstrated by those within the currently active protest group. When "their" people do the same or worse things, there's no protest or condemnation. Why? Because that wouldn't signal virtue to the socio-political group in question.

People on the right are prone to this too, but seemingly to a much lesser extent. In particular they don't seem to care much about protests.

What's so "unreal" about firing an Obama appointee for blatant insubordination? Obama fired all of Dubya's people too, a Bush fired all of Clinton's people likewise. She was just keeping the chair warm for Sessions anyway.

This is what's baffling to me. _Everything_ Trump does is interpreted in the most bizarre and paranoid way possible.

I eagerly await the H1B order later this week. Once it is signed, HN will all of a sudden proclaim its unending love for H1B abuse in a paroxysm of cognitive dissonance.

Trump is 70 years old and he's currently the most powerful man in the world. He won't be "controlled" by anyone. But he likely will listen to the advice of people he respects.

Has there been any case in recent history (20 years) in which a president has changed anything of any consequence due to mass protest?

Musk is on the _advisory board_. It could be that this advisory board is a farce, or it could be that Trump would actually listen to a fellow "billionaire playboy philanthropist".

One thing is pretty clear to me: Trump is not going to give a shit about either the liberal press (or in fact press in general), or liberal intelligentsia protesting in the street, especially if both demonize and disparage him no matter what he does, and refuse dialogue.