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jameskegel··on A Lonely Plea: ‘Anybody Need a Grandma for Christmas?’
I needed this.
jameskegel··on California Can Expect Blackouts for a Decade, Says PG&E CEO
It’s really sad how tribalist politics have pervasively overtaken rational discussions. I dream of discourse that doesn’t devolve into conversations about leftists, conservatives, and various interest groups.
jameskegel··on China’s Millennials
What are you doing?
jameskegel··on YouTube faces creator backlash
I interpreted it as 'upspeak'
jameskegel··on Notqmail: Collaborative open-source successor to qmail
My how far we’ve come in such a short few years.
jameskegel··on Why the ‘Weird Internet’ of the GeoCities Era Had to Die
This reply seems needlessly obstinate and accusatory
jameskegel··on No More Shiny Tomorrows: Futurism Needs to Get Real
The exact word you’re looking for is Rhotacism
jameskegel··on The Anti-College Is on the Rise
What value is in a gender studies degree, and what path does that take careerwise?
jameskegel··on Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019
That’s the point here though isn’t it? I don’t want the internet involved with turning the lights on when I have to get up at night.
jameskegel··on The hyper-specialist shops of Berlin
I’d imagine this line of thinking is what Apple hopes for, people burdened with the luxury of choice who just want someone to tell them what they want.
jameskegel··on ‘Minecraft’ Creator Excluded from Anniversary Due to ‘Comments and Opinions’
I feel like this is sarcasm but the real answer is you should act appropriately for your surroundings. Someone else’s event is not your platform, especially so in this case.
jameskegel··on Darling – macOS Translation Layer for Linux
It always has
jameskegel··on I'm one of the inventors of RSS and I need your help to reboot the Internet
You're too wrapped up in the grand vision to invite us for the ride. Don't do that. Give us a quick and concise summary without jargon or marketing flair. If you can't express it in a few sentences, it's not ready.
jameskegel··on Student Charged $14k on Stolen Google Cloud Credentials
I think a lot of the problems we face today are largely unacknowledged by those who create them. The delivery lacked any empathy but does not make it less true. Actions have consequences and ignorance of those outcomes doesn’t mean you can escape them. The world would be a little bit better of a place if we’d stop coddling those who float haphazardly through their own existence.
jameskegel··on How a Tech Billionaire Created Two Fortunes and a Software Sweatshop
I don’t agree with the false equivalency of open source or shareware meaning a lib is crap.
jameskegel··on The Snowden Legacy, part one: What’s changed, really?
I don’t trust them to implement the protocol without deviating from the accepted safe practices surrounding them. It is against their interest.
jameskegel··on Why suicide is falling around the world, and how to bring it down more
If this comment gets any more grey I should probably leave HN because all logic is gone, and we are just voting based on emotions now.

Folks let’s get back back on tech and leave the politics to those with time for unproductive discussion.

jameskegel··on [dead]
I am confused why this story was posted here
jameskegel··on The Complicated Legacy of Stewart Brand’s “Whole Earth Catalog”
No, I think Prepend is right. This is painful to read, feels disjointed at times, then ends abruptly. Good articles aren't written this way.
jameskegel··on AT&T to cut off some customers' service in piracy crackdown
And you won’t be able to do anything but ask because you are not a police officer. ISP isn’t a court and restaurant operators aren’t officers of the law.
jameskegel··on Show HN: Occupod – a solid mobile sleeping shelter
In the case of chemically treated pallets quite simply yes.
jameskegel··on Sunshine Helps Kill Germs Indoors
In my community it is against the rules and deemed unsightly
jameskegel··on Hijacking HTML canvas and PNG images to store arbitrary text data
What site is it
jameskegel··on SoftBank Gives Startups Billions of Reasons to Hold Off IPOs
You don’t have to do this here. Nobody assumed you were saying something with malicious intent.
jameskegel··on How to delete Facebook and not lose your friends and photos
This is the first time I’ve ever heard someone say Orkut was a time monopolizer. Can you share a bit about your background and use for this network?
jameskegel··on How to delete Facebook and not lose your friends and photos
A closed and self hosted family social network without the marketing momentum would be great. Self hosting removes the need for marketing and data sharing shenanigans that most companies require for growth.
jameskegel··on Rethinking our human origins in Africa
Just curious, why is this being grey’d?
jameskegel··on Ask HN: Cheap places to live with a good intellectual atmosphere?
I can’t readily discern where you are going with this comment. Perhaps the point would have been better stated another way.
jameskegel··on French intelligence officer caught selling confidential data on the dark web
One is a large company and one is a person. This is a well worn logical stumbling point that many don’t consider.
jameskegel··on Netflix Is Forcing Hollywood into a Talent War
I love the show and I'm happy I found it. That being said, I think you're right, I watched it initially only because Jonah Hill was in it. Come to think of it, I binge watched it for 2 nights and still haven't finished it, and if you asked me what the story line was, I can only vaguely describe it.
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