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These are all fine points I agree with. It wouldn't surprise me if there were more racism here. It sounded like I was indignant but I'm really just shocked you manage to break the taboo. But you still have to be careful with these college things... It should be controlled a little.

From a programmer point of view it makes as much sense as deleting a file if it fails to load. Not sure why poor argumentation skills should be the cause to a 2.4M fine. They are unrelated. The woman is not to blame, the system is for not managing situations like this. Like I am to blame if I don't manage exceptions in my code.

It's not, at least in my country France and probably most of Europe... I've never seen a form asking me if I'm white. Was kinda shocked to realize it's common practice in US.

"It clearly says "sponsored content""

Haha no it clearly doesn't. If it was about doing things clearly he would stick to banners and highlighted ads. It doesn't even matter what bias'd SEO guys with twisted morals think, anyway. The majority gets to decide what's right, and obviously the majority thinks it's wrong. Nobody likes to be treated like a fool.

What if when you clicked on a HN story, a third of the time it were an ad? Maybe we could generate false comments to minimize the difference between organic and adverts... Anyway it'd just be content that the webmaster has put there. With a little warning in the footer, to stay morally sound.

The next step is reading people's minds to know what they fantasize about.

[The study, titled “The impact of brain privacy on police investigation,” illustrates the difficulty that CSI teams have in obtaining enough data to build a solid case against criminals.]

It's funny because we'll come to this one day.

One year ago I was tired all the time, couldn't get anything done, had to lay on my bed every hour, ect... And it totally disappeared since everyday I have to walk fast one hour total between uni and my place, instead of commuting. People who don't exercise at all are missing out on something. Now I can procrastinate fully awake.