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ploppyploppy··on The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism
> Be angry at copyright

But this isn't about copyright, they're changing it to appease to the woke authoritarian cult.

ploppyploppy··on London is handing out free meals for all primary school children
I despise Khan.

Elite-accepted Populist with aggressive net-zero policies that are driving down low-income self-employed workers.

ploppyploppy··on London is handing out free meals for all primary school children
> Fast food is now a fraction of the cost of healthy food.

So are they feeding them fast food or not?

ploppyploppy··on London is handing out free meals for all primary school children
You speak of my country with disgust and it offends me.

You know what's kept those wages outside London so low?

ploppyploppy··on The Political Bias of ChatGPT – Extended Analysis
> 1. Mass media brings power, the people who run that media have no incentive to even attempt to be neutral if they wanna keep it that way

That's a symptom of their abuse of power, not intrinsic to the problem of the idea of media neutrality even being possible.

> 2. Even if they wanted to present neutral viewpoints, such a thing does not exist. You never have all information – so the best you can do is go for something fact based and be very strict about the verification of these facts. And a ton of things are just not knowable at all. Staying fact based and not using emotions to steer people is a waste of your power (see point 1)

Don't throw the baby out with the bath water. You can present 2-3 of the main viewpoints on a matter with non-agressive or pursuasive language and that would be _far_ better than the bias we have now.

> 3. Even if there was a "neutral" viewpoint, neutral for whom? When I as an European for example watch the political discourse in the US I can't help but feel the "center" of the discourse is relatively far to the right in comparision to what a typical European would consider "neutral".

That's because there is a monoculture of thought in EU political discourse, and active supression of dissident views. It's against your interest to support this. Millions of people in Europe are brainwashed with viewpoints they parrot but never question.

> If you roll out universal persona that talks to everybody, the natural consequence will be that it will take on a different face depending to whom they are talking to

Why?! What an earth are you talking about?

ploppyploppy··on What modern utilities should be a standard part of a modern unixy distro?
bat, ripgrep, fzf, tmux, fd, git
ploppyploppy··on It's probably time to stop recommending Clean Code (2020)
*Testable, correct & easy to understand
ploppyploppy··on Rust vs. Haskell
I share this opinion. Haskell was my hobby language for 2 years until Rust. I still miss the brevity of Haskell and point-free style in particular.
ploppyploppy··on LocalBitcoins will discontinue its service
Just did KYC for the Gemini app on my phone walking the corridors between the gym and the sauna at my local leisure centre. How are you having so much trouble?
ploppyploppy··on Show HN: iWF – A new “workflow as code” execution engine
Classic over-engineered "enterprisey".

I'll stick with Argo Workflows thanks.

ploppyploppy··on The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession
Do you have any decent examples of where he's been very wrong in his analysis?
ploppyploppy··on Big Tech Layoffs Are Hitting Diversity and Inclusion Jobs Hard
Good. DEI is evil and a cancer on our society.
ploppyploppy··on Tell HN: Coinbase is a joke (product and support)
Why do people insist on using Coinbase when Kraken has none of these issues?
ploppyploppy··on Conservatives think ChatGPT has gone 'woke'
I can get ChatGPT to mock men but not women.

How is that appropriate?

ploppyploppy··on Making Lenses Practical in Java
Jesus just use Kotlin.
ploppyploppy··on A taste of pavex, an upcoming Rust web framework
No thank you
ploppyploppy··on CIA Involvement in Twitter
> "we basically knew already"

More gaslighting.

The fact is this behaviour and bias was rejected and ignored as "paranoia" for years until these files were released to confirm it all and worse - US intelligence and law enforcement involvement.

Shame on them & you.

ploppyploppy··on Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023
> My best nonfiction read was The 1619 Project. It's a heavy read, but I highly recommend it. The runner up would be Christian Livermore's We Are Not OK.

lmao

ploppyploppy··on Ask HN: Do others with young kids prefer work to holidays?
> But in between there's the work. It's only about a quarter century's worth. It's definitely not always fun. It's sometimes memorable, and often heartwarming in a way that intensifies with memory and retelling. Ultimately it's just the stuff that needs doing when we create new humans. Best of luck with it! Every parent can use a little of that.

A great summary that echoes my experience.

ploppyploppy··on Hurl: Run and test HTTP requests with plain text
Love this tool. Was very useful at a previous place and its Rust APIs were easy to extend
ploppyploppy··on Scottish Parliament does not have power to legislate an independence referendum
Yes but we mustn't accept that. Watch the zealots invade this thread with their delusional reasoning for why we must re-do it. It's hilarious
ploppyploppy··on Scottish Parliament does not have power to legislate an independence referendum
Good
ploppyploppy··on UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cost of food basics surging
What's wrong with that?
ploppyploppy··on UK food price inflation hit 16.2% in October – cost of food basics surging
Brexit is bound to have economical impact. Why wouldn't it?

If you asked a heart surgery patient mid surgery if they're doing OK their -- and any professional's -- answer would range from "no, my chest is open" to "inconclusive until the surgery is complete.

ploppyploppy··on Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX Team Among Top Political Donors Before Bankruptcy
> I frankly don't care about the donations.

then

> it doesn't seem to be getting pursued aggressively by the US.

?

ploppyploppy··on Is this the end of crypto?
No
ploppyploppy··on Sam Bankman-Fried tries to explain himself
Vox also complicit, along with the NYTimes, in helping gaslight the public on this criminal's actions and helping him get away with it.

Grotesque.

ploppyploppy··on What Happened at Alameda Research
> The media doesn't seem to be treating it as such.

The massive links to the Democractic party probably have something to do with this.

ploppyploppy··on France uses a custom made declarative language for algorithms of public interest
France is a nation of "not invented here syndrome".
ploppyploppy··on One of the UK’s Largest Pig Farms Closes Down Following Animal Welfare Breaches
What is your proof that horrific crime was caused by abattoir work?
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