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programmernews3on News outlet killed story on plagiarism after Cambridge prof hired law firm

Very sad to see a place famed for academic brilliance being taken in by a charlatan. Very embarrassing

programmernews3on The future is not self-hosted

Maidsafe is one of the original crypto grifts that is still going and still hasn't made anything.

If the original funders kept their bitcoin they would be comfortably wealthy. Instead this company has wasted bitcoin that would now be worth billions over the past TWENTY years!

programmernews3on Cult of the Dead Cow – Veilid (2023)

Its a crypto grift

programmernews3on San Francisco school board halts appointment based on race

The melting pot was just a hypothesis and we are living through the experiment.

The theory might not be correct

programmernews3on Man to pay £25,000 ($34,000) damages over negative TrustPilot review

Trustpilot are a scam operation themselves and I agree that they are near-perfect evil.

They shake down companies involved with them and give add very little of value. If anything, they are harmful to ecommerce as it makes people more skeptical of reviews

programmernews3on The Great Climate Migration Has Begun

Developing countries are growing faster than developed countries so their birth rate could do with a drop

programmernews3on Three free meals available daily for any New Yorker

At least if they implement UBI then the need to build the wall on the border will increase.

You cant give away money for free and NOT have strong borders.

programmernews3on Nuclear power is the only green solution (2004)

I agree that improving our energy generation is important.

But we must also get over the idea that we need mass immigration into the West.

The most environmentally friendly thing to do is accept a slow decline in absolute population numbers.

This will mean roads are not as busy, hospitals not full to bursting and the chance to improve the kids to teacher ratio.

programmernews3on Nuclear power is the only green solution (2004)

So you want those in America + Europe (less than one billion) to significantly reduce their consumption, while allowing >7 billion to massively increase their consumption?

Think about the amount of concrete alone that would need to be used to get Africa up to 1st world standards. China used more in a few years than America did in a century. This will have to happen many times over just for the current population level, never mind a growing one!

It is like living in a house and everyone agreeing to cut their energy use by 20%.... while bringing in a new resident every few months.

programmernews3on Those odd-looking security barriers

You could also get arrested for having work tools locked up in your van or even carrying a deadly potato peeler in public

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/3165489/Gardener-arr...

https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/16209261.potato-peeler-l...

programmernews3on Perpetual Debt in the Silicon Savannah

Have you not seen the protests today? Hello?

The last thing they need is money as that will lead to increased consumption or even increased population growth!

This is a climate EMERGENCY so we should limit their ability to gain money, not ease it

programmernews3on How to Host or Attend a Tiny Conference

Did you just assume everyones gender?

programmernews3on A new $100M fund for women founders of color

Yes, it is racist and sexist.

programmernews3on The Ratio of Workers to Retirees Is Plunging Across Developed Economies

Technology will solve the problem - immigration just kicks the can down the road.

If you import a large amount of immigrants they will have less hereditary wealth than the same amount of native Germans.

This increases state dependence when these immigrants become old themselves and enhances the viscous cyle

programmernews3on How the West Got China Wrong

It is very racist to treat a group ("whites") by their skin color in this day and age.

programmernews3on Ask HN: UK Startups – Are You Thinking of Leaving the UK Because of Brexit?

People will follow the money. Corporation tax is likely to go down further.

Its currently 19%, lowest in the G7, and will fall to 17%

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/corporation-tax-t...

programmernews3on In a Robot Economy, All Humans Will Be Marketers

In England there are a large amount of people that live a better lifestyle than the mega rich lived say 100 years ago.

They can raise a family, get given a house, free health care, free education including university, TV, internet, computer games and even holidays.

They dont have to worry about dying from polio, TB, malaria etc. Very little hunger etc

On paper they live a lifestyle better than kings of the past did.

Yet depression and unhappiness is common. Drug use rampant. Suicides high.

programmernews3on Feudalism and the “Algorithmic Economy”

Lets try this in a different context - is this truthful change still acceptable?

Seems to me you're all irked by facts? Sure, plenty of Jewish people aren't prospering. Irrelevant. A disproportionate amount of them are succeeding in the "algorithmic economy." I don't see why this is so taboo to point out.

If race or gender doesn't matter, why do 25% of Harvard places go to Jews? [1] I personally doubt 25% of people in the "algorithmic economy" are Jewish. But I'd love to be corrected about this.

[1] http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/new...

programmernews3on Yelp’s Six-Year Conflict with Google

Trustpilot is the new kid on the block for the review shakedown, blackmail as a service provider

programmernews3on Can America's Farms Survive the Threat of Deportations?

Agree with this.

Illegal immigration, especially in America, is modern day slavery that has been co-opted by the left for their own political gain.

programmernews3on ElectronConf postponed until a “more diverse slate of speakers” can be delivered

Would you support 50% gender equality of speakers at a conference?

Would you support limiting professional teams from hiring black people to allow for a certain number of Asians?

Would you support universities reducing their intake of Jewish students to stop over-representation?

Would you support hospitals hiring a maximum 5% Asian doctors?

programmernews3on Where Games Go to Sleep: The Game Preservation Crisis (2011)

I thought this was going to be about leaving older consoles, like the SNES, on overnight when you couldnt save

programmernews3on Massive permafrost thaw documented in Canada, portending huge carbon release

We also need to treat people that ignore evidence of racial differences the same then.

It is obvious to see - marathon runners, sprinters, etc

programmernews3on What fossil fuels are doing to our oceans

Population control is the only long term option.

It has naturally happened in Japan and most of the West. China is now under control as well.

We now need to limit the artificial growth of Africa by stopping food programs and allowing balance to be reached.

programmernews3on Boston Dynamics unveils 'nightmare-inducing' hybrid robot

Exactly.

Imagine when it is loaded with guns and other weaponry

programmernews3on Why Are Shootings Deadlier in Some Cities Than Others?

www.washingtonpost.com/sf/feature/wp/2013/03/22/gun-deaths-shaped-by-race-in-america/

Non-Hispanic blacks (2.8 per 1,000) and Hispanics (2.2 per 1,000) had higher rates of nonfatal firearm violence than non-Hispanic whites (1.4 per 1,000) https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/fv9311pr.cfm

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/firearms-death-rate-by-...

programmernews3on Why Are Shootings Deadlier in Some Cities Than Others?

I notice a correlation between the cities studied and race. I am surprised that this obvious variable was not taken into account.

programmernews3on What it’s like remote working in Nepal

Are you talking about the white mans burden?

programmernews3on E.U. Agrees to Cross-Border Access to Streaming Services

Well one way to look at it is that the other 27 countries will have to increase their contributions just to break even, or reduce spending.