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thecanmanon Twitter migrates data to Google Cloud

Well I'm sure they still have amazing career prospects just based on their resumes.

thecanmanon Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019: Tesla, VMWare, Microsoft, and more

What does that have to do with what he said about Tesla? Are you going to debate with him or are you going to make another non-contributing comment?

thecanmanon Ask HN: How old were the most talented software engineers you've met?

This isn't Reddit. Please read the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Specifically, "Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. "

thecanmanon What Isaac Asimov Taught Us About Predicting the Future

It's disappointing to start reading a potentially interesting article about Asimov only to find out halfway through it's being used as another anti-Trump piece instead of concluding with anything insightful.

thecanmanon Inside the booming business of background music

Is that because it's perceived as being annoying to listen to or are they aware that their actions are trying to be subtly manipulated?

thecanmanon China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon

Most important building block of life

thecanmanon What I learned at work this year

I or others shouldn't have to pay more for sugar because of others inability to limit themselves. There's already several other "taxes" we have to pay. No one wants to add another thing on that list.

thecanmanon Court rules universities may have duty to block websites that harass students

Uni is essentially extended High-School for students nowadays, unfortunately.

thecanmanon Few people are actually trapped in filter bubbles. Why do they say they are?

Are your "Rights" and "Lefts" the same as ours in the US? I think it can all vary, but it would provide interesting context. Is the UK's right more closely aligned with the House of Lords or the like?

thecanmanon Why parking minimums almost destroyed my town and how we repealed them (2017)

It's a bit sad to see a comment like this downvoted even though it had effort put into it and gives a perspective that most here don't even know about. Despite the antagonism towards the French commuters I found it enlightening.

thecanmanon Modern China Is So Crazy It Needs a New Literary Genre (2016)

Maybe "oppression" is too strong a word, but some definitely take advantage (in a negative context) of others because of their status. For example, I work on a gov't site where we are required to buy from minority-owned groups. Well they know this so they charge outrageous prices when selling to us and we can't do anything about it. This is with tax money to boot.

thecanmanon What we learned from 3 years of bra engineering, and what's next

Third-wave comes with their own set of problems, as an aside. They definitely have not moved away from kinkshaming and sex-negativity.