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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
It's interesting that "Hawaiian" has a different meaning on the islands, and that people might not say "Hawaiian shirt" there just like people don't say "French bread" in France. However, pointing out supposed insensitivity to ethnic groups is pretty much the main hobbyhorse of moralizing busybodies the world over in 2018, and unlikely to win you much affection. It's got to the point where the phrase "the n-word" strikes one as unseemly, and we'll start saying "the word that starts with the letter that comes after 'M'".
Comment · 8 years ago
If you can't suggest a better word than "Hawaiian" when someone wants to say an adjective meaning "from Hawaii", perhaps you should keep your peace?
Comment · 8 years ago
As an aside, those you refer to as "indigenous Polynesian people" are actually a later wave of Tahitian colonists who conquered and oppressed the previous settlers from the Marquesas Islands.
http://www.waimea.com/people.html
So it's not automatic that this particular wave of settlers uniquely deserves to be called "Hawaiian".
Comment · 8 years ago
That's a fine distinction, but what word would you use to describe something that's a product of Hawaii but not ethically Polynesian? Like Hawaiian pineapples, or loco moco? On the islands you could just call it "local" but on the mainland that wouldn't make any sense.
Comment · 8 years ago
But it's not called a native Hawaiian shirt. Hawaiian culture didn't end in 1778.
Comment · 8 years ago
Maybe we could get it "mostly" turnkey just for email, and charge $10/mo to fund 2-3 full-time devops to maintain and extend it.
Comment · 8 years ago
Why am I not using custom AdBlock filters to block pesky social media users? I need to go write a bunch of Mastodon filters now.
Comment · 8 years ago
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/san-francisco-...
> high taxes, inane regulations, petty nanny-state authoritarianism, tolerance for rising lawlessness and disorder on its streets in the name of "compassion"
Comment · 8 years ago
I would focus on patterns for remote collaboration (structured and searchable chat, VR hangouts) combined with old-fashioned face time (monthly or quarterly in-person activities).
Comment · 8 years ago
A portable personal Internet server that runs as a turnkey no-user-maintenance image on AWS, Digital Ocean, and OpenStack. It hosts your email, federated social networking and chat, file sharing and ad-blocking web proxy. The user experience is pure Internet with no ads, surveillance or vendor lock-in, all for $6/mo (hosting + DNS).
Comment · 8 years ago
Many argue the leftist policies of San Francisco's government have been a train wreck too.
Comment · 8 years ago
Good point on reading multiple viewpoints. As for fiction, there are a few writers who say true and interesting things about the world but they don't write Star Wars novels. I'd say "Disgrace" by Coetzee and "Demons" by Dostoevsky are examples.
Comment · 8 years ago
Because history and biography are never fake or manipulative?
Comment · 8 years ago
Unfortunately it's the young generation I'm worried about. 4 in 10 undergrads mistakenly believe "hate speech" is not protected by the 1st Amendment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/a-chilling-study-sho...
You're free to say "Fuck this, I don't want to argue anymore" if you like. The mistake is believing that makes anyone still talking a "harrasser" in the legally actionable sense.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_and_settlement_of_Ha...
Does it actually matter whose ancestors colonized first? What's the difference between Hawaii's colonization by ethnic Tahitians and North America's colonization by ethnic English?