throwaway292893
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Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
DDG just uses Bing results. This solution is completely independent.
You may ask why that's needed, just recently DDG was censoring the "tank man" photo on the anniversary of Tiananmen Square because Bing was censoring it.
This new indexer is very much welcome and I hope it stays free of censorship from the CCP, marxists, and others.
Comment · 5 years ago
Trying to spin a strict definition of propaganda to include all propagation of information is disingenuous, regardless of where the original word came from.
And even then you're wrong, you have to go back much earlier to find the shift in definition of the term. The negative connotation that led to our modern definition originated in the French Revolution, not the Cold War.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda#cite_ref-13
> Academic Barbara Diggs-Brown conceives that the negative connotations of the term “propaganda” are associated with the earlier social and political transformations that occurred during the French Revolutionary period movement of 1789 to 1799 between the start and the middle portion of the 19th century, in a time where the word started to be used in a nonclerical and political context.
Before the French Revolution the term was used by the Catholic church and was considered "an ancient and honorable term".
https://www.historians.org/about-aha-and-membership/aha-hist...
WWI & II made the modern definition we know today popular, but both the American and French revolution guided it there.
Comment · 5 years ago
You know exactly what you're doing. It wasn't a big deal then, and it shouldn't be a big deal now. It's cancel culture and you're participating in it.
This is an amazing release and I'm glad Brave revived the technical marvel that was Cliqz, you can see that on display in their blog: https://www.0x65.dev/
But no, you decided to bring up bullshit drama. You're not generally curious, and even if you were, it's not really on topic. It's negative and non-constructive.
You fool no one when you hide behind your "I was just asking a question" defense. You knew ahead of time what your question would provoke.
Comment · 5 years ago
Pretty overblown, been WFH in Texas for 8 years now, the big freeze was the only time we had a power outage, and the only time in my life in Texas we had ice for more than 3 days for that matter.
Is it much better WFH in California during fire season? Seems worse with controlled shutdowns vs friendly letters to conserve energy.
edit: actually a squirrel blew itself and a transformer up on our street one time, that took down power for an hour or so.
edit2: to the poster below, it's possible Oncor in that area is mismanaged like most of ATX, but your experience does not align with my experience.
Comment · 5 years ago
Our homes are usually very well insulated to keep our cool air in, we also don't usually have multi-stories, just a long ranch home that's easier to cool.
What you saw mentioned during the freeze was the conflating of pipe insulation with wall insulation.
We usually don't insulate our pipes because we don't have freezes, this led to bursting of pipes, that was the main damage during the freeze.
There's flex piping that doesn't need insulation, but squirrels and such can chew through them and it's just expensive to re-pipe your home.
I'm sure everyone that had their pipes freeze most likely has flex piping now, at least partially.
Comment · 5 years ago
People are paying for the resource, they should be able to use the resource. If there's not enough resource then the supplier should not sell the resource. No need to shame people for having a preference and using something they paid for.
The hospital and nursing home bit is nice fear mongering but unless you have an instance where that has happened it's not relevant. If we neared too close to capacity due to over demand the electric companies would due controlled brown outs for residential areas. There's also backup generators at hospitals for natural disasters incase a brown out is not possible, and those would not have been prevented by rationing.
Comment · 5 years ago
Source? Everything I've seen says 1 foot rollout is industry standard.
Comment · 5 years ago
You don't see how acceleration is a relevant metric for a car?
Yes, there are other metrics that are important for electric cars such as range and safety, and Tesla leads those metrics as well.
Your bias is glaring in your comment, they set a record for world's fastest production car, your response, "meh that record is irrelevant".
Pretty impressive that Tesla not only broke the record, but broke the will to keep records. The power of salt is crazy.
Fully autonomous is another topic that noone has provided, being mad that you don't have it yet is just about as useful as being mad cars can't hover yet. It benefits no one and is not relevant.
I for one am glad that Tesla put a fire under these other car makers ass. They've been coasting for so long, gouging for expensive upgrades without actually improving anything. They made electric cars shitty on purpose to keep ICE around. Now Tesla is making electric competitive in both looks and speed and your response is meh. I'm glad to see Ford and others taking electric seriously, but it's only because Elon is making Tesla so damn enticing.
I may be a bit biased as well, but I prefer Tesla and its goals and track record vs the automobile giants very sketchy record.
Also I remember the HN discussion from that tire emissions study, consensus was the numbers were fishy:
Comment · 5 years ago
Not a great analogy. Table saws try to prevent you from cutting your finger with flesh-detection saw stops.
Wouldn't hurt emacs to change the default keymap, just like it didn't hurt table saw manufacturers like SawStop or Bosch to include safety mechanisms, it helps.
Comment · 5 years ago
His categories are false. You think all the farmers that don't have an education are the same ones that choose the brand based on status?
No, education is generational. Most younger farmers have gone to a good ag science school like A&M. Most older farmers don't have an education but have tons of experience and use techniques passed down that are essentially the same as what is taught in schools.
Whether you brand whore or not is not based on your education status, which is what OP suggested.
Comment · 5 years ago
An anecdote is not a simplified model. They were stereotypes.
He shoved "uneducated farmers" into the same group of people that idolized John Deere for the brand alone, but did not offer any connection between the two.
Typical HN elitism. My anecdotes do differ, and it's mostly generational. Either you're a younger farmer that has gone to A&M and you're heavy into Ag Science or you're more old school and you use techniques passed down. Or you're a big time operator and none of this applies.
Nothing to do with what OP said.
Is Microsoft an underdog now? Why do you consider them any better than Google, especially after the "tank man" fiasco?
I don't see why it's a bad thing to make your own thing or to only promote your own company.
Brave isn't reinventing the wheel either, they purchased & revived Tailcats from Cliqz (https://0x65.dev/)
The bang operators are a small feature that are easy to implement, nothing special. Taking inspiration and features from competitors is nothing new.
Even in this thread there was a user asking for them, saying they'd switch over if Brave implements them (they already have them obviously)
I don't even think DDG came up with them first...