skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I see, in a later press conference, after he'd given a full throated condemnation of white supremacy, someone asked him about his fine people comment and he reaffirms his belief that there were people supporting the statue. Again, something that could be false.

The idea that literally dozens of times he directly and clearly denounced white white supremacy, that he practically couldn't shut up for four years about all the great things he was doing for black people, that he passed the criminal justice reform bill, that he funded historically black colleges more than any administration in history, that he created opportunity zones to bring investment into black communities... He's going around the country bragging about these things constantly, but his off the cuff response in a press conference where he reaffirms his belief that there were some non-racist statue supporters... That's when the real truth came out, that was his big signal to the white supremacists that he was on their side in spite of significant policies and repeatedly proclaiming the opposite. That's a wild belief.
Government restriction is aggressive force or the threat thereof. It's unethical. That's the difference.

I have no problem with people redistributing wealth. Just don't use aggressive force or the threat of it to do so.
The point is it should be a disqualifier. There is nothing that can convince me to vote for a person who endorses white supremacists. I cannot compromise on equal rights for all humans.
Their App Store team is completely shooting the rest of Apple in the foot, and I’m amazed that no one there seems to realize this. They are burning good will faster than they can create it.
Like, there is tons of research on this. This isn't up for dispute, except for people who ignore the science.
I didn't say that. "Decide for ourselves" - oh boy, good luck in the era of deep fakes, lies and misinformation.

I do agree with you on one thing - I don't think we should blindly trust Twitter. I am arguing that before censorship, they need to provide a solid source of truth.
Certainly, even the semblance of Trump's association with white supremacy is reason enough for him to go. We saw this evil rear its head in Charlottesville and elsewhere.

But my point is, I very much doubt this is representative of 100% of the Republican electorate. I think its probably something like way less than 1%.

Trump's implicit support of them elevated and amplified them and made them much bigger than they really are.
Like the top comment: I’m sure we already had a post that garnered decent attention - have you added a significant feature that deserves a new post?
Sorry, this is completely incorrect. A, B, A/B, and D all refer to the amplifier topology, not to the quality.
The comment you are replying to does not say nor imply that.

What is telling, is that you think it does.
>I think your whole comment is correct, but instead of not accounting for the propensity factor, they do... just badly :)

In particular, Trump was extremely critical of polls and mail-in voting, and we have pretty much confirmed that his statements caused his supporters to avoid mail-in voting, so it's not too much of a leap to suggest the same thing happened with polls. Notably, this is a different effect from 2016, where IIRC Trump appealed to "non-likely" voters whose responses were inappropriately discounted.
This is not mere cherry picking, these are actual statements, far outside the norm of any other politician at the national stage, that have resulted in violence and even death in the United States.

How can you be discouraged by acknowledging the full spectrum of what this president has encouraged? What are you willing to sweep under the rug to white wash clearly bad behavior?
This is such a blatantly false framing that it's impossible for me to believe you're presenting it in good faith.
Many of the people that voted for him, "support" him only by means of rejection of the other side.

If you are against one party, you will vote for the other. The feeling of being against something is generally much stronger than the feeling of support.

This is not just a Trump issue but a bipartisan one, as I wager most of the 75 million that voted for Biden, simply voted against Trump and the GOP as well.
Getmail supports oauth.

I use these tools for email: Getmail -> sortmail -> mutt

Getmail just gets the email (pop or imap). sortmail is an MDA I wrote to replace procmail. It basically just filters emails into maildir folders. Mutt to read and respond to the emails.
I thought it was generally accepted that John Stuart Mill was the last man to know everything there was to know.

By Haldane's time, knowledge had expanded so much that it was no longer possible for any one person to lay claim to that title.
None of it? We'll even ignore the easy ones like violating the emoluments clause and blatant nepotism.

Withholding aid to Puerto Rico. Calling for the governor of Michigan to be locked up for implementing covid restrictions then refusing to condemn the folks that attempted to kidnap her.

Charlottesville. Sending in Federal Police to kidnap folks in Portland. Refusing to impose sanctions on Russia that had bipartisan support. Refusing to condemn Russia for assassinating citizens of other nations with chemical weapons. Jamaal kashoggi. Saluting North Korean soldiers. Outright telling governor's he was withholding Federal aid unless they did him favors. Etc, etc, etc. "left-leaning media" has absolutely nothing to do with his train wreck of a presidency.

I don't think he managed to go a single month over the last 4 years without violating the Constitution.
You just proved the OPs point. Well done.
Think of the titan m chip like the tom chips in laptops. Is a Lenovo secure because of the tpm? No, it's just one thing that helps, but nothing is 100% secure, iphone or Android. The titan chip helps make some thing more resistant.
> You think the anecdote I listed and the one you listed represent the totality?

Probably not. But I don't see any evidence that the problem extends beyond a few isolated incidents.

> the weak controls that were in place on this process are evidently broken in some critical locations

That is far from evident to me. And your claims are not evidence.

> there’s a systemic problem here that’s getting worse

Claims are not evidence.

> the very real concerns half this country has

The concern may be real, but the problem isn't. It just isn't. (Voter suppression is a real problem. But fraud is not.)

The real concern is (or at least should be) that half the country has lost touch with reality to the extent that a demagogue can make them spend so much mental energy trying to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist.
People in this thread might be interested in this podcast episode: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-stuff-you-should-know-269...

They discuss a lot of the things brought up here and go into details about the actual mechanics of calling people, etc. It's an easy listen.
He said criminal, not felon. A misdemeanor is a class of crimes.
This is HNN.
Are you equating support for trade with the PRC with... white nationalism?
What I fail to understand, as a foreigner, is how someone can vote for a president who is an outright liar. Look no further than his last tweets as of right now. He is denying that he has lost and is insisting that there are illegal things happening (I'm not saying there aren't, but I will go the extra mile and say he has lost it and that only a manchild would say otherwise -- this manchild).

I could not go to bed with a clear mind knowing that I voted for a lying disgusting piece of trash, even if that meant that I was voting for the one whose policies I "agreed with the most".

I guess I _get_ it if you view politics as sports. Sports fans (in the EU) will support their club to death. The president of a football club can be corrupt and they will still probably back them so that they can back the club.

In both cases, these are twisted, unhealthy stances.

I really cannot fathom how so many Americans can vote for this piece of trash human being. I don't think all these people are bigots, racists or idiots; I simply cannot understand how someone can be comfortable with having a piece of shit as the face of the country.

I used to love America and the idea of going to it. I used to think it was lead by hardworking (albeit maybe _too_ hardworking) people. I used to think that maybe healthcare wasn't "that" important because it was _AMERICA_. I can't think like that anymore because a very significant part of the country chooses to be portrayed by an _objectively and openly racist, sexist bigot_.

Heck, I think I'm right leaning on most stuff in life, but I could never ever carry a straight face knowing I contributed to this disaster.

I would rather vote blank (I'm a strong believer in doing just that), against the system, than vote "for" a pig so as to not "vote" for the opposition (a typical argument used by trump "non-supporters who vote for him"). At least the opposition wouldn't put America to shame in such a magnitude. In my country America is now used as an example of what not to be, what not to do. We tolerate its undeniable leadership in the world; we no longer worship it or look at it as somewhat of a better society. It used to be the other way around. What happened, America?
It's far far more than 1%. Vast legions of his supporters cite him saying things that others are not willing to, and that all comes down to his racist views.

It takes a special sort of doublethink to not acknowledge which views he states that no other politician is willing to say.
Better yet, install Linux on all of the hardware you have!

More seriously though, it is difficult for many people to application software. Switching from a commercial to an open source operating system takes that difficulty to the next level since it usually means changing almost all of the software that you use. (Unless, of course, you use open source applications under a commercial operating system.) I suspect a lot of people like to advocate Linux to those using older systems because those people have less to lose.

It is easy for existing users to promote installing Linux on the best computer because we are already familiar with its strengths, we know how to deal with its quirks, and we know that it fits our needs.
When vote counts suddenly stop and then overnight the opponent starts surging, people tend to assume foul play is at hand. This is how it happens everywhere where an actual authoritarian cheats to stay in power, for instance: https://twitter.com/ajplus/status/1186630753523818502. For you to not understand something like this is grounds for people to question the validity of elections all over the world means that you don't understand much about the world, let alone what's happening in your own country. And I speak about this as a non-American who's simply watching it. You're being brainwashed by your media into believing things that aren't true.
Our president not only condones white supremacist groups but dreams about harness their hate and violence. If noticing the somehow undermines Trump supporters that’s not cherrypicking it’s justice.
You could be right, but I'm not really seeing a lot of evidence that "most of the country is ready to move on and accept Biden as President." Not seeing a lot of those Trump rally-goers suddenly deciding that Biden is OK. In fact what I see is a lot of Trump supporters outraged about what they believe is shaping up to be a stolen election. And a lot of comments to the effect that Trump is not Nixon (1960).
Exactly. Side-ism — or the uncritical oversimplification of the complexity that is American politics and American demographics - is about as useful as racism. Honestly, what’s it good for?
Indeed. Historically I would have said conservatives in the US wanted the same thing (increased prosperity for all), and just had different ideas on how that was achieved.

Under Trump, it has become clear that they (edit: Republicans) want something fundamentally different: to do better than other groups of people. They care more about hurting those they disagree with than making things better for anyone.
Don’t forget the Arch wiki for documentation! Sure, only a minority of users run Arch, and probably a minority of those users are running it in production. But, it has some amazing documentation, especially when it comes to weird combinations of things people don’t usually see.
It really doesn't take that many engaged voters to dominate a conversation if it's allowed. 99.5% of the republican base will vote for anyone with an R next to their title.
No there absolute is: it's the side which hasn't ongoingly and repeatedly attempted to murder members of the other.

Property is not lives, and your "but the middle!" is meaningless: the middle if it exists is a group of people going "well, someone's dead, but also what about that vacant Wendy's?"
As far as I know the votes still need to be counted again. And, you can probably forget about that stimulus package if Biden really wins.
"How and Why Government, Universities, and Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers", By Eric R Weinstein PhD

[Hosted at NBER from 1998-2017 where the author was at one time Co-Director / Co-Founder of the Sloan Foundation funded Program on the Economics of Advanced Training / Science and Engineering Workforce Project (PEAT/SEWP)

https://www.ineteconomics.org/uploads/papers/Weinstein-GUI_N...

https://twitter.com/EricRWeinstein/status/107032731818526720...
For seven weeks in 2017 it was the official policy of our government to remove migrant children of all ages from their parents and house them in a cage. Even now the inevitable bureaucratic messups have lost some of these kids; it's possible these families will literally never be whole again. Everyone has their own horrors I guess, but this was what did it for me.
In your road example, they are in fact paying for the roads, and you aren't disputing that, so maybe try finding a better analogy that doesn't undermine your argument.
The conditional option setting with MuttLisp will be very useful
I read your wall of text. You make some interesting points. But I will be honest with you: I also used to think like you, in these long convoluted ways where I was trying to explain everything I saw via programming and all sorts of mathematical extrapolations, and I for a time I believed my own bit. But then I realised: it was all cp and youthful arrogance.

In a nutshell, you are nitpicking. You can always define an arbitrary scale at which nothing matters: you used time in your rabbit example very effectively to discount the usefulness of the "rabbit category". Or you used these XX males as a counter example to a rigid definition of gender. You even yourself realise that this way of thinking is completely useless as you yourself say that the category of species is extremely useful:

> So strictly logically speaking, this definition is useless. Nevertheless, the concept of species is clearly a useful concept that helps us communicate things about the real world. How do we explain this?

I can explain this for you: you are thinking life is logical and "discreet" because you are a programmer and this is what you were taught. It is not: life is... continuous! Like the integral: each point has measure 0 but when you "add" a transfinite amount of 0 measure points you get... non-zero area! This resolves your rabbit paradox: each generation of rabbit is a point with measure 0 since its "difference" is so small with the generation before and after that it we can model it as 0...

Or second model: Rabbit_n = 0.9999 * Rabbit_{n+1}

After 100 generations: similarity is already 0.99

After 1000 generations: similarity is 0.90

After 10000 generations: similarity is 0.36

Tadaa: problem solved. So don't think so hard about this, use your common sense and realise that most people are men and most people are women and a few edge cases do not matter for practical purposes. And this is the crux of the matter: we need to make decisions. Hence we do what you very well describe: we categorise the particle soup around us and we act. So the usefulness of categories/abstractions CAN ONLY EVER BE MEASURED BY THEIR USEFULNESS FOR DECISION MAKING (sorry for caps I but want to emphasize). When I say decision making I mean almost everything: from deciding what sandwich to eat to deciding on how to prove Fermat's last theorem. If categories help you to do things, they are useful. End of story (for me, you can go write a book about this, make sure to send me a free copy).

Finally, this is also all bs so don't take it too seriously: I am a person on the internet.
In what way is a debugger not already this?

Are you asking for better visualizations?
Counterclaims are an international poison pill though, as by doing so you agree to having the case adjudicated under U.S. jurisdiction.

Think twice. Don't let clever legal tricks like were pulled with DMCA catch you out.
It may very well be why is it so surprising? What Trump was doing is just playing politics to a group of stupid people. On the other hand pro-China policies have potential to destroy the social fabric of this country for generations. (I am a Bernie guy do not be so quick to judge)
When I first saw this map, there were no links between South America <-> Africa, and Europe <-> India was pretty limited.

The last major gap seems to be South America <-> New Zealand; the Pacific Ocean is pretty big.
> Well, they've been presenting him as a fascist authoritarian for four years

He literally called them the "enemies of the state". He routinely calls for the prosecution of his political enemies, and has apparently directed his own Department of Justice to that effect.

I mean, sure, it's true that he may not "be" a fascist authoritarian. But he sure acts like one. Is it wrong to report that?
To be effective a filter has to be a restriction, how are they showing people with increased performance with a filter?

Unless the filters aren’t working.....
Completely agree.

People rationally evaluate the cost to breaking the law. It's not a perfect economics 201 model, though, as its not like increasing the enforcement and costs fully deter piracy engagement.
Here in the UK we pay literally half as much per person for healthcare for similar outcomes, and everyone gets covered with no cost at the point of use, no medical bankruptcy.

No one is talking about a free lunch, they are talking about a better, more efficient way of doing it.
You're getting down-voted without anyone else actually providing a rebuttal. But what you're saying matches, roughly, my understanding of what happened. Perhaps their issue is with the way it is phrased, sounding sort of like rhetoric.

So I'll add because I'm more or less with you: I'm sincerely confused how we can spend years alleging Russian interference and now that on a really close election, with contention over the way the ballots were counted, it's being called by the media without presenting doubt despite polling being pretty off? The inconsistency is concerning, in my opinion. What am I not understanding?

If I'd introduced a new system in at work (my understanding is the mass mail-in ballots are new at this scale, but please correct me if I'm wrong) and was testing it and it gave a weird result, I'd at least double check it.
You're projecting quite a lot here. There is a large number of Americans who obviously support Trump, you most likely, and about 47% of them it seems in fact. That said, the prior elections were really close, with Trump even losing the popular vote, so it's really no stretch to think that it didn't take much to tip the scales one way or another, no conspiracy here, just elementary observation.
I will give you an example: gun control.

Wait what?! Doesn't one side want to take the guns away? Doesn't the other side want teachers with guns in schools?

Well, it turns out the majority of Americans not only agree on the need for better gun controls, they actually agree overwhelmingly on certain specific controls as well.

It's a classic wedge issue though, and FUD is deployed to drive that wedge between both sides which prevents most major cooperation on the matter. Unless there is a crisis, and then both sides will make an easy sacrifice to look like they are doing something. Like bump stocks. Nobody really gives AF about bump stocks, so they banned them.
He is, in European terms. The US is on a completely different scale.
At least there were actual catastrophes caused by Bush. Under Trump it was conspiracy theories about Russian collusion.
Division was manufactured when Trump became president? So what do you propose as the reason for why he became president in the first place? Who is responsible for that?
Counterargument: The power supply is overrated. You want to start with high-power but lousy switching power supply. You want to position it far and shielded from your amplifier. You want a decent ferrite bead on the cable, and a decent bypass filter in the box (both electrolytic and ceramic). The high-frequency stuff should mostly be gone. You can then use a linear regulator and a pretty basic filter to clean up the rest, and introduce an extra volt-or-so of drop on the output.

It sounds like a lot, but it's not.
> When both said Iraq had WMDs, did you believe them?

Biden voted for the Iraq War and 70 million people just installed him as President so we can go back to the glorious way things were before. Certainly the billionaire elites, deep state, globalists, big tech, pro war Democrats and Republicans, big business (which loves infinite cheap labor), China - they're all thrilled with where this goes next.

I wonder if all the people cheering for Biden (including the Europeans) will be offering apologies when Biden & Co. start the next round of wars, as we return to the ways things were pre-Trump. Biden's brain is jello, so somebody else is going to be steering the ship the next few years until he steps down for health reasons to set up Harris to run for re-election in 2024 running as the incumbent. Zero chance Biden's health holds up against the rigors of the job given how much he has collapsed mentally in the past four years (the stress of the job will make it that much worse).

As an American, I'm increasingly interested in leaving the country. Not specifically because of Trump or Biden, but because of everything, the general direction of the country, the imploding culture, the partisan venom, the fiscal disaster, the superpower globalism (including the war machine), the disastrous immigration policies. The US is fundamentally broken and will not be repaired, it's only going to get worse as real authoritarianism rises on both sides (socialism and fascism, both of which require extreme political violence, a small taste of which we've just recently been getting). The future of the US is Brazil, with more money. Canada is looking very nice (sane immigration policies, national selfishness regarding their priorities, no war machine, spending allocated effectively (the US spends more of its economy on its mediocre welfare state than Canada does and gets a lot less for it), a stable culture, and national civility).
If you chose to vote for Trump because of his economic policies and the benefits it would get you, you chose money over the safety of your fellow citizens. You felt your fellow non white citizens were less important than your 401k. That when white nationalists were chanting “Jews will not replace us” and the president would not condemn them you stood by him.

There is a massive list of horrible things this president has done. Many acts of fraud through out his entire life. An open child rape court case. Through all of this they have supported him. It’s not one cherry picked example. Trump supporters have nothing to hold up anymore. If you are one, look yourself in the mirror and say “I have been a terrible human being and American citizen, but I will work to be better”.

Trump supporters don’t deserve sympathy or respect. Trump supporting republicans need to earn that.