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I'll stop posting then and if there is ever any reference or link to me on HN, remove it. Thanks.
I'm happy to absolutely no contact with HN/YCombinator/related companies if they do the same. :)
I've used Riot as a Slack replacement and setup notification bots. Its effective for the task and I could use the IRC bridge for a similar function.
Only reason I moved over to Discord was too many chat apps and the hobby users were all on Discord anyway.
I use Discord in place of Slack for hobby/non-professional projects.
The problem with Discord tbh is I've found it to be less reliable than Slack in terms of uptime/push notifications. It also has fewer devop functions prebuilt which means building them out.
Not a big deal if you are a hobbyist, is a big deal if you are paying people $100+/hr to do it.
As an independent, I'm given two choices every election to pick from. I like neither and hold my nose as I vote for the lesser evil.
Do you feel I should be held responsible for the actions of Trump given:
A) I didn't vote for him.
B) I didn't really want to vote for Clinton, but I did.
C) I didn't have a third option with a realistic chance of winning the presidency.
D) The "lesser evil" voting strategy has been my life since I turned 18 and I can't really stand either party.
If you answered "No", you just admitted there is no true majority in the US since this is how a third of the electorate votes.
Individual actions by individual actors in the US political system were evil. That does not mean US as a whole is evil. Merely that evil people got into power for periods of time.
A country cannot be judged as if it acted with one mind, one body, and one will.
Also resulted in the greatest era in human history in terms of peace and prosperity.
You are confusing Capitalism with foreign policy.
Why not?
Where do you think all this anti-US violence comes from?
Empires have never fared well once they fell from power with the exception of the British who were geographically isolated and had very powerful allies.
Simply because the bloodshed caused by US foreign policy mostly occurs on foreign soil doesn't mean it will stop just because the US is no longer an empire.
I think it's hard being at the top and maintaining global order. You get blamed for everything and you get credit for nothing.
The US actively instigated violent revolutions, torture, and abuses in other countries. Pretending that is "part of maintaining global order" is absurd.
The pillars of what the US is credited for is something half the population actively rebels against (globalism, free trade) and were achieved in spite of the popular will domestically.
Simply because I believe a certain technique should be verboten doesn't mean I ignored credit for the US's successes.
While it has happened, the West's free trade and globalist policies are built on the belief that trade greatly reduces the odds of war. The WTO, the UN, the EU, etc. are all built on the idea that strong/fair economic ties reduce the risk of WWI/WWII type conflicts.
Yeah but your statements are largely irrelevant to what I was saying. A heavily influenced vote with borderline +/-2% isn't what I was discussing.
I would argue it's not colonialism, these countries can always say no, it just depends on political will and strength. That's not really China's fault or concern.
That is the US's rational for doing the same thing, yes.
It doesn't end well. It results in stuff like the Iranian revolution. Installing and/or supporting "friendly leaders" who then push deals that are against the local national interest results in a great deal of hostility in the long run.
The reason the US is hated isn't that the US is evil. It is the fact the US meddled in the affairs of others more than they should have and then leveraged concessions beyond what the native population wanted. China is repeating that mistake.
Again, the US has done similar things in the past, hence the numerous US air force bases scattered around the world. It's simply practical to gain soft power, and then convert that soft power into harder power.
Practical? Yes. If you are expecting to go to war.
If no war materializes, you've destroyed any chance of popular support in that country indefinitely. China is burning bridges with the native populations in these countries that won't go away in 5 years.
They don't do that usually. They just donate to incumbents.
Not stopping the overthrow of the Shah (and then admitting him to the United States) may have been a mistake because of the hostage crisis that unfolded and also created geopolitical instability that continues to this day.
Fighting to defend a dictator the West effectively installed to suppress a populist movement was unlikely to have a better outcome than the Shah being ousted.
People in the West seem to forget the Iranian Revolution was _extremely_ popular in Iran.
Why was it popular?
Because the Shah was a corrupt and oppressive regime that was hated by the Iranian people. The Iranian Revolution wasn't the first time he was forced out of Iran either.
This delusion that Iran could be "ruled" by the Shah as a positive outcome needs to stop. It isn't borne out by the facts and it would have ended up collapsing eventually. Popular leaders don't need organizations like SAVAK to torture its own people.
https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_39,_Supermajo...
It is a bit nuanced but there are several forms of fund raising and such that require a 55% majority to pass.
We have other things that require a 2/3rds majority as well.
There is no conspiracy and I don't think that it is fair to accuse your police and government of being arseholes (to put words in your mouth!) Sometimes we simply have to accept that our personal will does not always dovetail with that of the majority - that is how democracy works. To be fair though, there is also nothing wrong with getting a good rant in on HN.
You've clearly never dealt with either in the US for a protracted period of time.
Yes, they very much are. Their response to them breaking the law and/or making a mistake is "Fuck off, sue us."
If you feel really strongly about healthcare, why not emigrate to the UK? Our NHS is bloody amazing and only costs: https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance/how-much-you-pay - roughly 12% of your salary. There is a lower band and an upper band so it is not 12% of everything you earn and it also covers unemployment payments and other things.
A) You are moving the goal posts from the original discussion.
B) I was born here. I'm not leaving just because I don't win every battle.
Brexit was decided on an embarrassingly close vote: 51.9%
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/10/russian-influe...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/britains-russia...
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/06/top-brexit-back...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-43336351
The four most recent readings - taken by BMG Research and Survation between November and January - have, on average, once the 8% who said "don't know" are left to one side, put Remain on 52% and Leave on 48%.
Now that it isn't being influenced by an outside party, it is no longer narrowly winning.
To be honest, I don't think people should cry they have a mandate from the people with less than a 55% majority.
At what point does the technical community stop trying to technically interfere with the efforts of law enforcement, and start trying to change the laws that make law enforcement behave this way?
Law enforcement and government are addicted to power to an unhealthy degree. Convincing people to voluntarily give up power is rarely successful.
You seem to believe majority support is enough to make something happen. It is not.
The Public Option has 75% popular support. Medicare-For-All has 59% popular support.
Yet we have neither.
It isn't that complex and to be 100% honest, once you know how it works, its very easy to test for yourself with extremely consistent results. The bans are more a result of me testing their belief in the first amendment for my own curiosity rather than anything you need to apologize for. I intentionally bait conservatives that claim they are pro-free speech to watch the hypocrisy and to confirm my belief in their dishonesty is correct.
The loophole used to "justify" my bans is almost always:
User who doesn't agree with conservative narrative posts facts viewed as damaging -> Conservatives report you as "spamming" -> powers that be ban you as a "spammer" due to moderation mechanisms based on N reports.
Sometimes it involves human intervention as well, sometimes not.
For instance:
https://old.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/96h0dy/pc_case_...
PC case maker CaseLabs says it has been 'forced into bankruptcy and liquidation' by US tariffs (Prices went up 80%!) -- Thanks Folks and I await your censorship ban.
I know they are going to do that after I posted that, even included it in the title, and was banned. :)
I was also banned for similar posts on a couple news sites.
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Pretty much any major "Conservative" subreddit has banned my account (or another one of my Reddit accounts) at this point. Voat/Gab, I'm banned platform wide.
I have been banned from:
Voat
Gab
16 Republican subreddits
Multiple GOP "news" sites
I can try to come up with a comprehensive list if it's really worth it?
Conservatives have a far, far lower bar to censor people than Twitter, et al. (i.e. /r/The_Donald on Reddit)
Why does no one call them out on their echo chambers that ban anyone who calls BS?
Even their "free speech" platforms do this. (i.e. Gab)
There is no private party that genuinely protects people's first amendment rights.
The problem with Spaces as static hosting is it doesn't handle index.html/index.htm correctly so you need a CDN with edge rules.
Sorry. Spaces = Digital Ocean's Spaces product. $5/month. Park a CDN in front of it with Edge rules and you get a similar setup.
Spaces + BunnyCDN is even cheaper. ;)
$6/month = 250GB of static websites + domain registration fees.
If you want to get really cheap, OVH's cloud storage is basically free but you lose https. ($.01/GB of traffic/storage roughly)
Personally, I enjoy Tasty Bite curries. It may not be the perfect authentic Indian dish you get at a good restaurant but I find at its price point there isn't any real competitor for my $$.
So you are going to market as an upscale version of TastyBite with no preservatives that sells niche Indian food?
I wish you the best of luck with that.
Personally, I find a package of Vindaloo from TastyBite, some riced veggies, and a shredded chicken breast lasts me about 2 meals and is comparable to the price you are charging. I really only use TastyBite as a backpacking/on-the-go meal or as a quick curry out of laziness. I'm probably not your target market but shelf stability has alot going for it.
It looks to me like the biggest difference is that these are not sealed, they're perishable. Tasty bite can be kept at room temperature for 9+ months.
Yeah, which isn't really a positive unless it saves on sodium/etc. If it does, its really a niche "healthy" version of TastyBite and they need to market it as such.
This seems like you are working off of TastyBite's playbook:
http://tastybite.com/products/
The options were expensive, time-consuming, or tasted horrible.
Tasty bite tastes decent, takes 60-90 seconds to heat up, and costs about $3/package with no need for refrigeration.
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This seems like a YC to clone TastyBite without any differentiation beyond the nebulous "quality food".
So....
Are you telling me your quality is so much better a household staple of my life is going to be replaced for twice the price?
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https://www.amazon.com/Tasty-Bite-Chickpeas-Tomatoes-Microwa...
$15 for 6 packages / 60 oz.
https://thebuttermilkco.com/collections/singles/products/cha...
$13.50 for 3 packages / 30 oz(?)
As someone who sees it constantly on sites using Cloudflare....
Tails doesn't work for this.
Tor Browser Bundle does.
Correct?
Conventional financing isn't available to heavily leveraged flippers as the loans aren't profitable. They usually use non-conventional loans with higher interest rates.
Now, they could re-finance the property into a conventional rental property but none of them can afford to do it for all of their properties. Flippers tend to do 4-5 at a time, not just one.
I don't think it is unique if you are using two degrees of separation.
A) A friend's sister who got addicted to crack and was murdered by a guy her bf pissed off. He was caught.
B) One of my previous bosses had a cousin murdered in a domestic terrorist attack.
The research on the subject has shown otherwise. Even if it wasn't:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/...
Kansas showed how well it works in practice.
And even if you believe neither of those things:
https://www.npr.org/2017/03/01/517975766/while-trump-touts-s...
52% own any stock, so you are still effectively stealing from the other 48%
Fair enough. No one has found stalking me an effective strategy so I didn't think of that.
Please read a government budget sometime and look at current law vs exceptions to current law in the form of targeted tax breaks.
It is called a tax expenditure. Aka an expense or an outlay.
Making up an absurd position that requires redefining financial terms is a poor strategy.
Appying your logic, collecting $0 in taxes from everyone does not create any debt because you can simply reduce expenses to $0.
Please apply your position to your own life ($0 in income and $0 in expenses) and let me know if your position is a real one. I suspect the lack of shelter and food will convince you otherwise.