We should never forget that Equifax first tried to charge consumers for a freeze until consumers complained so loudly that they were forced to give it for free. They clearly have no respect for their consumers and show/flaunt it. Legislators have failed to deal with this issue in a modern way. We need to assume that every American is compromised and freeze accounts by default.

In my experience the left was not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down.

On what topic?

That humans aren't blank slates.

If you're talking about Damore then I believe that's less about what was said and more about how it was stated.

The context was "the left .. not capable of having reasoned debate even before the election. They prefer to shut it down."

Pre-election a similar thing happened to James Watson and Larry Summers - eg here is shutting down conversation about humans not being blank slates:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/18/us/harvard-chief-defends-h...

"When he started talking about innate differences in aptitude between men and women, I just couldn't breathe because this kind of bias makes me physically ill," Dr. Hopkins said.

Though I'm not blind I would imagine it is like speedreading. Occasionally skipping words has no effect to the main idea of a sentence because the mind fills in the blanks. Anyway disability related tech news is very cool stuff and I hope to see a lot more on HN.

Regarding brutalism: I think Prince Charles said it best, "You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe. When it knocked down our buildings, it didn't replace them with anything more offensive than rubble."

We've banned this account for posting trollish flamebait. These threads are toxic enough without people pouring toxins in on purpose.

It's not a manifesto. It is an opinion on how to make Google better and confront its biases. They are always looking for ways to improve but PC is beyond what is acceptable to look at.

The cold war was not cold. In Africa it was red hot. We see the results there today of communism's spread.

What happens when: there is no wind, a flock of geese crash into it, the cable snaps, etc? Better keep these things away from buildings or it will be like 9/11 all over again from multiple angles.

As far as I know, there are no plans to fly them over populated areas.

>When the day of my defense came, I got to campus early—far too early—and spent most of my time perched underneath some monument to a long-dead white man while chain-smoking and obsessively texting everyone I knew.

No reverence for the dead or their legacy or any help they provided.