Sounds like we need a new book: Harry Potter and “Brown v The Sorting Hat”

Good chance I am on my own here; but I actually think this is good advice (regardless of if Balaji is batshit or not). It seems like he’s reminding people that if there is something they want to chance, they should feel free to do so in a totally unexpected and disruptive way instead of in the way their opponents…

As a serious fan/human since 1983, I recognize that having grown up with a Star Wars childhood (movies, books, video games, action figures, the works) I am an insatiable media consumer of Star Wars. Disney is likely to profit of me and my generation handsomely.

Yeah...when I am the one who writes the sentence, I get to be the one who decides if it needs qualification. If you want to write your own sentences, can can assign the weight and relevance of your choice to statements and punctuation alike.

Hamilton is a FICTIONAL character genius. You know that’s an actor playing him on broadway, right?

I agree with that approach, but it does not mean that encrypted communication tools don’t protect terrorists

Your argument doesn’t even make sense. These programs aren’t protecting terrorists, because counties that harbor them are? Is it impossible for both these things to be true or something?

I wonder how many people operating out of their areas and through their various ISPs are using similar services. If there is a cell tower in Afghanistan that only has one IP address using Tor, it might be pretty easy to isolate that person.

I acknowledge that anonymity is important, and that it must be protected on the networks of a free society. However, we should not dismiss cases where it’s misused out of fear that they will be spun against us by the opponents of anonymity. Let’s just trust that the numbers are on our side, and that it’s okay to…

I don’t think the idea of trailers with batteries is going to take off. I think, for the most part, the clients own the trailers and the trucking companies do not. It would be hard to market a truck that required every potential client to buy a new, very expensive trailer.

I think it’s more likely that Tesla is going…

I think we should put Grace Hopper’s face on the BitCoin. Can we do that?

I actually did, it’s just that once again you’ve failed to grasp it. However, if you’re trying to convince me that responding to you is a waste of my time: mission accomplished. You have alleviated any doubt about your troll status. I’m sure you’ll need to get the last word in; and it’s yours for the taking. I assure…

I honestly can’t tell if you’re trolling me; or just epoch shatteringly stupid. I’d hate to see how warped a mind would actually have to be to find a point as straight-forward as mine dishonest and twisted.

Then the only question is: dare you accept the challenge?
Devise a carnival food so outlandish that Americans would rise up and say “No! We will not stand for this at our fairs and carnivals!” Short of Soylent Tacos, I think you’re going to have a hard time.

You know that Twitter and The Internet and not the same thing, right? He did not get banned from the internet. So, let me answer your question with another question: are you fucking stupid?

I want to push the bounds of what can be said on the internet

They don’t make a version of your drone software for Linux? If not, I guess you’ve found an edge case where the Stream 11 is the right computer for the job.

Why would you want to run Windows on a Chromebook? The performance will be terrible. I’ve played with HP’s Stream 11, which is basically a Chromebook that’s designed to run Windows. While running Windows 10 the performance is disappointing at best. I wouldn’t expect much from a version running on hardware that wasn’t…

Not exactly, I’m trying to get you to admit that at some level (the level of which we might not agree on) it DOES matter what an actor looks like, despite your claims to the contrary. I’m glad your laughing, because it was supposed to make you reflect on how ridiculous your position was.

Looks like Ford? Yes. Is a perfect clone of Ford? No. I don’t need to be tricked into believing he is Solo, I just need to not be distracted by him looking nothing like Ford. Maybe Disney can pull it off, but it seems like their selection here gave them a pretty serious handicap to overcome.