Articles on lambda calculus are not political. Nor are articles on prime numbers...

criddell · 2024-12-16T03:53:45 1734321225

Computer languages are definitely political. Machine learning and AI is a very political topic. History of science? It’s filled with politics.

lovich · 2024-12-16T06:14:53 1734329693

You forget that all topics can be classified into one of two flavors.

There is normal and then there is political. Obviously just stick to normal opinions and don’t bring up political ones

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criddell · 2024-12-16T13:15:18 1734354918

So no more discussion of licenses, especially open source licenses? No discussion of copyright? Patents? DRM?

What about encryption? Do we only discuss technical merits and never mention surveillance?

lovich · 2024-12-16T22:37:45 1734388665

Well, do you have my normal opinion or do you have a dissenting opinion that is political and shouldn’t be allowed on this forum?

It’s important to under before taking action

PittleyDunkin · 2024-12-16T05:18:01 1734326281

I can't speak to your definition of what is political, but if hacker news was just a math forum there'd be no point of visiting it.

> history of science, new products

Ok you're just lying to yourself at this point if you think either of these topics can be divorced from "politics" in even the most facile context. People are gonna disagree about the history of science and whether or not a given product is worth the investment.