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> level of extremism of the pro-trans activists

What on earth are you talking about?


Sometimes it easier to downvote that Earthian than to argue.

I mean, we were previously working together to invade countries in the middles east, killing millions of people. I wouldn't call that peaceful.

It's about half a dozen accounts, it could just be the very strange hobby of a single person in Iran. I don't know why all the other comments are acting like this is evidence of a huge misinformation campaign by Russia.

Because the story itself is part of a propaganda operation, intended to manufacture support for US/Israeli attacks on Iran. And it's working.

As someone that doesn't live in the US, this post sounds insane.

It is. Pretty much anyone who actually believes the “millions of illegal immigrants” line is detached from reality.

Are you saying there aren't millions of illegal aliens in the US? Time for a reality check.

>The number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States reached an all-time high of 14 million in 2023

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-...

There are millions living in California alone.


This doesn't make any kind of sense. There's plenty of homeless people outside of expensive cities.


What's wrong with being a Luddite?


I don't know if I'm just misremembering but it feels like over the last three years or so the technical knowledge on HN has gone down the toilet.


Could it instead be that less technically inclined people feel more empowered to hang out here?


Maybe that and manipulating technical tools requires far less background knowledge than it did, meaning the definition of “technically inclined” has shifted, as it often does.


"less technically inclined" doesn't mean people can make whatever incorrect claims unchecked like on reddit, where you get banned because you post inconvenient facts in the wrong sub.

And this is exactly why I stopped participating in discussions on reddit and never on LinkedIn. Discussions on HN are so much civil and respectful here

P.S. if the top level comment was indeed posted by a "less technically inclined" person, I hope this is a humbling, positive educational experience, at least that's how I would take it


Most *nix tools have their origins in the ‘70s-80s.

Email as a technology is ancient by today’s standards. SMTP protocol got established in 1982. Even sendmail dates as far back as the ‘70s.


This is a pretty good talk on the history of email: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrGfahzt-4Q



And the earlier technology of homing pigeons goes back even further


It's Reddit type conversation often


I prefer human writers tbh


I prefer home cooked meals, but sometimes a candy bar is nice.


Then the answer isn't to adopt AI it's to unionise.


I don't think they're wilfully misrepresenting the article by listing it's headline, even if you disagree with it.


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