Defending fundamental (in the USA, constitutional) rights is a generalization of people on HN.

I thought your reply to a "Stallman was right" comment with "but trackpad!" had the most contrast between principles and minor convenience.

Haha my principles are few but those I do hold up.

For things like computers though, I don't tend to hold a big grudge - I do whatever is the most comfortable and productive.

I have the opinion that if someone have too many principles, either they'll suffer an unhappy life or they will end up violating many of it.