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HN is not immune to this. I do not take HN seriously, because empirically so many takes across so many subjects have been wrong in a melodramatic fashion and the “adults”, often people with training and first hand experience have to show up to set the subject matter right before someone gets hurt. But as a barometer of unhinged hype? Only X is comparable.

There always has been. The only people discrediting it are those that don’t want you to know it exists.

If the argument is that people choosing to disengage allows the rise of authoritarianism, I could buy some of that. And I'll accept whatever guilt I deserve. But I don't see how that could be the proximate cause of the surge of enthusiasm for authoritarianism.

No, I am saying they tried the thing you tried, and realized they are no better off for it, and eventually landed upon the hypothetical that authoritarianism may be the thing that would make the difference. I’m not saying it’s right or wrong either, just that enough of people’s lives converged to such a conclusion that it has become an issue. Once upon a time, they too tried to take the high road.

The surge of authoritarianism is a response from people who, much like you, have tried to unplug but who realized closing their eyes does not stop the changing world around them.

Medicine is often times not only bitter, but outright toxic to the body. It needs to be, because it has a job to do.

I’m not saying you’re doing anything wrong, I’m saying there are people who have had a head start on your current conundrum and who could not, at their own time and place, find a way out. Will the same happen to you? I’m not an oracle, but I hope not.

Personal bias: I’m in slight favor of nationalism. The citizens of a country must put themselves, other citizens and the country first. Otherwise they will wake up tomorrow without it.

No.

No responses from op. Classic bait.

This genre of posts should be called “the author has reached adulthood.” Not quite settled in, but no longer a clueless idiot, either.

I would expect more outrage but it seems people are burned out/don’t care?

Lack of shared values and things to bond over.

I liked every version of Windows that I’ve used, back to 3.1 all the way up to 11. Nowadays I mostly use 10/11 at home and at work. A new Windows upgrade was always a magical treat for me, the old slow HDD speeds building up anticipation during the installation phase, making me excited to finally use it. Growing up with computers unfortunately demystifies many things, but such is the price of poignance.

Waiting for the next hot take from Ed Citroën.

Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding_Comics

Won’t even bother with the usual “in case you haven’t heard of” karma farming trope on HN. Just go read the thing, enjoy.

This is why I’m not a fan of sites like financial times. They should stick to facts. This just sounds like sour grapes and these articles are useless rants.

I’m not in the minority anymore it seems. The general attitude in this thread, “negative” though it may be, represents a far more grounded and blunt truth of the matter.

I’d just like to add, as always: this person should give back all the money Google paid them. Of course, that has not once happened in the history of these pious pieces, and so the meme endures.

What happened to the Mila Jovovich mind palace thing?

This is amazing and I hope it passes.

Unless you’re actively promoting one of the languages for financial gain, you have nothing to lose by delaying commitment to one, both, or either. If any of them have lasting value, they will be as easy to pick up in the future as they are now. Nobody cares about the old Java or .NET versions where both suffered from limited implementations of generics and other things, and nobody is a better programmer for having used them back then compared to picking them up today.

This is usually why I collapse the 2-3 top-most ranked comment threads. They’re very often gamed and calibrated for engagement. Every so often anecdotes/stories that completely ignore the subject matter (sometimes dangerous if medical). I wish there were other ways to organize comments (rip slashdot) but this usually helps to make HN less social media-y.

I’ll respond to you but thanks for everyone who responded - I appreciate the perspective especially the call out to the Jacobians group from the other poster.

Honestly - it’s hard to find a publication that isn’t biased, or in many cases just outright wrong outside of a narrow subject matter and are ignorantly pushing someone’s propaganda because they don’t know better. The Atlantic, Economist are posted often and come to mind. I’m exaggerating slightly I’m sure Jacobian has a reason for being disdained.

You’re being downvoted but for those of us not in the know, what’s wrong with Jacobin? (Keep in mind not all of us are from US/the West), the obvious may be lost on us.

Strange, I thought this was well known. See the leadership of most prominent tech companies.

Not sure why this comment is downvoted. As someone who regularly buys old stuff, the price goes up and down with trends that bare little resemblance to any “return to form”. It’s mostly people looking to turn a quick buck before they go onto some other trinket. We sit and wait it out, or wait for sellers who are not clued in on a given hype cycle.

These posts need a BPUF that calls out LLM-generated PRs. No need to read between the lines and wax poetic with walls of text.