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So it takes strong writing, good arguments, and citations for a dissident to have any hope of being seen. Since that doesn’t describe every upvoted HN comment, what are you really …

HN is a bubble within a bubble. It’s where Kagi rules the search world and Google is all but a dessicated corpse. It’s also a place with a karma system, encouraging only the most b…

> nothing wrong with striving for a better life Yes, but there are many things wrong with equating "better" with "more money" without sparing half a thought to introspection.

Arguably it also led to a complete lack of change, with the civil machinery simply being renamed and now serving a different master. The military and police now work for those in p…

You know the best way to protect your PII from websites? Don’t use the internet.

I make a new account any time my karma gets too high. I’d rather not be a sheep, thank you.

Maybe, if you want to relearn the bitter lesson. http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html

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It’s the other way around. Working at Google (or any other FAANG) for a time period past your personal “bullshit limit” will ensure you will never do anything ambitious with your l…

Fools need chatGPT most, but wise men only are the better for it. - Ben Franklin

ChatGPT is also frequently incorrect. It becomes obvious in some cases, particularly in areas you are an expert in. Reminds me of a PG essay about a "Dunning-Kruger pass". [0] When…

Isn’t it obvious? Look around. Hackers have been stamped out even on hacker news. Now it’s all FAANG lifers and MBA or VC types trying their hand at grifting. Nothing good comes of…

> What is the alternative, though? This is an honest question, I really want to know: How would the "this is horrible, how can you deign to work that way?" crowd coordinate thousan…

Yeah, if you spent your life like this you kind of wasted it. I’ve noticed that HN has fewer and fewer hackers day after day. Not sure when they will change the name.

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