Before the self-congratulatory toxic positivity gets too far out of hand:
Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
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#122What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
The only reference to Swartz that I see in the parent comment is:
> Through good times and rough ones, including the loss of Aaron Swartz (who I only knew of through HN), this has stayed a place for real conversation.
And the rest was just upbeat talk in general.
Unless the parent comment was edited, I don't understand why you responded:
> What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
By "here", I assume you mean "HN in general", but your comment comes off as loaded (e.g., "did to himself" sounds like a conscious attempt at asserting a framing), and the timing seems poor (i.e., that particular innocuous comment, on this particular day).
Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
#123What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066132 and marked it offtopic.
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#124What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
If we had a thousand more people like him, maybe this world wouldn't be such a shitty place.
Take heart: there are a lot of people like Aaron Swartz. Of course you'll find them in proportionally fewer numbers, when you look somewhere that attracts with money/power.
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#125Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
I'm new here and lurked for a year or so before posting.
This is the only site I visit multiple times a day. It's kind of addictive.
To me, it's such a unique place with so many intelligent minds and great conversations. I wish I'd have found this place years ago.
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#126Almost 12 years of HN. I'm still a lurker, I'm sorry I don't contribute more, but I don't have much time and reading HN with a coffee in the morning is the best thing I can do. Thx everyone involved <3
Same here - 12y. I've learned so much and one day hope to contribute back something significant to the community but haven't found a footing just yet.
You don’t have to contribute something significant. I don’t think it’s about how much one contributes, or now important it is. If you have an opinion - give it. If you have a question - ask it. If you have a criticism - tell it (respectfully). I often get the most out of HN when I’m asking questions. The best part about this place is that people answer them. Or gives you the background context that wasn’t in an article.
This post is a good start!
Re: Tell HN: Happy Thanksgiving
#127What Aaron Swartz did to himself was tragic, but he did decide to break the law. Something that is glossed over here.
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46066132 and marked it offtopic.
You would do that. You're so unethical. Remember when you covered up uBiome?
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#130Happy Thanksgiving, HN!
I’ve been more of a lurker than a poster over the years, but this place has shaped how I think about tech, work, and the future more than any other corner of the internet.
Huge thanks to @dang, @tomhow, YC, and everyone who shows up here with curiosity and good faith. The signal-to-noise ratio here is still unmatched.
Here’s to many more years of weird, smart, opinionated conversations.