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> Like most HNers you are lacking imagination in what VR will do. Just like everyone who poo-poo'ed what is possible from Computers, Internet, Mobile Phones. You seem to make a lot of these sweeping statements. They're full of stupid assumptions and generalities. It's a boring shtick and I'm not really seeing you back it up with your dizzying intellect. Besides being casually insulting to a huge group of people you d…
I've observed users of Usenet, Slashdot, HN -- a self selected group of smart people. I was there when engineers of the 80s/90s poo, poo'ed commercial success of the internet. I was there when engineers of the 90s poo, poo'ed iPhones (it's just a drive with a phone jack that can make calls) I was there when engineers of the 00s poo, poo'ed Twitter, Instagram Yes, I have sufficient data to safely conclude that smart p…
> I was there when engineers of the 90s poo, poo'ed iPhones (it's just a drive with a phone jack that can make calls)
>I was there when engineers of the 00s poo, poo'ed Twitter, Instagram
A good portion of HN was also part of all those conversations, I know I was. Suggesting the zeitgeist of any of those fora was poopooing new technologies is ridiculous. The fact those fora were enabled by those technologies should tell you that your position is absurd.
You've created a strawman out of a fantasy cohort of technology enthusiasts ignorantly poopooing technologies. Because you can easily beat up your strawman you seem to have convinced yourself of your own superiority.
Maybe you should take your passive voice casual insults to some other forum. Go wow them with your Brobdingnagian intellect. Your valuable insights will be sorely missed but you're wasting your time here.