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Re:Ask HN: Who is firing? by flukus on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @02:47AM (#12852768)
> Maybe this is an old-timer's "get off my lawn" rant, but I preferred it when it was OK to poke fun at things that you knew were ridiculous.

It came off as an old timers rant, but I still enjoyed it :)

Maybe we strayed a bit too far from the "greed is good" 80's. There's nothing wrong with starting a business to make money.

It's more pervasive than just dotcoms though. I see the same things we stuff like solar roadways or hyper loop is criticized.

Re:Ask HN: Who is firing? by soVeryTired on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @05:20AM (#12853189)
Too many people mistake skepticism for cynicism.