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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by pjc50 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @05:30PM (#25839811)
Hacker news seems to really struggle with this, partly because there are still Trump supporters here somehow.
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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook by chillingeffect on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @06:03PM (#25840160)
> somehow

Computing has long been an interplay of curious, light-hearted hacker types and business/military types. e.g. Woz/Yannes/Stoll/Stallman and Jobs/DARPA/Musk/Thiel.

I don't think the values of skill, sacrifice, daring, and greed (sorry if that offends anyone) that roughly underlie HN are effective filters to remove Trump values. In fact, they move the needle toward the business/military side. HN appreciates the fun hacks, but, by design, amplifies the business side.

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