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Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by kcplate on Saturday August 05, 2023 @11:55PM (#37018853)
Not unheard of to squat on domains to prevent them from being used for nefarious purposes. Not saying that is what he is doing, but unless he starts using them for racist purposes, I am not going to hold this against him.
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by swozey on Sunday August 06, 2023 @03:03PM (#37025388)
Literally nobody asked your opinion of how he uses his domains. But thanks for your sage response. Please continue playing devils advocate in situations you're completely ignorant toward. It really benefits everyone.
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by dakial1 on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:19PM (#37026196)
Redditization of HN is impressive. Kcplate comment is totally fair and relevant, but it seems Swozey does not care about fair and relevant...
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by satvikpendem on Sunday August 06, 2023 @04:30PM (#37026315)
Indeed, their entire comments on this thread are just passive aggressive and sarcastic insults, it's actually impressive how much anger there is. I noticed this Redditization as well, there are a lot of anti capitalist comments on HN recently which I don't remember seeing several years ago. For a discussion forum about startups and highly paid software engineers, they sure are surprised to see where their money comes from.
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by swozey on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:45PM (#37028187)
Anti-capitalist comments on MY hn??? No WAYY! You got here in 2019 bud. HN was far more political and anti-capitalist in the beginning. This was a HACKER group, not a startup venture capitalist group.
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by satvikpendem on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:48PM (#37028220)
Do you think this account is my only account? I've had lots of throwaways in the years prior, I've been here well before you have, at least based on your current account date. It was not anti-capitalist in the beginning, it was always made as a startup forum, no matter what the name of the site says.
Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by swozey on Sunday August 06, 2023 @08:08PM (#37028346)
LOL sorry darkmodeguy, I didn't consider that you might have multiple hackernews accounts. That's totally normal bro! And it's totally normal for me to know you have had multiple older HN accounts but NOT for you to assume that I have also had multiple older HN accounts. Having "multiple throwaways over the years" is totes normal. Absolute genius!

Will HN ever let us block people?

Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by swozey on Sunday August 06, 2023 @07:37PM (#37028121)
LOL "reddization of HN." I've been on HN for years before you. Maybe commenters should listen to the OPs better and stop playings devils advocate so much. Because especially in this specific scenario it is absolutely stupid.

Yeah, we've got a guy with essentially a right wing militia fortress on the border of TX who owns blatantly illegal-immigrant racist trope domains and it's not related at all. Some engineer who commonly talks infrastructure is just making all of this up because he's bored on HN this weekend. Who wouldn't squat on such gems as "molest.com" to keep them from being used?

Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by kcplate on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:51PM (#37029490)
> Some engineer who commonly talks infrastructure is just making all of this up because he's bored on HN this weekend.

Well, it is the internet after all.

Re:CEOs’ pay climbed before layoffs at tech giants like Alph... by kcplate on Sunday August 06, 2023 @10:16PM (#37029244)
Apparently you are unaware of how these sort of commenting forums work. Bless your heart.