Re:Alan Kay's talk at UCLA – Feb 21, 2024 [video]
by lproven on Saturday March 09, 2024 @04:43PM
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> i keep being optimistic but you people make me so sad
This is so very true.
I am not a hippy, but I can't immediately thing of a better phrase than the immense toxic "negative energy" of HN comments.
And yet, when I say this to people outside of HN, they tend to react with astonishment. "But it's my favourite place online! I love it! I learn so much!" etc.
I don't think the site even realises, but its negative responses to this (deeply unwise and ill-considered) "Ask HN" question changed the direction of what was the most innovative company in the Linux space:
This is so very true.
I am not a hippy, but I can't immediately thing of a better phrase than the immense toxic "negative energy" of HN comments.
And yet, when I say this to people outside of HN, they tend to react with astonishment. "But it's my favourite place online! I love it! I learn so much!" etc.
I don't think the site even realises, but its negative responses to this (deeply unwise and ill-considered) "Ask HN" question changed the direction of what was the most innovative company in the Linux space:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14002821