Re:Nvidia Is Full of Shit
by mindslight on Saturday July 05, 2025 @01:02PM
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I agree with your explanation, but I think it's a hollow rationale. "Full of shit" is a bit aggressive and divisive, but the thesis is in the open and there is plenty of room to expand on it in the actual post. Whereas "Nvidia won" is actually just as divisive and in a way has more implied aggression (of a fait accompli), it's just cloaked in using less vulgar language.
The new title, “Nvidia won, we all lost”, is taken from a subheading in the actual article, which is something I’ve often seen dang recommend people do when faced with baity or otherwise problematic titles.
https://blog.sebin-nyshkim.net/posts/nvidia-is-full-of-shit/...
Re:Nvidia Is Full of Shit
by frainfreeze on Sunday July 06, 2025 @08:23PM
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Front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44482522
Re:Nvidia Is Full of Shit
by iwontberude on Saturday July 05, 2025 @01:13PM
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I don't see how changing the title has encouraged thoughtful exchange when the top comments are talking about the change to the title. Seems better to let moderators do their job when there is an actual problem with thoughtful exchange instead of creating one.
I think that if you want to understand why it might be helpful to change the title, consider how well "NVIDIA is full of shit" follows the HN comment guidelines.
I don't imagine you will agree with the title change no matter what, but I believe that's essentially the rationale. Note that the topic wasn't flagged, which if suppression of the author's ideas or protection of Nvidia were goals would have been more effective.
(FWIW I have plenty of issues with HN but how titles are handled isn't one of them.)