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How is this relatable to Technology?

jat850 10y ago
Certain people on HN might find themselves interested in various aspects of technology, business, or other things that frequent here - but we're all human, and I think Gene Wilder, in life and in death, is someone to note and celebrate, as a human.
knicholes 10y ago
Humans involved with technology also sometimes have favorite actors.
- AncoraImparo 10y ago
  And for such topics, there are other sites. This place is a circle jerk these days.
  - Jtsummers 10y ago
    From the Guidelines[0]: Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.) In short: Just flag it if you think it's OT. For the rest of us, this is a community. We have conversations with other human beings. And, sometimes, human topics, like this one, are of interest to us. A place to share in our collective grief or joy or amazement or amusement. These posts are relatively rare, and they don't gum up the works. And, there's this nice new feature that dang et al introduced a bit ago, you can hide articles. Do like I do when yet another article I don't care about (I'm not in a startup, I'm not starting a startup, I'm here for mostly the tech stuff, the business and VC and other stuffs have very little to interest me), hide it and see the article you do care about. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
chc 10y ago
Hacker News has always had a side interest in the arts, probably due to Paul Graham's influence (see "Hackers and Painters").
- asveikau 10y ago
  Or it could be that participants here are human beings.
dropit_sphere 10y ago
It's not. But HN is for things interesting to hackers, which may include technology. And, let you think it is merely dropit_sphere, that unwashed ragamuffin of the internet, that says so: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups." ~ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Shall I mention that Wilder's stellar performance in Chocolate Factory endeared him to those who enjoyed a bit of whimsy? And whimsy is most definitely a hacker trait.
Lio 10y ago
It's relatable because "we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams".
bryanrasmussen 10y ago
The man brought the dead back to life, harnessing the electrical currents of the air! Without venture capital, even!
- dredmorbius 10y ago
  Bravo! And we need new models for pursuing the hard problems. What we've got ain't working.

Certain people on HN might find themselves interested in various aspects of technology, business, or other things that frequent here - but we're all human, and I think Gene Wilder, in life and in death, is someone to note and celebrate, as a human.

knicholes 10y ago

Humans involved with technology also sometimes have favorite actors.

AncoraImparo 10y ago
And for such topics, there are other sites. This place is a circle jerk these days.
- Jtsummers 10y ago
  From the Guidelines[0]: Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think a story is spam or off-topic, flag it by clicking on its 'flag' link. If you think a comment is egregious, click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'flag' at the top. (Not all users see flag links; there's a small karma threshold.) In short: Just flag it if you think it's OT. For the rest of us, this is a community. We have conversations with other human beings. And, sometimes, human topics, like this one, are of interest to us. A place to share in our collective grief or joy or amazement or amusement. These posts are relatively rare, and they don't gum up the works. And, there's this nice new feature that dang et al introduced a bit ago, you can hide articles. Do like I do when yet another article I don't care about (I'm not in a startup, I'm not starting a startup, I'm here for mostly the tech stuff, the business and VC and other stuffs have very little to interest me), hide it and see the article you do care about. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

chc 10y ago

Hacker News has always had a side interest in the arts, probably due to Paul Graham's influence (see "Hackers and Painters").

asveikau 10y ago
Or it could be that participants here are human beings.

dropit_sphere 10y ago

It's not. But HN is for things interesting to hackers, which may include technology. And, let you think it is merely dropit_sphere, that unwashed ragamuffin of the internet, that says so: "Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups." ~ https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Shall I mention that Wilder's stellar performance in Chocolate Factory endeared him to those who enjoyed a bit of whimsy? And whimsy is most definitely a hacker trait.

Lio 10y ago

It's relatable because "we are the music makers and we are the dreamers of the dreams".

bryanrasmussen 10y ago

The man brought the dead back to life, harnessing the electrical currents of the air! Without venture capital, even!

dredmorbius 10y ago
Bravo! And we need new models for pursuing the hard problems. What we've got ain't working.