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Damn it. Every time I read a Stephen Wolfram entry I am so divided between if what I read is there for its own sake or is it just another shameful plug for his
by kensai 10y ago
Damn it. Every time I read a Stephen Wolfram entry I am so divided between if what I read is there for its own sake or is it just another shameful plug for his products.
I wish he could simply write for once in a neutral way. He has good messages, even if some disagree. But makes it so distasteful by these Wolfram mentions again and again...
- nv-vn 10y agoThis is how I feel too. It doesn't help that the links posted on HN always come from another URL and the article starts out without giving any indication of what it will be about. It feels like a bait-and-switch every time it goes from some really interesting, difficult to tackle issue being posed to "My product, Wolfram Language, was built to do exactly this." By the end of it, I'm left feeling like I just read a massive advertisement.
- imglorp 10y agoI think the self promotion would be much more well received if he open sourced more of this stuff for the benefit of humanity in a Musk/Stark manner. The company could continue with other business models like hosting Alpha etc. If that were the case, we really could consider positions like OP on its own merits instead of underpinned by marketing.