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Mike's twitter feed is literally the best I've come across on the platform. A delightful combination of tech news, snark, and existential angst.

• joshdickson 10y ago
  I don't know if I'd go that far.
• deleted 10y ago
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• icpmacdo 10y ago
  I am very tired of snark being a virtue of tech journalists although I somewhat agree and think Mike is worth following
  • Declanomous 10y ago
    I'm really tired of people being snarky for the sake of being snarky. I think it comes across as smarmy, like "hey, look at this joke we are all in on." There are some people who are snarky in a way that is witty and thought-provoking. Those are the people whose snark I enjoy. It's kind of like the difference between someone who has a very dry sense of humor, and the person who calls themselves sarcastic, but in reality is just a mean person.
  • cwilson 10y ago
    Snark is not a virtue limited to tech journalists. My significant other is a journalist (outside of tech), so we have lots of journalist friends. They are hands down the snarkiest people I know. It kind of comes with the territory.
    • hueving 10y ago
      It comes with thinking a superficial understanding of lots of things makes you qualified to to belittle others "less enlightened".
      • iamdave 10y ago
        Your comment reminds me of a very specific Clark and Dawe skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ue9ek9tTSg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ue9ek9tTSg
      • npunt 10y ago
        One person's "superficial understanding of lots of things" is another person's deep understanding of how humans act and how they rationalize their actions, regardless of domain.
      • exolymph 10y ago
        Journalists get bombarded with smarmy bullshit all day. Snark is a coping mechanism.
      • evgen 10y ago
        Sounds like you just described every HN comment ever: 'Oh, you understand red-black trees and just scanned two Wikipedia articles? Let me hear more about your theories on political economy and your pronouncements on environmental policy regarding the Amazon...'
  • forgottenpass 10y ago
    I am very tired of snark being a virtue of tech journalists Well, when you sure as shit don't have original thoughts, you gotta go with something...
• minimaxir 10y ago
  > "i have received more new twitter followers from a happenstance endorsement from 'ladybro' on hacker news than any other moment ever" https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/847681320310329347 https://twitter.com/mikeisaac/status/847681320310329347
  • ladybro 10y ago
    they're good twetes, mike