you may be recalling a Hacker News from another era...at this point it is mostly aging software developers bemoaning change and harumphing most everything. the

you may be recalling a Hacker News from another era...at this point it is mostly aging software developers bemoaning change and harumphing most everything. there might be a forum for legitimate hackers who are genuinely stymied by government regulation, but HN isn't it, at least not anymore YC itself isn't much of a change agent anymore either, it has devolved into a private club for people who won in Silicon Valley