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"Hacker News" this is not. I hate to be the guy saying "why is this article on here" but I do miss the stuff that used to be on this site :(

by matt2000 9y ago

grzm 9y ago
HN members—you included—help curate the content of this site. If you think a submission is inappropriate, flag it. Likewise, upvote and submit the types of articles you'd like to see. Help make HN the site you want it to be.
danso 9y ago
It must be of some interest to the entrepreneurial-minded folks on HN. An East Coast company that started in 2012 [0] gets a $8B buyout -- and unless I'm missing something, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Reminds me of stories about all the tech startups started by non-teenagers/non-dropouts whose big exits (some near unicorn-level) don't get much attention because their origin stories or their business plan don't sound as sexy as the archetypical Silicon Valley startup myth. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=49372845 https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.a...
- matt2000 9y ago
  Yeah I hear you, I’m just missing the stuff I used to find here - little cool libraries, new ways of doing things, stuff people made. So much of what’s upvoted now are just the contents of the business section of any major newspaper.
  - toomuchtodo 9y ago
    I can’t speak for everyone, but I find the business, political, and social posts far more valuable than any technical post about a library, framework, or new abstraction. Very few people change the world with code. It’s either soft skills or business acumen.
refurb 9y ago
I always liked articles like this on HN, since it shows you don't always have to start a business in a sexy area like neural nets or autonomous driving to be successful.
DrScump 9y ago
"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_... Holy crap, it's 24.5 years old! (171 dog-years.)

"Hacker News" this is not. I hate to be the guy saying "why is this article on here" but I do miss the stuff that used to be on this site :(

grzm 9y ago

HN members—you included—help curate the content of this site. If you think a submission is inappropriate, flag it. Likewise, upvote and submit the types of articles you'd like to see. Help make HN the site you want it to be.

danso 9y ago

It must be of some interest to the entrepreneurial-minded folks on HN. An East Coast company that started in 2012 [0] gets a $8B buyout -- and unless I'm missing something, it doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Reminds me of stories about all the tech startups started by non-teenagers/non-dropouts whose big exits (some near unicorn-level) don't get much attention because their origin stories or their business plan don't sound as sexy as the archetypical Silicon Valley startup myth. [0] https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=49372845 https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.a...

matt2000 9y ago
Yeah I hear you, I’m just missing the stuff I used to find here - little cool libraries, new ways of doing things, stuff people made. So much of what’s upvoted now are just the contents of the business section of any major newspaper.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago
  I can’t speak for everyone, but I find the business, political, and social posts far more valuable than any technical post about a library, framework, or new abstraction. Very few people change the world with code. It’s either soft skills or business acumen.

refurb 9y ago

I always liked articles like this on HN, since it shows you don't always have to start a business in a sexy area like neural nets or autonomous driving to be successful.

DrScump 9y ago

"On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you're_a_dog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_... Holy crap, it's 24.5 years old! (171 dog-years.)