I joined /. in 2000; a lot of folks argue about when the peak was but 2000 either was it or was shortly thereafter. I think that HN now is far better than /. w

I joined /. in 2000; a lot of folks argue about when the peak was but 2000 either was it or was shortly thereafter. I think that HN now is far better than /. was then. Like /. of old you have knowledgeable people contributing to conversations (a great example is Walter Bright contributing to the Digital Mars D and C++ conversations) but unlike those days HN has better curated discussions so we don't have to sift through as much noise and disruptions. (I'm sure someone is nostolgic for the page-widening antics of old. That wouldn't be me, however.) I would swap HN with the /. of old any day of the week, personally speaking. And I was there!