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The article doesn’t belong on hn at all, but if people are going to upvote it, then I think it’s fair game to trash it. I mean it’s got nothing to do with tech
by fallingfrog 8y ago
The article doesn’t belong on hn at all, but if people are going to upvote it, then I think it’s fair game to trash it. I mean it’s got nothing to do with technology and it’s not news.
- zepto 8y agoGiven that the tech sector is accused frequently of being institutionally racist and sexist, it seems like at least some analysis is relevant.
- dang 8y agoPlease read the site guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. The first paragraph says "On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity." The second half is an extended plea not to engage in "trashing" on this site.
- T2_t2 8y agoAnd startups are populated by young people, so the cultural shifts that exist matter. If you have any employees at all between 18 and 30, the current culture is something you need to understand. And I don't think even big companies like Google do. The backlash against drones and that China SE were telling. I don't have any answers to those problems, and these sorts of articles are interesting as background to what it all is.