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Welcome to HN, where 95% of the population has an absolute conviction about the knowledge that they gained in 5 minutes of internet searches, where every proble
by Cacti 7y ago
Welcome to HN, where 95% of the population has an absolute conviction about the knowledge that they gained in 5 minutes of internet searches, where every problem is obvious and easy to solve, and where a basic knowledge of computers allows one to opine about everything from politics to sex to optimal routing options for oil pipelines.
most of the people posting here about this topic don’t know a damned thing about it, they’re just regurgitating something they read on the 2nd page of google search results.
The fact is that most HN comments are full of shit.
- logjammin 7y agoIn the same way that a good caricature or satire exaggerates to some degree while capturing something true, I think this comment probably ascribes a bit more arrogance to the average HN comment than is actually there, but I laughed anyway because you phrased it really well and in some cases you're actually spot-on. I think that "where a basic knowledge of computers allows one to opine about everything from politics to sex to optimal routing options for oil pipelines" maybe captures our entire historical era. Nice work and a hearty lol
- dang 7y agoMaybe so, but please don't make the site even worse by posting like this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html