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I am really getting a kick out of the ironic juxtaposition of the most technologically primitive segment of the world population getting space up here at the to
by narrator 16y ago
I am really getting a kick out of the ironic juxtaposition of the most technologically primitive segment of the world population getting space up here at the top of Hacker News. After all, the Hacker News audience represents arguably the most technologically sophisticated segment of the world population.
- forensic 16y agoUnfortunately I think Hacker News, in this thread, is providing support to the thesis that there is something about the engineer mindset that is inherently authoritarian and extremist. http://www.slate.com/id/2240157/ http://www.slate.com/id/2240157/
- nitrogen 16y agoPerhaps when your job is to be right, and success or failure is quite clear (either the program compiles or it doesn't; either the bridge supports its design weight or it crumbles), it's easy to extend that mindset to the rest of the world.