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Good times create weak men

6 points by freetonik 7y ago

zunzun 7y ago
At the Nuremberg trials after World War II, top nazi Hermann Goering testified that the war was necessary to strengthen the German people. This is because they believed the race evolution writings of Madam Helena Blavatsky in her books "The Secret Doctrine" where military conflict killed off the weak leaving the strong to reproduce - although of course, somehow none of that personally applied to the top nazi leaders themselves (cough cough)...
IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago
What’s with HN’s infatuation with wannabe tough-guy pseudoscience lately? If you’re jealous because you want to get to fight the baddies just like the Golden Generation, just open a newspaper and pick your poison.
- zzzcpan 7y ago
  It's just bad irrelevant title and blogspam level of content attempting to "explain" why big corporations suck at producing quality software.
bantunes 7y ago
Well it seems like this is a sensitive subject. I agree the title is baity but the subject matter is relevant - Apple's blunder, and more generally the overall state of software and the Web should be discussed. How are we, as an industry, not getting better at usability metrics since the 1990s? All this amazing hardware and it still takes forever to do basic tasks.
duelingjello 7y ago
IoS - Internet of Shit strike again. Employees can’t leave well-enough because giant mega-corps hire too many comfortable people trying to keep their jobs by remaining relevant to their managers. Software with bugs equals food on the table; software without bugs equals “what is it you say you do here?” downsizing-through-ignorance. Also, the article is definitely true: progress and excellence are neither linear, forward nor assured.. it’s a living “organism” (culture) that has to be struggled-for and maintained repeatedly, without losing touch. Overpaid, vested employees rarely maintain that level of “hunger” and adversity to keep that going. Only the leadership can evangelize for that if they stay real, relatable and grounded in fundamentals (which almost never happens, hence long-term, slow declines and failures).

6 points by freetonik 7y ago

At the Nuremberg trials after World War II, top nazi Hermann Goering testified that the war was necessary to strengthen the German people. This is because they believed the race evolution writings of Madam Helena Blavatsky in her books "The Secret Doctrine" where military conflict killed off the weak leaving the strong to reproduce - although of course, somehow none of that personally applied to the top nazi leaders themselves (cough cough)...

IfOnlyYouKnew 7y ago

What’s with HN’s infatuation with wannabe tough-guy pseudoscience lately? If you’re jealous because you want to get to fight the baddies just like the Golden Generation, just open a newspaper and pick your poison.

zzzcpan 7y ago
It's just bad irrelevant title and blogspam level of content attempting to "explain" why big corporations suck at producing quality software.

bantunes 7y ago

Well it seems like this is a sensitive subject. I agree the title is baity but the subject matter is relevant - Apple's blunder, and more generally the overall state of software and the Web should be discussed. How are we, as an industry, not getting better at usability metrics since the 1990s? All this amazing hardware and it still takes forever to do basic tasks.

duelingjello 7y ago

IoS - Internet of Shit strike again. Employees can’t leave well-enough because giant mega-corps hire too many comfortable people trying to keep their jobs by remaining relevant to their managers. Software with bugs equals food on the table; software without bugs equals “what is it you say you do here?” downsizing-through-ignorance. Also, the article is definitely true: progress and excellence are neither linear, forward nor assured.. it’s a living “organism” (culture) that has to be struggled-for and maintained repeatedly, without losing touch. Overpaid, vested employees rarely maintain that level of “hunger” and adversity to keep that going. Only the leadership can evangelize for that if they stay real, relatable and grounded in fundamentals (which almost never happens, hence long-term, slow declines and failures).