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A lot of what I am reading lately reminds me of the touches of sarcasm I loved reading back in 1998-1999, just when the bubble popped. Winter is coming, and it
by stephc_int13 6y ago
A lot of what I am reading lately reminds me of the touches of sarcasm I loved reading back in 1998-1999, just when the bubble popped.
Winter is coming, and it might be uglier this time, I also believe this kind of evolutionary pressure is a very good thing.
- pjc50 6y agoBring back fuckedcompany.com!
- PhantomGremlin 6y agoPud doesn't seem interested in doing it. (He sometimes shows up on HN). I should have registered fuckedunicorn.com, it was available when I first looked. Someone eventually grabbed it but hasn't done anything with it. Of course, I wouldn't have done anything with it either, so there's that.
- anticsapp 6y agoHi, don't take this as a challenge or a "cite your source". Didn't the bubble pop 2000-2001? I'm asking because I'm wondering if I am remembering it wrong, I lost my job kind of late but I worked with IBM. The "I got $50K of options!" 22 year olds all got jacked much earlier.
- jwilliamson 6y agoThe bubble popped early in 2000. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Nasdaq_Composite_dot-com_bubble.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Nasdaq_C...
- stephc_int13 6y agoYeah, I should have written just before the bubble popped. I think we had clearly visible warnings back then, just as we had quite a lot of good warnings recently. In my opinion, the C19 event is only an accelerator.
- empath75 6y agohttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/1999/09/zeros/amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wired.com/1999/09/zeros/amp