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HN has fallen into a bit of a rut on a few topics lately, e.g: - macOS “failing” and Linux on the desktop - Mozilla and Firefox death spiral - Electron and y
by Klonoar 5y ago
HN has fallen into a bit of a rut on a few topics lately, e.g:
- macOS “failing” and Linux on the desktop
- Mozilla and Firefox death spiral
- Electron and yearning for native applications
- And the aforementioned topic here
That said, for the most part it’s really only one at a time on the front page so it’s easy to skip if you wanted to.
As to why this phenomenon exists, I dunno. Reddit has the same problem, though I think it’s more pronounced there due to scale.
- sam0x17 5y ago"The year of the Linux Desktop" is sort of an in-meme that transported to HN over from Slashdot and has been around since the very early 00s. Nothing to see here on that one -- every year is the "year of the linux desktop"
- Klonoar 5y agoI mean, I agree with you - I was on /. way back in the day, and was a writer for Linux.com. I've lived the meme. :) My point (which might be better re-worded) is that I've noticed it's picked up more on HN in the past year. No idea why.
- sam0x17 5y agoWell slashdot has editors. HN is all upvoting without real editorial selection going on, so instead of seeing the regularly scheduled yearly "year of the linux desktop" post you'll see it 2-3 times a month because it's a popular idea and many are still encountering it for the first time (given how rampant mac use has become in the dev community)
- lsferreira42 5y agoAnd shell script, there is a sudden interest in shell scripting here last month