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1. A group of people decided that Sabatini is a Bad Person. 2. As a result, they want to end his career. 3. A billionaire came along and undermined those effo
by cperciva 4y ago
1. A group of people decided that Sabatini is a Bad Person.
2. As a result, they want to end his career.
3. A billionaire came along and undermined those efforts, by providing Sabatini with independent funding.
4. The people who decided that Sabatini's career should be ended are upset by this.
Sure, nobody is being literally lynched; but the fundamental story -- people being upset that their ability to exercise extrajudicial punishment is being undermined -- is the same.
- tptacek 4y agoI don't care. Why do I care? Why does any of this matter? He got fired from his previous job. Now a billionaire is funding his lab startup. It will probably come to nothing, just like every other investment does. You apparently care enough to equate what's happened with a torture-murder. The conversation here seems unhinged. This is all very low-stakes right now. If you ask people to be upset about things, they will oblige you. Here, it seems like you're more or less begging for it.
- groffee 4y agoYou're the one commenting here.
- version_five 4y agoLooks like you got modded down but that was my first thought browsing this now. It's odd to see someone who doesn't care so much that they'll fight you tooth and nail to show you how much they don't care. This raises a beige alert for me.
- unethical_ban 4y agoThere is one side saying "omg look at this horrible person who didn't get punished enough for being horrible". And there is one side saying "omg this guy is a good researcher and the mob is out to get him". And there is tptaceck saying "none of this matters and you are both obnoxious". That's my interpretation of it - I do not endorse any particular statement.
- LarryMullins 4y agoMy interpretation is that tptacek got confused by a mirror.
- sam_lowry_ 4y agoIt's tptacek arguing with cperciva. The essence of HN.
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