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The GPL has been validated in court many times by now. That doesn't mean they'll win this case but there's a significant amount of precedent protecting it at th

The GPL has been validated in court many times by now. That doesn't mean they'll win this case but there's a significant amount of precedent protecting it at this point. Edit: It's remarkable to see a raft of uninformed comments here. What's up with that? Once most people in HN knew the story of Linux, Gnu and so forth.

ikiris 4y ago
The more topics you are knowledgeable about on HN, the more glaring the mass lack of competence the comments generally have except for topics like algorithms. Especially on anything bordering economics, medicine, and some others. It's similar to knoll's law. The libertarian / austrian (economics) skews are sometimes wild, and equally wildly inaccurate, sometimes bordering on conspiracy / delusional thinking.
- spacechild1 4y ago
  > The libertarian / austrian I am Austrian and I am a bit confused...
  - ikiris 4y ago
    sorry, meant specifically austrian school of economics there. Austrians the people are cool :)
    - spacechild1 4y ago
      No worries! TIL
      - hinkley 4y ago
        apparently he has a problem with your schools though.
- joe_the_user 4y ago
  I don't think I've gotten that much more knowledgeable in the last few years but maybe I should take that as the explanation for HN seeming to decline - it's certainly the most flattering possibility.
  - sophacles 4y ago
    Every now and then when I've got some time to kill I'll go look at old comment sections (particularly when Dang links previous iterations of a discussion) and compare it to what I see today. It turns out that the quality hasn't changed greatly, though viewpoints, popular gripes, etc may have. I've discovered that a lot of my thoughts about "hn is going to shit" are usually better phrased as "I dislike that this viewpoint is popular now" or "I've come around to seeing that differently". Particularly when it turns out I preserved my old viewpoint in the form of a comment on the old article. A related thing is: look through places where the crowd skews young/newb like r/programmerhumor. You'll see arguments, discussions, etc about things that might make you think "I thought that was settled ages ago" but in reality were just things you got experienced perspective on, and/or grew out of. People grow and change - usually in a slow and steady way that's hard to see in the mirror. I suspect you've picked up a lot of knowledge and some new perspectives - a few years is a long time!
smoldesu 4y ago
Who's Unix? I only know Steve Jobs and Jim Cramer.
tssva 4y ago
> That doesn't mean they'll win this case As of yet there is no case to win or lose.
goodpoint 4y ago
HN is becoming the tech sibling of 4chan
- return_to_monke 4y ago
  hn is much more ... extreme

ikiris 4y ago

The more topics you are knowledgeable about on HN, the more glaring the mass lack of competence the comments generally have except for topics like algorithms. Especially on anything bordering economics, medicine, and some others. It's similar to knoll's law. The libertarian / austrian (economics) skews are sometimes wild, and equally wildly inaccurate, sometimes bordering on conspiracy / delusional thinking.

spacechild1 4y ago
> The libertarian / austrian I am Austrian and I am a bit confused...
- ikiris 4y ago
  sorry, meant specifically austrian school of economics there. Austrians the people are cool :)
  - spacechild1 4y ago
    No worries! TIL
    - hinkley 4y ago
      apparently he has a problem with your schools though.
joe_the_user 4y ago
I don't think I've gotten that much more knowledgeable in the last few years but maybe I should take that as the explanation for HN seeming to decline - it's certainly the most flattering possibility.
- sophacles 4y ago
  Every now and then when I've got some time to kill I'll go look at old comment sections (particularly when Dang links previous iterations of a discussion) and compare it to what I see today. It turns out that the quality hasn't changed greatly, though viewpoints, popular gripes, etc may have. I've discovered that a lot of my thoughts about "hn is going to shit" are usually better phrased as "I dislike that this viewpoint is popular now" or "I've come around to seeing that differently". Particularly when it turns out I preserved my old viewpoint in the form of a comment on the old article. A related thing is: look through places where the crowd skews young/newb like r/programmerhumor. You'll see arguments, discussions, etc about things that might make you think "I thought that was settled ages ago" but in reality were just things you got experienced perspective on, and/or grew out of. People grow and change - usually in a slow and steady way that's hard to see in the mirror. I suspect you've picked up a lot of knowledge and some new perspectives - a few years is a long time!

smoldesu 4y ago

Who's Unix? I only know Steve Jobs and Jim Cramer.

tssva 4y ago

> That doesn't mean they'll win this case As of yet there is no case to win or lose.

goodpoint 4y ago

HN is becoming the tech sibling of 4chan

return_to_monke 4y ago
hn is much more ... extreme