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I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. There's really three things that make this a hugely curious story. One is that it's relatively unique. The

by soneil 3y ago

I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. There's really three things that make this a hugely curious story. One is that it's relatively unique. The same way that car crashes don't make the news but plane crashes do - effectively, this is to plane crashes, as plane crashes are to car crashes. Next, it's frankly interesting from an engineering point of view. Especially as it doesn't need to be your wheelhouse to understand the enormity of 2.7 tons per square inch. It's On with an 'n' that's obviously enormous. And thirdly, the fact that the CEO appears to have ignored the experts and YOLO'd it, is hugely vindicating to anyone who considers them an expert in their niche. That's the closest this gets to schadenfreude for me. The only thing really interesting about the people inside, is that it removed said CEO from the story so he can't answer for himself.

tailspin2019 3y ago
> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. I read the parent comment as more a general commentary on the overall internet-wide reaction to this rather than being specifically about HN. I agree with all your points. You summed up why this is interesting, relevant to this audience and worthy of analysis to see what we can learn from it. I also agree with the parent that many (online and in media) seem to be showing very little respect for the deaths of fellow humans, based on arbitrary labels/assessments, when most of these "commentators" had never even heard of these unfortunate individuals before last week. > it removed said CEO from the story so he can't answer for himself. Yes this is worth repeating too. We're getting one side of the story from what has been rather sensationalist reporting all round. It looks on the face of it like he made some pretty terrible mistakes, but we don't know all the facts yet. I think inquiry is appropriate at this stage, but assassination of character before they've even finished recovering the debris [0], not so much. [0] I would have said "buried the dead" but of course the families and friends have nothing to bury. If people can't feel empathy for the dead, perhaps they could at least spare a thought for their families.
jareklupinski 3y ago
> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. dang is an excellent moderator :)

by soneil 3y ago

tailspin2019 3y ago

> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. I read the parent comment as more a general commentary on the overall internet-wide reaction to this rather than being specifically about HN. I agree with all your points. You summed up why this is interesting, relevant to this audience and worthy of analysis to see what we can learn from it. I also agree with the parent that many (online and in media) seem to be showing very little respect for the deaths of fellow humans, based on arbitrary labels/assessments, when most of these "commentators" had never even heard of these unfortunate individuals before last week. > it removed said CEO from the story so he can't answer for himself. Yes this is worth repeating too. We're getting one side of the story from what has been rather sensationalist reporting all round. It looks on the face of it like he made some pretty terrible mistakes, but we don't know all the facts yet. I think inquiry is appropriate at this stage, but assassination of character before they've even finished recovering the debris [0], not so much. [0] I would have said "buried the dead" but of course the families and friends have nothing to bury. If people can't feel empathy for the dead, perhaps they could at least spare a thought for their families.

jareklupinski 3y ago

> I honestly haven't seen much of that on HN at all. dang is an excellent moderator :)