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> "to what extent are there entities that manipulate the arc of the HN narrative(s)" I may have encountered that a few years ago, someone had submitted a link

> "to what extent are there entities that manipulate the arc of the HN narrative(s)" I may have encountered that a few years ago, someone had submitted a link about progress in medical ultrasounds. Another person claimed in many long posts that "never, never there will be portable ultrasounds". Clearly now they are wrong, but even at the time there were PoC of ultraportable ultrasounds. The guy knew its stuff, so I suppose he/she was working in the industry, and he/she saw the thread as a menace for their business.

com2kid 3y ago
> Another person claimed in many long posts that "never, never there will be portable ultrasounds". I am reasonably sure I read about home made (by an engineer in a developing nation IIRC) portable ultrasound devices on Slashdot almost 2 decades ago. Today, right now, you can go on Amazon buy an ultrasound wand that pairs to your Phone. :-D > The guy knew its stuff, so I suppose he/she was working in the industry, and he/she saw the thread as a menace for their business. I've worked in industries where I've said some well informed stuff that later turned out to be completely wrong, because it turns out some people working in the same industry at another company where just better, or because technology moved on. This is why I now try to avoid speaking about fields I haven't actively been working in after 2 or 3 years. On the HN thread yesterday or the day before about space exploration and CPUs, there was an expert in the field, in 2010, and they were arguing with someone who worked in the field right now, and eventually the two realized that both sides were speaking the truth, it was just 2010 state of the art vs now. IIRC it was about what CPUs and technology stacks were being used in the field, someone was saying the KERMIT protocol is outdated and not used and another person was saying it is in use, and it turns out they were both correct.
- JPLeRouzic 3y ago
  Thanks for the comment. I just want to tease you: > "by an engineer in a developing nation" If it's the engineer I am thinking about, I may be wrong but I think he is French: https://github.com/kelu124 https://github.com/kelu124
  - com2kid 3y ago
    This was circa 2004 or 2005, something around then. 20 year old memory, so about the only thing I am sure of is that it was an indie engineer hacking away at it. :-D

com2kid 3y ago

> Another person claimed in many long posts that "never, never there will be portable ultrasounds". I am reasonably sure I read about home made (by an engineer in a developing nation IIRC) portable ultrasound devices on Slashdot almost 2 decades ago. Today, right now, you can go on Amazon buy an ultrasound wand that pairs to your Phone. :-D > The guy knew its stuff, so I suppose he/she was working in the industry, and he/she saw the thread as a menace for their business. I've worked in industries where I've said some well informed stuff that later turned out to be completely wrong, because it turns out some people working in the same industry at another company where just better, or because technology moved on. This is why I now try to avoid speaking about fields I haven't actively been working in after 2 or 3 years. On the HN thread yesterday or the day before about space exploration and CPUs, there was an expert in the field, in 2010, and they were arguing with someone who worked in the field right now, and eventually the two realized that both sides were speaking the truth, it was just 2010 state of the art vs now. IIRC it was about what CPUs and technology stacks were being used in the field, someone was saying the KERMIT protocol is outdated and not used and another person was saying it is in use, and it turns out they were both correct.

JPLeRouzic 3y ago
Thanks for the comment. I just want to tease you: > "by an engineer in a developing nation" If it's the engineer I am thinking about, I may be wrong but I think he is French: https://github.com/kelu124 https://github.com/kelu124
- com2kid 3y ago
  This was circa 2004 or 2005, something around then. 20 year old memory, so about the only thing I am sure of is that it was an indie engineer hacking away at it. :-D