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This kind of writing is written less to inform others than to trigger nostalgia in people with a similar background to the writer. It's laden with jargon and un
by barrkel 3y ago
This kind of writing is written less to inform others than to trigger nostalgia in people with a similar background to the writer. It's laden with jargon and uncontextualized events that you need to be an insider with similar experiences to comprehend and appreciate. Overall it's a kind of written social proof of having been there, done that, for other people in the writer's ingroup.
I do it myself when talking to an older software engineer for the first time, it has a purpose - but it's not super interesting to outsiders.
- ultrarunner 3y agoThe headline of the website does say "by pilots, for pilots", so I'm not sure what else would be expected.
- lainga 3y agoThe author did also work at Apple and SRI after graduating from MIT...
- coldtea 3y ago>but it's not super interesting to outsiders. It is however super interesting to curious outsiders. The average Joe can go doom-scroll somewhere else for that "amusement" dopamine rush. They didn't write it to amuse or teach the general population. Not everything posted has to.
- TheRealPomax 3y agoInteresting enough to get upvoted to the front page, though, and that's the HN way.
- hatthew 3y ago80% of HN links are not interesting to me, I'm just on here for the remaining 20%. I assume others are similar.