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Exactly, this “hacker” news. Where does this screed from PG fit into that? If this was published by literally anyone else it wouldn’t have been allowed in the f

by redeux 2y ago

Exactly, this “hacker” news. Where does this screed from PG fit into that? If this was published by literally anyone else it wouldn’t have been allowed in the first place.

superdisk 2y ago
Hacking isn't just about computer programming, you could call it a philosophy.
- redeux 2y ago
  I would call hacking a culture more than a philosophy. Specifically it's a counterculture, much like the group that seems to have the ire of PG, who can (perhaps ironically) be seen here supporting the existing hegemony.
- avs733 2y ago
  The version of hacking I’ve grown up with for 30 plus years has always had very little space in it for bad takes from rich people.
  - Klonoar 2y ago
    You’re commenting on the central megaphone of one of the biggest VC components in the valley ecosystem. That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech.
    - dleink 2y ago
      No, but see, it's called the _Democratic_ People's Republic of Korea. It's right there in the name.
    - avs733 2y ago
      > That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech Right, but hacker is the culture they have wrapped themselves in, and I'm commenting on that. I'm commenting on one of the markers of validity that matters to how people in this group evaluate the credibility of an argument.
- krapp 2y ago
  The philosophy of hacking, traditionally, aligns far more with "wokeness" (using the good faith interpretation) than with the antiwoke, redpilled, capitalist neoreactionary ideology currently wearing its skin for clout.
adiabatty 2y ago
I think tracking vibe shifts is interesting and noteworthy.
- mplewis 2y ago
  But he's not doing that. None of this essay is based in data.
  - hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
    > None of this essay is based in data. That's exactly why it's a vibe shift.

by redeux 2y ago

Exactly, this “hacker” news. Where does this screed from PG fit into that? If this was published by literally anyone else it wouldn’t have been allowed in the first place.

superdisk 2y ago

Hacking isn't just about computer programming, you could call it a philosophy.

redeux 2y ago
I would call hacking a culture more than a philosophy. Specifically it's a counterculture, much like the group that seems to have the ire of PG, who can (perhaps ironically) be seen here supporting the existing hegemony.
avs733 2y ago
The version of hacking I’ve grown up with for 30 plus years has always had very little space in it for bad takes from rich people.
- Klonoar 2y ago
  You’re commenting on the central megaphone of one of the biggest VC components in the valley ecosystem. That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech.
  - dleink 2y ago
    No, but see, it's called the _Democratic_ People's Republic of Korea. It's right there in the name.
  - avs733 2y ago
    > That it has “hacker” is seemingly incidental. This place has always had bad takes from rich people - or takes from people who are seeking to be rich by way of tech Right, but hacker is the culture they have wrapped themselves in, and I'm commenting on that. I'm commenting on one of the markers of validity that matters to how people in this group evaluate the credibility of an argument.
krapp 2y ago
The philosophy of hacking, traditionally, aligns far more with "wokeness" (using the good faith interpretation) than with the antiwoke, redpilled, capitalist neoreactionary ideology currently wearing its skin for clout.

adiabatty 2y ago

I think tracking vibe shifts is interesting and noteworthy.

mplewis 2y ago
But he's not doing that. None of this essay is based in data.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
  > None of this essay is based in data. That's exactly why it's a vibe shift.