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I mean, it’s not called Startup News. There’s a group that assumes real hackers all want to do startups (and the site is run by some of those), but that isn’t r

I mean, it’s not called Startup News. There’s a group that assumes real hackers all want to do startups (and the site is run by some of those), but that isn’t really the culture. We mythologize Woz and Gates and Page, but also K&R and Knuth and Dijkstra.

Macha 2y ago
> I mean, it’s not called Startup News Well, not anymore it isn't: https://web.archive.org/web/20070601184317/http://news.ycombinator.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070601184317/http://news.ycomb...
TeMPOraL 2y ago
> We mythologize Woz and Gates and Page Interesting that you both put Woz in this group, and omitted Jobs. To me, one of the better analogy of the difference between two groups/interests is Woz vs Jobs.