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Gwtar seems like a good solution to a problem nobody seemed to want to fix. However, this website is... something else. It's full of inflated self impprtantance

Gwtar seems like a good solution to a problem nobody seemed to want to fix. However, this website is... something else. It's full of inflated self impprtantance, overly bountiful prose, and feels like someone never learned to put in the time to write a shorter essay. Even the about page contains a description of the about page. I don't know if anyone else gets "unemployed megalomaniacal lunatic" vibes, but I sure do.

fluidcruft 8mo ago
What's up with the non-stop knee-jerk bullshit ad hom on HN lately?
- Krutonium 8mo ago
  We're tired, chief.
- esseph 8mo ago
  The earth is falling out from under a lot of people, and they're trying to justify their position on the trash heap as the water level continues to rise around it. It's a scary time.
- TimorousBestie 8mo ago
  Technically it’s only an ad hominem when you’re using the insult as a component in a fallacious argument; the parent comment is merely stating an aesthetic opinion with more force than is typically acceptable here.
  - isr 8mo ago
    I read your BRILLIANT synopsis in the tone of Sir Humphrey (the civil servant) from "Yes Minister". Fits perfectly. Take a bow, good sir ...
3rodents 8mo ago
gwern is a legendary blogger (although blogger feels underselling it… “publisher”?) and has earned the right to self-aggrandize about solving a problem he has a vested interest in. Maybe he’s a megalomaniac and/or unemployed and/or writing too many words but after contributing so much, he has earned it.
- TimorousBestie 8mo ago
  I was more willing to accept gwern’s eccentricities in the past but as we learn more about MIRI and its questionable funding resources, one wonders how much he’s tied up in it. The Lighthaven retreat in particular was exceptionally shady, possibly even scam-adjacent; I was shocked that he participated in it.
  - k33n 8mo ago
    What does any of that have to do with the value of what’s presented in the article?
  - neversupervised 8mo ago
    I’ve been to Lighthaven many times and it has always been great. Can you explain what you’re talking about?
isr 8mo ago
Wow, thats one hell of a reaction to someone's blog post introducing their new project. Its almost as if someone charged you $$ for the privilege of reading it, and you now feel scammed, or something? Perhaps you can request a refund. Would that help?

fluidcruft 8mo ago

What's up with the non-stop knee-jerk bullshit ad hom on HN lately?

Krutonium 8mo ago
We're tired, chief.
esseph 8mo ago
The earth is falling out from under a lot of people, and they're trying to justify their position on the trash heap as the water level continues to rise around it. It's a scary time.
TimorousBestie 8mo ago
Technically it’s only an ad hominem when you’re using the insult as a component in a fallacious argument; the parent comment is merely stating an aesthetic opinion with more force than is typically acceptable here.
- isr 8mo ago
  I read your BRILLIANT synopsis in the tone of Sir Humphrey (the civil servant) from "Yes Minister". Fits perfectly. Take a bow, good sir ...

3rodents 8mo ago

gwern is a legendary blogger (although blogger feels underselling it… “publisher”?) and has earned the right to self-aggrandize about solving a problem he has a vested interest in. Maybe he’s a megalomaniac and/or unemployed and/or writing too many words but after contributing so much, he has earned it.

TimorousBestie 8mo ago
I was more willing to accept gwern’s eccentricities in the past but as we learn more about MIRI and its questionable funding resources, one wonders how much he’s tied up in it. The Lighthaven retreat in particular was exceptionally shady, possibly even scam-adjacent; I was shocked that he participated in it.
- k33n 8mo ago
  What does any of that have to do with the value of what’s presented in the article?
- neversupervised 8mo ago
  I’ve been to Lighthaven many times and it has always been great. Can you explain what you’re talking about?

isr 8mo ago

Wow, thats one hell of a reaction to someone's blog post introducing their new project. Its almost as if someone charged you $$ for the privilege of reading it, and you now feel scammed, or something? Perhaps you can request a refund. Would that help?