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There is a surprising amount of negativity coming from what I expect to be a 'hacker' crowd. This kid (he's 30 can I call him a kid?) has ambition and what appe
by chewxy 14y ago
There is a surprising amount of negativity coming from what I expect to be a 'hacker' crowd. This kid (he's 30 can I call him a kid?) has ambition and what appears to be the drive to create his own OS - I mean, if you read the bottom of his page, he did some research (sure, wiki-ing them is not equal to actually understanding them), but it at least shows willingness to learn, and we should not be putting him down at all.
Sometimes the HN crowd surprises me. We pride ourselves in being hackers, most often idealistic (bitcoins and patent law change anyone?) but when a singular person shows idealistic ambition, we immediately engage in poppy cutting.
Sigh.
- wissler 14y agoI'm surprised by the opposite: I have come to expect this kind of negativity here at HN, but about half the comments are like yours.
- Deestan 14y agoI think his enthusiasm and attempts are good things. But. His post is just that - his expression of enthusiasm. There's not much of anything else here yet. We have nothing to discuss but his enthusiasm. Having seen these kinds of ideas consistently end up as "well... it got hard" a week later, it triggers my grumpy "sure whatever let me know how it goes in a month" reflex.