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One of my indices of mania. You saw similar comments for crypto, blockchain, NFT, VR.

• n_e 4mo ago
  Unfortunately it's not limited to the trendy topics. For example there is a huge amount of factually wrong comments on the topic of npm vulnerabilities. I'm sure it's the same on topics I know less about.
  • etempleton 4mo ago
    I think there are also people who understand the technology but overestimate potential impact. I remember someone at the Apple Vision Pro announcement arguing that this would be one of Apple’s biggest products and everyone would want them for taking photos and videos of their kids birthdays and such because it would be so much more natural than pulling out a camera and they just couldn’t be talked out of it. Sometimes a technology can be really cool and never catch on. Sometimes a technology can be really popular anbd even world changing and never make much if any money.
• cryo32 4mo ago
  One of the reasons my account is so young is that I went through each of those on HN and decided fuck it and nuked my credentials so I don’t have to stare at it. There again now.