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Everyone's got a noble goal until they get a buyout offer promising to make them a billionaire Edit: Just discovered via this post that hn posts, like the exch

• setopt 1mo ago
  Well, yeah. I also wouldn’t like to explain to my family why my emoji is more important than being set for life.
  • shevy-java 1mo ago
    It's not just emoji. Using hackernews is much worse than old.reddit.com used to be. Ironically enough, reddit recently killed off old.reddit; you now have to log in, which defeats the point of old.reddit.com totally.
    • Meneth 1mo ago
      Or use the addon Old Reddit Redirect, which still works as of 2026-08-27. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re...
      • OkayPhysicist 1mo ago
        That stopped working for me on my mobile firefox (but not on my desktop) literally yesterday. It's pretty clear they're doing some kind of A/B testing.
    • itintheory 1mo ago
      I keep reading this about old.reddit.com and yet I keep using it without being logged in. It must be some kind of A/B testing or slow rollout? Or maybe it's regional?
  • tclancy 1mo ago
    Even the eggplant?
    • MrDrMcCoy 1mo ago
      Especially the eggplant.
      • tclancy 1mo ago
        Well if a doctor says so…
  • snemvalts 1mo ago
    $100M+ from the IPO isn't enough to being set for life, it has to be $1B+ from the buyout?
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