This thread reflects how little HN has to do with hacker culture those days. I read the article and enjoyed very much his description of the process by which he

This thread reflects how little HN has to do with hacker culture those days. I read the article and enjoyed very much his description of the process by which he learns foreign languages and how he tries to make maximum use of every bit of free time. Then I went to the comments and saw the batshit comments about ties. Time to rename the site to "Hater News".