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I can't help thinking that these sort of articles remind me of the "entertainment" industry's gossip headlines. I would much rather read about the acquisitions

by thehme 13y ago

I can't help thinking that these sort of articles remind me of the "entertainment" industry's gossip headlines. I would much rather read about the acquisitions and business decisions being made by the tech giants, then the gossip about the career decisions of the "celebrities" in the tech world

dakrisht 13y ago
Couldn't agree more. Typical TechCrunch. Nonsense. Should we throw this guy a party or something? People leave companies to go to other companies. Happens all the time, every day.
ndnichols 13y ago
That's funny, I was just thinking, "I would love to be well-known enough one day that my switching employers would make the front page of HN." I hear you, though. To me, it matters a lot what I think about the "celebrity." Christopher Hitchen's becoming an American citizen, for example, felt like news to me because he's a thoughtful, worldly person who presumably considered his decision. If Russell Brand became a citizen, though, I wouldn't care and would just presume it was for tax reasons, or a joke, or whatever. Considering that I haven't heard of Tim Van Damme before, I'm inclined to agree with you and consider this gossip.
- rplacd 13y ago
  Apropos of not too much that's healthy for discourse, but I'm inclined to give Russell Brand a token amount of redemption: he is, at the very least, articulate to a very finely sharpened "t" - that's the impression I've gotten from his writing in the Grauniad [1]; and while I'm not wading into the debate on whether he's simply just looking deeper into the usual tropes it indicates a broader awareness than a vox no-so-pop. [1] Here's his version of the bog-standard "Thatcher's dead: this is what I remember of her years" sketch - he raises it from the dead by tossing the tread-lightlies around The Classes and makes it about what Thatcherite individualism meant for him as a prime target. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand...

by thehme 13y ago

dakrisht 13y ago

Couldn't agree more. Typical TechCrunch. Nonsense. Should we throw this guy a party or something? People leave companies to go to other companies. Happens all the time, every day.

ndnichols 13y ago

That's funny, I was just thinking, "I would love to be well-known enough one day that my switching employers would make the front page of HN." I hear you, though. To me, it matters a lot what I think about the "celebrity." Christopher Hitchen's becoming an American citizen, for example, felt like news to me because he's a thoughtful, worldly person who presumably considered his decision. If Russell Brand became a citizen, though, I wouldn't care and would just presume it was for tax reasons, or a joke, or whatever. Considering that I haven't heard of Tim Van Damme before, I'm inclined to agree with you and consider this gossip.

rplacd 13y ago
Apropos of not too much that's healthy for discourse, but I'm inclined to give Russell Brand a token amount of redemption: he is, at the very least, articulate to a very finely sharpened "t" - that's the impression I've gotten from his writing in the Grauniad [1]; and while I'm not wading into the debate on whether he's simply just looking deeper into the usual tropes it indicates a broader awareness than a vox no-so-pop. [1] Here's his version of the bog-standard "Thatcher's dead: this is what I remember of her years" sketch - he raises it from the dead by tossing the tread-lightlies around The Classes and makes it about what Thatcherite individualism meant for him as a prime target. http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand-margaret-thatcher http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/apr/09/russell-brand...