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Well written personal account of financial trouble, but I don't think this is HN material.

• tjic 17y ago
  40 upvotes in 2 hours - I think HN has spoken.
  • biohacker42 17y ago
    So it has and I regret it. It was a long personal emotional article for a general audience. It wasn't about technology, entrepreneurship, science, or anything besides the personal and emotional journey into financial foolery. I think HN used to be more narrowly focused, but perhaps I'm just imagining things.
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    • iron_ball 17y ago
      You're right. On http://news.ycombinator.com/classic http://news.ycombinator.com/classic it's only 3rd.
• cake 17y ago
  I was expecting reactions such as yours. I think this article belongs to HN because it's about a smart expert in his field who failed hard because of irrational decisions he made : It questions expertise we acquire thanks to our education and experience. Can you be smart enough to avoid stupid decisions other people do despite being an expert and not them ? The answer seems to be that it's not an absolute truth. That's one lesson he underlines. I can relate to this (and a lot of people here too) because I'm becoming an expert (as in "focused") in web development. I find it deeper than you describe it, having several approaches possible. Finally it's very well written and entertaining too ;-)