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This is intensely thought-provoking and beautifully well-written. It's not directly about hacking, but it's the type of treasure that hackers love to stumble up
by rtfeldman 13y ago
This is intensely thought-provoking and beautifully well-written. It's not directly about hacking, but it's the type of treasure that hackers love to stumble upon.
It's worth noting the times when HN really delivers. I doubt I'd have come across this anywhere else.
- gizmo686 13y ago>It's worth noting the times when HN really delivers. I doubt I'd have come across this anywhere else. At risk of getting to meta, this piece seems to pop up everywhere. I don't mean that in a bad way, but this is at least the fifth time over the course of many years that I have seen this piece pop up on completely unrelated sites.
- ColinWright 13y agoNot to mention it's been here on HN at least 8 times, probably 10 or more. I've stopped bothering to direct people to previous conversations - they just say the same things over and over again anyway.