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If anyone thinks serious academics will adopt something stupid and flashy like this in place of "old-fashioned, dry PDFs" when it isn't even free or publicly sp
by unnuun 13y ago
If anyone thinks serious academics will adopt something stupid and flashy like this in place of "old-fashioned, dry PDFs" when it isn't even free or publicly specified, they're seriously deluded.
Fuck start-ups and capitalism.
- veidr 13y ago> Fuck start-ups and capitalism. Did you perchance take a wrong turn on the interweb tubes, and arrive at this website by mistake? You are right, though; nothing proprietary and costly is ever going to 'change the world' of something so basic as reading and writing...
- unnuun 13y agoI certainly did. I started with HN when I was messed up and depressed and wanted to fill my mind with crap that was completely contrarian to everything I believe as a form of self-destruction. Every once in a while there's something important that I get from HN, which is why I've kept coming back since starting to get better. Some time ago I decided it really wasn't worth it, and I haven't yet quit because I'm just on auto-pilot and come here when I'm bored. I'll get around to quitting soon though. Thanks for the reminder.
- oscargrouch 13y ago>I'll get around to quitting soon though. dont do it, i think is healthy to any community to have people with different perspectives.. also i dont consider HN a reddit for startups.. once in a while there are something about it.. (thanks god) but are not the majority view, unlike the previous post may picture startup culture its way off its limits.. and some people should get back to sanity again.. the only people making something with this hyped culture are VC´s buying and selling things that dont even have a good business model just for the sake of its own profit.. but this look like a US zombie virus, that every 20 years start to happen all over again.. until the bubbles explode markets blows up.. and really hard working people have to pay for all the damage this greedy people creates.. sometimes i fell just like you..
- unnuun 13y ago:) This made me smile.
- unnuun 13y agoThat said, my being in the wrong place doesn't change the fact that startups and capitalism are both lame and evil and retarded. I think you should still consider and perhaps respond to the point instead of just discounting it because its out of place.
- veidr 13y agoWell, I thought I did, but I interpreted your point more narrowly: that no proprietary app from some startup would ever be able to revolutionize authoring and reading works, replacing PDFs and their ilk for academics and research. I agreed. If your point is the much broader contention that capitalism is lame and evil and retarded in general, that's a little beyond the scope of what can be resolved on HN.
- unnuun 13y agoWell, originally, my point was slightly more broad... I'd intended to insinuate that, given that this particular startup had taken this demonstratedly flawed route, and that I can't really think of that many startups that don't use this sort of bullshit rhetoric and mentality to promote themselves, the criticism largely extends to startups in general. Capitalism, yes, I'd agree is probably beyond the scope of HN.
- anoncowherd 13y agoYou might benefit from reading this: http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2008-summer/standard-oil-company.asp http://www.theobjectivestandard.com/issues/2008-summer/stand...
- unnuun 13y agoYou might benefit from not reading stupid, objectivist bullshit.