ButterBiscuits
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Comment · 4 years ago
> The "we don't understand" is not true anymore. The reality is that there are so many factors affecting a certain visible outcome that it's hard to specify a root cause.
That sounds like "we don't understand" except now we slightly better understand how little we understand. We don't even know how Tylenol works.
Comment · 4 years ago
You're making a similar argument rich people make to defend their wealth: they earned it, they're comfortable, and they don't care what other people think. Not caring about anyone besides your immediate circle is the problem, so you bragging about it just means we'll never agree.
Comment · 4 years ago
> There's nothing wrong in working at a FAANG for the money
Sure, if you believe that making more money is the only thing that matters in this world. If you take this logic to its extreme you can justify anything if it makes you rich. You're simultaneously criticizing a system while defending your participation in it.
There are lots of things wrong with working at a FAANG for the money. If you don't like how Amazon treats their warehouse workers, don't work at Amazon. If you don't like how Facebook perpetuates fake news, don't work at Facebook. If you don't like Google's search monopoly, don't work at Google. Just because the world is a shitty place doesn't mean you can excuse yourself for being a shitty person.
JFC they managed to make it worse than reddit. But if you point out that HN is like reddit the moderators get defensive, provide no actual rebuttal, and continue to chant to themselves in their echo chamber about why HN is so interesting without soliciting feedback from their users.
Fuck you Dan Gackle - you ruined something great. Maybe you should make something users want instead of what you want.