QAPereo
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Comment · 8 years ago
Comment · 8 years ago
why would I need evidence? Dang isn’t contesting the point, just the terminology.
dang 1 hour ago [-]
Apart from the cloak-and-dagger tone, this either says something obvious—that HN is moderated—or says nothing.
Comment · 8 years ago
You turned off flags, but now you’re doing something else yourself. You’re being honest, but not really telling the whole story.
Your thumb is very much on the scale however, where existing community sentiment doesn’t do the job.
Edit: I didn’t intend to be cryptic or confuse you. I mean just that proclaiming you’ve put one of many tools on the shelf for this thread in no way implies what you tried to imply.
Comment · 8 years ago
From what I’ve observed, the idea is to work in hell (edit: obviously hyperbole) until enough money is made to work on your own. Needless to say that doesn’t seem to be the majority experience. The carrot is money and security and the dream of fuck you money. The stick is being a code monkey who is still treated like shit, but who can’t even dream of early retirement and personal projects. It’s a shallow philosophy, but there it is.
The willingness to take tons of shit from above, and the ability to rationalize the waste of talent seems to be what you’d expect from a glorified casino for billionaires. Variable-Ratio reward training will fuck you up.
Edit: I would guess that fear plays a role too. I recall a poster here saying they wished they could change their circumstances, but they look at the guy delivering their pizza and feel terrified that could be them.
Edit: Or a mod can just minimize this, but sadly it changes nothing, least of the the reality of your situation.
Comment · 8 years ago
I wonder if he had some kind of political connections that could have helped?
Comment · 8 years ago
Some people probably can, but then in addition to being intelligent he’d have to be an incredibly talented and disciplined actor.
Unlikely.
Comment · 8 years ago
I had the same issue, and essentially developed a lingo to speak to those kinds of people. More contractions, dropped g’s, “fucking” used as an adjective. It’s been a couple of decades, and every time I switch to that, I feel like an utter fraud, but sadly it works. I can’t imagine what I’d do if that hadn’t been an option though.
Edit: Support group at my place everyone, coffee and donuts will be provided. ;)
Comment · 8 years ago
Squandered talent, exceptional investment, buzzword, buzzword, partial-buzzword, connections.
It’s a great place to be young and wealthy, with minimal affect and empathy.
Comment · 8 years ago
Fair point, I took your “one man alone” comment to mean something it didn’t necessarily imply. I’m sorry for any offense I’ve caused with that unwarranted assumption.
Because it still bears saying, especially given how many people are just looking for greater fools to hold their bag. Inevitably the replies include a barrage of whataboutism centered on “fiat currency” in an attempt to normalize or justify the cryptocurrency shitshow.