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Comment · 2 years ago
This is also the reason why I avoid using analogies when making an argument. Usually, instead of talking about the argument itself we end up discussing under what circumstances the analogy works and when it doesn't.
Comment · 2 years ago
What are you reading at the moment?
Comment · 2 years ago
> When I was a younger developer I thought tooling solved all problems. As I grew more experience I slowly changed my mind that some problem spaces require not only tooling but process change.

Lets take it one step further.

You start out thinking everything is tooling. As you grow more experienced you realize that everything is process. As you grow more experienced still, you realize that the world is really messy and rarely ever anything is everything.

Comment · 2 years ago
You mean those fleets that Musk claimed would have a 100% yield?
Comment · 2 years ago
If they fire him, that will tank the value of the snake oil.
Comment · 2 years ago
He posted an apology because he failed. If he had succeeded we would've said "it was very difficult but it was the right thing to do"
Comment · 2 years ago
HN loves telling everyone how HN is just for high quality content...

... unless people from SV are involved, in which case HN is flooded with gossip and drama.

Comment · 2 years ago
Isn't ego the enemy of growth or whatever? Projection...
Comment · 2 years ago
I would event go as far as say that the main reason behind the tweet is not to show regret, but to plant the idea that he didn't orchestrate but only participate.
Comment · 2 years ago
Pay me tickets to watch my ads. I want a business like that.
Comment · 2 years ago
How is it even supposed to make money, now that you mention it?
Comment · 3 years ago
Whole foods
Comment · 3 years ago
In that phrase when I said "you" I didn't mean the person I was responding to. I mean the "general you" - a hypothetical person. I didn't occur to me it could be interpreted differently. I've edited it.
Comment · 3 years ago
> tekla 10 minutes ago https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tekla

> Only on HN will you see a recounting of a massive achievement of humankind dismissed offhandedly like this.

I'm not dismissing an achievement of humankind. I'm dismissing the PR piece they put out about it.

Do you struggle to see the distinction?

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