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Comment by throwanem | Hacker News Reader

For those newer to HN: This posting links to the Internet Archive, rather than to jwz's site directly, because jwz uses a referrer-based redirect to serve direct links a picture of a testicle in an eggcup.

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jwz was my hero when I was first learning the code and exploring the internet. It's so sad to see what a cranky, feckless old man he's become. I often wonder if he had to go back, if he would've prefered not making FU money at a relatively young age. Since then, he's basically just owned a pizza shop and shitposted about hackernews, Bitcoin, and modern internet culture. Seems like such a waste.

"It's so sad to see what a cranky, feckless old man he's become."

He's always been grumpy.

"I often wonder if he had to go back, if he would've prefered not making FU money at a relatively young age. Since then, he's basically just owned a pizza shop and shitposted about hackernews, Bitcoin, and modern internet culture. Seems like such a waste."

He's owned a nightclub, and I'll forever be grateful to him for hosting VNV Nation there in the late 90's, and for making DNA Lounge a home for EBM, synthpop, goth and industrial -- one of the only clubs that had that sort of dark electronic music in the entire city.

For the curious(nsfw if your user agent sends the referrer header)

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/02/robot-war-dogs-hunting-migr...

When I right click and select open in new tab (browser is FF), I still get the ball in a cup picture. This is annoying because I thought that would get me the same behavior as copying the URL and pasting it in a new tab.

Why does he hate HN? Kind of weird, since he appeals to the same sort of people.

I think his criticisms are pretty much spot on. Here's a taste:

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/02/an-annotated-digest-of-the-...

Those aren't criticisms. It's a caricature.

It's a quote from n-gate's "Webshit Weekly", a very openly adversarial (and at this point somewhat optimistically named) recap of HN top submissions. It's not to be taken at face value, sure, or at least not wisely - but what on the Internet ever is?

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