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eternalsculptoron Ask HN: Alternatives to HN?

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "different type of user"? Just curious.

eternalsculptoron East Coast Internet Outage

> Firstly, America should strive to not have enemies. We fail at this very badly.

This comment is not based in reality. Does Australia have many enemies? Does South Korea? Does Japan? Taiwan?

eternalsculptoron Server-side code is doing too much

I certainly do see what you're saying. I think at least 40-60% of what Musk says at any given time is pure sci-fi speculation or hype around an upcoming product/company. I also find it obnoxious how his fanboys and fangirls mindlessly clap at any word he says, like some sort of Pavlovian chimps. On this we cannot agree more.

However, whatever his motivation, I think the guy is genuinely intelligent. It's tough to not admit this. His mere intuition is fair match for the experience of many seasoned engineers (if what we read about him is true). Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do think he donated to the Signal foundation. At the very least he has put money where his mouth is.

eternalsculptoron The embedded YouTube player told me what you were watching

>can't understand generics

Is this really true? We learned about generics in college so I assumed that everyone knew it (especially if they work at Google).

eternalsculptoron Server-side code is doing too much

You need to relax. Yes his comment is speculation, does that mean he is necessarily wrong? He is giving his first-thought analysis of what might be the problem at Signal. Is that such a crime?