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The pivot from being the tool of choice for professionals to being the word processor and social media browsing terminal for ignorantly enthusiastic consumerists has been unappealing to say the least.

A home build with Linux and the new OnePlus 6 is starting to look like a very attractive alternative at this point.

It's amazing to behold how absolutely toxic tech journalism and our industry is becoming. Divisive clickbait full of finger pointing, anecdotal evidence and a clear steerage away from causation... yet sitting pretty on the front page of Hacker News. What a shame.

You're talking about a bunch of kids who've come through a system where their core interests, skills, talents and personality types make them at best a permanent member of the out-group, at worst a constant target of derision or outright bullying.

Having navigated that system, they've now successfully got through a grueling degree or more and have landed themselves into a spot where no longer are they the out-group, they are the group. Not only that, they're making good money and are getting to do something they love to do, with people like themselves. They're more comfortable in themselves, and to be themselves, but their lack of social skills often shines through.

I've considered myself to be somewhat of a bridge between the nerds and the non-nerds throughout my life, having been in sports but also making time to code/hang out with those deemed to be the nerds, and I'm honestly sick of the constant attacks being perpetuated on these kids who've "made it" in tech by the very same types who made comments about or excluded them earlier in life.

The pilot fish of the tech industry, particularly tech "journalists", are far more toxic actors than anything deeply seated within it.

I call poe.

It's in this vein that I rate 3* as a base (get me from A-B without crashing or similar incident) and go up/down from there based on the overall experience.

There's people in this thread stating they've given drivers who've provided bad or unacceptable service 5*, just because. It is, as you state, this behaviour which is the root of the problem in these systems.

I believe approaching the incident in a discreet manner but prepared for the worst was prudent.

No notifications from anything but iMessage, phone calls and WhatsApp. Do Not Disturb on continually to filter anyone that is not in my contact list. Fb/Twitter/Reddit/etc. apps removed. Time in calendar set once per week to check updates on FB, Instagram & Twitter, timeboxed to an hour.

This has made daily life a lot more pleasant, I feel. However, behaviour on my desktop/laptop remains pretty unproductive once the workday is done. Still burning time every day glued to Reddit, particularly browsing the comments.

What is it with comment sections that have that particular draw? I don't even post on Reddit, but when it comes to the comments on the content there's a somewhat inert desire to not look away, and I know I'm not alone in that.

HN is the vaping to the cigarette smoking that is burning time on Reddit, for me anyway. "It's still got a lot of smart people posting thought-provoking content, and content relevant to my career, it's ok to spend time here", I console myself with.

Unfortunately I'm doing the equivalent of taking a drag from a cigarette followed by a puff of a vape now, having had a severe relapse on Reddit usage, despite internally despising the site and most of everything on it.

Microsoft, the boogeyman, coming to delete your repos.

Token purchasers in ICOs aren't shareholders.

>100s of retail shareholders demanding progress on the idea they originally backed.

They have no guarantee or protections when buying into an ICO. They may try to pivot and get some disgruntled worthless-token-holders as a result, but if crypto has shown anything it's that even outright scams will maintain an unfortunately strong community of supporters.

Haven't SF tech companies, their employees and their voting habits done enough damage to SF as it is? One can only hope other cities with emerging tech industries act proactively to prevent current-Californian tech residents flocking from the problems they've caused to cause the same problems in these new cities.

And at the root of this division lies the mainstream media.

Not everyone wants to work for SV firm, much less in SV.

The US generally isn't a topic open for criticism on HN. Which is fine, since it's a US site run by a US company, and never claims to be a bastion of free thought and critical thinking.

Would love to return to using Firefox but even without any extensions installed I experience regular lag. Anyone else?

You'd have to be very naive to believe the intelligence agencies haven't been tapped into Reddit for a very long time already.

If JTRIG is active on Flickr[0], you can be damned sure they're all over Reddit.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Threat_Research_Intellig...

I'm not surprised by its popularity; it's a headline-surfers paradise, one in which you get feel good points for displays of virtue or shitposting easily digested content in an era of unparalleled narcissism and shortened attention spans.

All is not lost though; as the steaming pile of defecation of the internet it serves effectively in attracting and distracting basically those who would otherwise pollute the greater internet community with their presence.

So congrats, Reddit, I guess.

You should look into getting a therapist to talk through whatever has soured your outlook on life to this point of bitter cynicism.

Very much depending on some key demographics[0], and also assumes that all marriages start with an expensive engagement and wedding.

[0]: https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2013/article/marriage-and-divor...

You should be more considerate than to be throwing around this term.

I hope that whatever emerges in Europe is nothing but unattractive to Americans. The idea of Americans, particularly Bay Area techies who've already ruined a number of cities in that area, up and moving to Europe is utterly horrendous, as a European.