> The fact Hacker News of all places is going to bat for the RIAA and US Industrial Complex leaves me disappointed.
The real trend on HN is low-effort comments like this that generalize about HN. How about making an actual argument defending Kim Dotcom?
> Top comment reads something like "Yea but maybe its time to call it quits" ... Shame.
But ... what happens to your point when your comment becomes top-voted like it is now? Is HN redeemed because apparently everybody on HN agrees with you that HN is terrible?
> US Industrial Complex
At this point I wish Eisenhower hadn't coined the famous phrase. Everything gets called some variation of Foo/Bar Industrial Complex which sounds smart and describes nothing.
The real trend on HN is low-effort comments like this that generalize about HN. How about making an actual argument defending Kim Dotcom?
> Top comment reads something like "Yea but maybe its time to call it quits" ... Shame.
But ... what happens to your point when your comment becomes top-voted like it is now? Is HN redeemed because apparently everybody on HN agrees with you that HN is terrible?
> US Industrial Complex
At this point I wish Eisenhower hadn't coined the famous phrase. Everything gets called some variation of Foo/Bar Industrial Complex which sounds smart and describes nothing.