Ah, Sweden. Gave us “Enigma” by Phenomena and all of the music of Radix, Lizard King, Firefox, Mantronix, and Jogeir.

As good as it gets!

That line jumped out at me too. It makes no sense and only serves to confirm a conclusion he had already made.

Why did you let the article that was posted about a16z and Daniel Penny get flag killed so many times?

It’s so lame and tiresome —- powerful tech people look like idiots, it gets killed on here.

I haven't seen that one yet; I was mostly offline yesterday. This happens sometimes.

Btw, stories about "powerful tech people look like idiots" get discussed on HN all the time. The tenor of HN comments about that kind of thing leans strongly towards the cynical, enough that it's actually a problem for the long-term quality of the site. I may be misinterpreting you, but if you feel like HN needs more of that, I have to disagree.

Edit: $Firm hires $PolarizingPerson is probably not a good topic for HN but I'm happy to take a look at specific articles.

That is as pathetic as it gets. Regardless of how you feel about Daniel Penny’s role in the death of Jordan Neely, he is wholly unqualified for that job and it is the exact kind of virtue-signaling nonsense that a16z and others have been braying about non-stop.

It’s just so tiring and so gross. Like, what are we doing right now? What is happening here?

OpenRCT2 is amazing as well. Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 was an absurdly entertaining game, and this wrapper makes it even better.

Is not a wrapper, it's a whole new engine.

The hagiography of Palantir on here is so tiresome.

Ha. Imagine believing this. Yeah, please let me know when Chamath corrects the record on the topic in question.

These guys are charlatans. These lying idiots have absolutely no shame in misleading you, and you are falling for it.

“Oh, it’s just entertainment. Oh, it’s just opinion. Oh, you shouldn’t take them seriously.”

No. Absolutely not. I refuse to give them a pass. We have to stop normalizing this behavior. Ethics matter. Character matters. The truth matters.

You are aware that most moral and ethical codes in a free society are enforced by people saying, "hey pal, that seems mighty improper," right? Don't be a crybaby.

"If you keep telling people it's bad to lie, I'm going to change my political views! *harumph*" is an impressive self-own.

I was being condescending about it, should not have done that. I take it back.

No one is taking issue with your condescension or your tone. They're taking issue with your extremely bad ideas.

"Don't tell people not to lie or I'll become an extreme right winger" is a bad idea. It's a stupid thought. If you share that thought, you will be made fun of. But it's not because you shared it in a bad way. It's because it's a bad idea.

Moderates are pushed to the right because they are butthurt by someone believing that lying is bad?

OK.

It absolutely is. Go look at the racial demographics of the neighborhoods where DMVs are being opened and closed. And then ask yourself which racial groups, at large, are more likely to have time in their day to sit at an inconveniently located DMV and what party they most often vote for.

I would have thought Chris Knight and Mitch Taylor would have had a hand in it.

Well their project was later classified by the US Government.