From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.0 \(1485\)) From: Matthew Veety In-Reply-To: <20120818135611.GB3662@intma.in> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:23:47 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: References: <69436BC3-CFCB-4AC9-BE18-47D6B65044EC@gmail.com> <20120818135611.GB3662@intma.in> To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Subject: Re: [9fans] It seems Plan 9 is on Hacker News Topicbox-Message-UUID: abddb40a-ead7-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Aug 18, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Kurt H Maier wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 01:55:15AM -0700, Nick LaForge wrote: >> Oh yeah, already a comment about the GUI 'sucking'! A bit more >> fortitude is in order, right? >=20 > The thing you have to remember about "hacker news" is that nothing > posted there is news and none of the people who frequent it are = hackers. >=20 > "Web Developer with an Unwarranted Sense of Self-Importance" just > doesn't roll off the tongue quite as readily as "hacker," just like > "link-dump and self promotion" doesn't have the same ring as "news." >=20 >=20 That's why I go on there. It's so entertaining reading so many dick-size = competitions in one place. I do have to say though, there are some = occasional gems regarding golang on there (which I find *really* = surprising). -- Veety=