▲ 62 ▼ the hackernewses whining that linus is so unfair in enacting legal sanctions against the russian who works in development for bomb components are comedy gold (awful.systems) submitted 2 years ago by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/techtakes@awful.systems 44 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41918760 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41919670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41927838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41929585 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41932225 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41932632 you would believe how bad these guys are at understanding basic shit [let's see how long for this post to turn into a shooting gallery]
[–] istewart@awful.systems 12 points 2 years ago (3 children) what do we pay this dang guy for, anyway permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] self@awful.systems 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) he has many responsibilities: sometimes he disagrees with an article title that’s entirely accurate and people aren’t buying his assertion that it’s clickbait, so he adds a question mark to it to try to make the article look less credible tone policing ignoring blatant flagging abuse adding sites and posters on YC’s shitlist to the autodead filter his bonuses are almost definitely predicated on how many of Garry Tan’s many fash friends feel comfortable posting on the orange site permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago don’t forget stock control on the [flag] cupboard permalink fedilink source parent [–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago You missed his most important job, reminding everyone about previous discussions of PG essays whenever someone reposts a PG essay. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] self@awful.systems 16 points 2 years ago (2 children) he has many responsibilities: sometimes he disagrees with an article title that’s entirely accurate and people aren’t buying his assertion that it’s clickbait, so he adds a question mark to it to try to make the article look less credible tone policing ignoring blatant flagging abuse adding sites and posters on YC’s shitlist to the autodead filter his bonuses are almost definitely predicated on how many of Garry Tan’s many fash friends feel comfortable posting on the orange site permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago don’t forget stock control on the [flag] cupboard permalink fedilink source parent [–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago You missed his most important job, reminding everyone about previous discussions of PG essays whenever someone reposts a PG essay. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 11 points 2 years ago don’t forget stock control on the [flag] cupboard permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Evinceo@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago You missed his most important job, reminding everyone about previous discussions of PG essays whenever someone reposts a PG essay. permalink fedilink source parent