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this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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I saw this headline:
And thought nothing in the body of the article could possibly top the headline. I was wrong:
Journalists know that they don't have to cover every random crank on the internet right? I suppose it's my own fault for clicking on it.
I... "Fireproof steel I-beams" has to be taking the piss, right? Right???
Chicago always wanted a 9/11 of its own.
Usenet used to be there for guys like this
Misaligned incentives. You read the news to be informed. Journalists write "news* to generate clicks and "try to go viral"
I agree though, It would be great if they didn't provide oxygen to these flaming idiots
I don't know, I think there's real value in allowing the public to keep an eye on aspiring supervillains.
Depriving the steel beams of oxygen would help too...
do they know that doing this won't solve their NYSE link latency problem?