There is no group the current elites hate more than the middle class. The middle class pays enough attention and has just enough power to make them uncomfortable when they do nasty things.
The goal of the current elites is to either materially destroy the middle class or to make them poor.
Well I've just had the weekly "why can't you come here" call with my forign gf, failed to deliver on the couple tickets I have open at work, and posted my daily "barf into ~/stuff/*.c" to /prog/ so lets go through and read this instead of going and being with people.
TFA has no bill number so lets see if we can find it. Actually no, I'm not seeing it. Someone send me an HR? I'll update my comment if you do.
'fun' so often means climbing the mountain. Something we will do no matter how poor we are. Google's goal is to harness that to use it against all their users.
I'll tell you now I will never work for google; I will die destitute in the middle of the Atlantic on my boat before I contribute the whores you have brought.
Of course I know that won't happen. Computer science has a lot in common with "so called magic" and those that understand it can conjure the spirit in the machine. Those at the top are jealous and confused and we know where we are and what we want.
EDIT: well that's a lot to be downvoted on hackernews for that. We know who we are and we can see who we're not. Come after us and test this principle.
I've read the silmarillion and my father read me the trilogy and the hobbit to go to sleep at night. At university my professors mentioned the significance of Tolkien's work.
None of what is happening here is lost on us no matter how much you attack HN. We can see through it and that's why they hate us.
The invasion of privacy compared to the degree of crime in SF is incredible. Will people question the principles that led to this or do they still think there's some inconsistency at the top?
Personally I'm glad I gave up on living in an urban place and left for the hills last year.
Software is just the smell of other computer users.
Some smell nice, most smell terrible, it's nothing special either way. You can rewrite anything in an afternoon if you're in the right mood.
The goal of the current elites is to either materially destroy the middle class or to make them poor.