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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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[–] cstross@wandering.shop 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

@gerikson @techtakes I think you'll find Boris Johnson pioneered that one in the early 1990s.

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 12 points 3 months ago

True, but it's recently crossed the pond to Silicon Valley. I think it was when the DMA affected Apple that a lot of hackernews became EU regulation experts and started grappling with the fact that laissez-faire is seen as a dirty word in the country where it originated.

[–] xilliah 9 points 3 months ago

Was that before or after hairdressers gave up on him?