> Yet he has the nerve to call HN toxic.
That's not weird or paradoxical. They don't have to delineate every online platform they disagree with in order to criticize HN; "orange site bad" is a pretty common sentiment in my experience.
It isn't enough that Karpathy is rich---we also need to admire him. That dynamic was satirized in the Silicon Valley show with Gavin Belson.
Also relevant:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/please-dont-say-mean-thi...