HN has a big blind spot, in my opinion, around writing that isn't "purely technical". I've seen several cases of commenter complaining about "clickbait" for a blog post that I'd describe as "having a narrative hook and structure"
replyI also find it frustrating that articles expressing personality spicier than “safe for work milquetoast” are treated like out of pocket ranting.
replyBy this point I’m not sure why everyone isn’t in “default satire” mode.
replyThis is usually my default position, but apparently that “gas town” article was Real and Serious and Distinctly Not Satire, and I started to feel reality fragmenting underneath me.
replyOh wow you’re totally right now that I think about it that one burned me too
replyCognitive surrender evidencing itself en masse? :D
replyI read it and saw LGTM and URL and was like "probably satire" but could not rule out it being real until like 30% in.
replyIt's like a modern version of Poe's law.
Just below the title are the tags "package-managers security satire ai"
replyYah well, I don't read all front-matter like that. Most of the time it's noise. Count it in the stuff that becomes cognitively invisible, like banner ads.
replyAnd immediately below the title are the tags "package-managers security satire ai"
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