[HN Gopher] We at $Famous_company Switched to $Hyped_technology
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       We at $Famous_company Switched to $Hyped_technology
        
       Author : WayToDoor
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2022-02-13 16:02 UTC (6 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (saagarjha.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (saagarjha.com)
        
       | tayo42 wrote:
       | Wonder what the tipping point was to get the author to write
       | this.
        
       | malshe wrote:
       | I think the author is on HN if I am not mistaken (saagarjha)
        
       | axiosgunnar wrote:
       | What is the slur ,,techbro" supposed to refer to?
       | 
       | That one of the founders is whiter than average and his parents
       | were not poor, thus all his success obviously comes from one of
       | his many priviledges, nevermind any hard work, determination etc?
       | 
       | (Note: am not white myself, I just prefer to judge people on
       | their merit)
        
         | alephxyz wrote:
         | Where in the blog post did you see anything about "techbro"
         | referring to a white person? Or anything about race in general?
        
       | akoncius wrote:
       | sounds about right! I got some of those vibes more than twice in
       | my experience :D
        
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