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Posts that commenters keep linking to, ranked by how many different people have cited them in Hacker News comments. 111 posts.

Tech Industry & Business
2011
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What Happened to the Future?

We invest in smart people solving difficult problems, often difficult scientific or engineering problems. Here’s why. A. INTRODUCTION The Problem We have two primary and related interests: Finding ways to support technological development (technology is the fundamental driver of growth in the industrialized world)…

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Hacker News Fires Steve Yegge

It's great that you aren't quitting google, but it seems like you misspoke rather than being misinterpreted. It's kind of random that you claim that people misheard the word "project" when it is easy to check the actual video and realize that you didn't say that word. Your exact quote was "I am officially quitting…