"YC is less valuable for it."
I don't think so.
If YC became less valuable every time someone disagreed or posted something questionable, there'd be nothing left. We'll be fine. Lighten up.
I don't think so.
If YC became less valuable every time someone disagreed or posted something questionable, there'd be nothing left. We'll be fine. Lighten up.
However, a thread like this is not a discussion. Of the bunch of replies other than my one (and its associated meta-discussion), every single one is a "me too"-like statement that "this is what I listen to". And how could it be another way? We are all different people with different tastes and there is no singular "hacker music" that's best suited to programming.
So, an Ask-YC like this:
- doesn't bring anything new to the table in the OP (particularly since it's been done many times before)
- brings nothing in the comments
- is theoretically incapable of doing either anyway
Therefore, it's a complete waste of space. There could be an insightful article on the front page in its stead, but instead, all there is is this vacuous nothing. YC is worse for it, not better - YC thrives despite the presence of this kind of thread, not because of it.
I would be shocked to find any kind of music that some hacker somewhere doesn't listen to.
Therefore, the question is as meaningless as asking what colour hackers' hair is. Or what they eat.
Also, the idea of HN turning into an endless repetition of the same questions that new people ask all the time because they don't know that they've been asked before proves my point quite thoroughly: it's not a good future for HN.
Heathen! Your playlist should consist exclusively of death metal, '70s rock and 160BPM techno. Any comprehensible lyrics are distracting and should be banished.