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I saw the face of God in a semiconductor factory

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I tapped out about halfway. It reads like a college freshman trying desperately to turn the 100 words they have into a 2,000 word essay. There are entire paragraphs that had nothing to do with the story at all.

You got a lot farther than I managed to.

Good luck getting to the end of this without giving it. It bathers on so much that's nothing to do with the story.

The purple prose is exhausting.

Me: Summarize this article.

ChatGPT: Does this guy ever get to the point?

the author is a woman.

https://www.wired.com/author/virginia-heffernan/

Isn't "guy" a de facto catch-all?

you should try it in real life and tell us how it goes.

Saw a girl walk up to a group of her friends (all girls) and say "hi you guys!"

Seems to work fine.

it works in group settings but not an individual, which the author is.

Spotted here: https://www.ft.com/content/423f90b5-dca6-4370-9650-eb92c92d4...

If you don't mind rambling, I found it an enjoyable read. You may want to skim sections 1-2 or skip entirely to section 3.

TL;DR - wired.com loves the long-form. If I don't get sucked in by the first paragraph or two, I don't read the rest.

You mean to say that

> I had discharged my insomniac unease by looping through iOS games while perseverating on Putin, Xi, MAGA Republicans, and the rest of the nihilistic flexers with malevolent designs on democracy. At the same time, I had cautioned myself for the millionth time against turning hawkish, the way the right and the rich do when feeling down in the mouth, gunning for a new clash of civilizations, or—more likely still—aiming to subdue Chinese competition so they can make more money.

didn't pull you into this fascinating tech article? Seems kind of... fascist of you.

Reading the comments first, I assumed you had made up your quoted text because it is SO over the top. And then I read the last line - yep, that's actually a quote from the article.

It's amazing how wonderful and right and generous people like this always are about everything.

I want to read this article but 10 seconds of reading about luggage woes followed by an interrupter ad to force me to subscribe is simply nuts. Enjoy the bounce rate, Wired.

"Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I know this rule, I was mostly commenting on the bizarre writing style. The article is aimless and nebulous to whatever point they're making. The ad was just the nail in the coffin.

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