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Comment by 1GZ0 | Hacker News Reader

Why would anyone care who Paul Graham hangs out with?

many people do care because he provides more signals the guy PG hangs out with is more likely to be legit than a random person

...or just somebody who plays the SV networking game well enough to be in the room. Any number of Adam Neumanns and Sam Bankman-Fried-adjacent personality types could get through that door.

But...would Paul write that if he hadn't read (some of) the code?

...you know he can read code, don't you?

Is that a joke?

I bet he'd be pumped to know he created a community that's so counterculture it either doesn't know who he is, or disdains him.

Actual lol.

Counterculture? Do you think you have to be counterculture not to know who Paul Graham is? What the fuck lol. Ask anyone outside of your little bubble and they won't have a fucking clue.

Edit: The above was needlessly confrontational. I don't know you and it was uncalled for. I just fucking despise Silicon Valley.

You know where you're posting, right?

Not know who he is funny, not counterculture.

Having disdain for him is getting there.

It's really sad to see what big tech has become these days. At least some folks are ready to stop drinking the kool-aid.

Which folks are you talking about?

"Say more"

I honestly never heard of this person before now. I presume some startupper.

Is that the guy with the purple Porsche? Who or what were we talking about again?

How would I know which car someone I don't know has?

Mark Zuckerberg created much bigger and more useful communities. Must be the better man. Actual lol.

Huh?

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