Goodbye, Google (2009)

Hacker News isn't just strictly news anymore than the New York Times is strictly about New York.

We do live in boring times. The 24/7 media cycle may have taught us otherwise. But day-to-day, not that much new events happens. The way I see Hacker News, it's a place for smart hackers to post interesting articles. If other hackers find the article interesting, that's all that matters.

Generally speaking, the historical posts on HN are some of the most interesting. I wish there were more of them. They're also one of the more distinctive things about this site. At its best, people here are interested in a broad range of things—a range that extends backward in time as well as in other directions. It's a shallow intellect indeed that has no room for anything beyond the L1 cache of the moment.

I would be curious as to which decisions you are referring to.

The infamous 41 shades of blue was under Ms. Mayer's (now of Yahoo) reign[1] and likely would have driven anyone with a shred of art education into the fetal position given the adaptive nature of human vision[2].

It is difficult to deduce if you are suggesting that the status quo remains at Google or if you have been noticing the decisions that are more design focused.

[1] http://gawker.com/5189298/marissa-mayer-is-right-80-percent-... [2] EG http://www.lottolab.org/articles/illusionsoflight.asp