I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine

Postedabout 2 months agoActiveabout 2 months ago

Chinjut

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Silicon ValleyTech Industry DeclineInnovation

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Silicon Valley

Tech Industry Decline

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The author shares their experience of working in Silicon Valley and argues that it has lost its innovative edge, sparking discussion about the story's originality and the submission process.

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ChinjutAuthor

about 2 months ago

1 reply

Ah, it turns out this is a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45903670. (I thought the submission process used to catch such dupes? The title and URL match exactly.)

detaro

about 2 months ago

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6 upvotes and no comments isn't enough attention to trigger dupe direction.

ChinjutAuthor

about 2 months ago

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Oh, I didn't realize there was a threshold. What is the threshold?

detaro

about 2 months ago

I don't know the exact threshold the software uses, but my impression is that the mods use something in the ballpark of <20 points and <5 comments?

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