Title: I know I am in the minority and the point of this message is more or less fruitless, but hopefully some people might listen, and that's the best I can hope for.<p>This site has become horrible. Right now people post about the most mundane, boring, stupid crap that I can imagine. It either has to do with<p>a). posts from key blogs (joel, fireball)<p>These are sometimes good, but come on, it ain't like these guys are actually the only people coming up with original stuff or that it's always original. Just trusting a source or liking a guy doesn't mean he knows his stuff or that he makes sense.<p>b). new versions of obvious software<p>Just quit talking about that, come on.<p>c). website design<p>Really? Just do something easy and simple and I am sure it will work out. Listening to critics and suggestions on the matter is more or less the blind leading the blind.<p>d). How to start a startup.<p>Just friggin start it man. NASA was started with a lot 
of engineers and astronomers who had no clue how how to put anything together, but people still figured out how to do it. All you need is the determination and the rest will work itself out.<p>What would I like to see here?<p>a). Research, research, research! Lets talk about new stuff on arxiv or something, and the potential applications. I hate reading about new perl/python/c stuff. I mean I am sure it's cool, but come on, it usually ain't breaking new ground.<p>b). Stuff not related to computer science! I friggin love awesome articles about the new discoveries made today or theories about philosophy or whatever. I mean it ain't directly relevant, but that definitely doesn't mean it's useless.<p>c). what sucks in computer science and how to fix it. Let's talk about basic stuff with semi-broken implementations of software and talk about how they could be made better today.<p>d). math! I love reading math stuff, even if I don't get it. Statistics, topology, fuzzy logic, whatever. This site needs more of it.<p>It's been on my mind for a while and thought I would mention it.<p>p.s. Also, quit friggin making blog posts somewhere and then linking to them from here. Come on people, you can't be that desperate for cash. Just make it a ycombinator post and humble yourself with that.
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