All I can figure is that they all want to build a hydraulic empire but are too lazy to work through the practical difficulties of plumbing.
I've been seeing Ed references in the wild lately. May the wave continue to build!
This might be a good basis for a sticky post in NotAwfulTech!
Google+ but worse
When you encounter a situation where Abort, Retry, and Fail are all solid options.
Tired: Veblen goods
Wired: Veblen words
self-dodging bullet
It's crazy how these guys will burn billions of dollars and boil the oceans to speak to their invisible friends, when all you really need is a tea candle and 3 cc of mouse blood.
This guy's all dip and no chips
I use subscription services to get the best letters of the alphabet.
For example, I use WinnrWinnrChicknDinnr to get access to the letter W (upper AND lower case!) for only $69 a month!
No idea why they needed my SSN, but look I'm not some pleb that uses free letters.
Fyre Festival as a Service
hackernews: We're going to build utopia on Mars, reinvent money, and construct god.
also hackernews: moving off facebook is too hard :( :( :(
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42779776