> Calling someone's work "pointless and outdated" when they were looking forward to featuring it on HN is just brutal.
Yes, like reality. Maybe the OP will use his natural gifts to think of a way to answer brutality with creativity. That will prepare him for a more direct experience of reality, the kind where people pay you for your work, not because they're compelled to do so, but because they have no choice -- they want what you have, and you deserve to be compensated.
Yes, like reality. Maybe the OP will use his natural gifts to think of a way to answer brutality with creativity. That will prepare him for a more direct experience of reality, the kind where people pay you for your work, not because they're compelled to do so, but because they have no choice -- they want what you have, and you deserve to be compensated.