Comment by surgical_fire

> When did Hacker news start becoming a luddite, bad takes everywhere I look, feels like everyone is '50 year old burnt out guy' that has no idea what is going on vibe?

Much to the opposite, I think healthy skepticism is a sign of maturity. The overeager embracing of hype cycles is extremely cringe.

> I just got back from a SAIRS conference at UCLA and talked directly with some of the presenters and engineers at Google.

Cringe, as I was saying.

Conferences are just mutual fart smelling, swagger, and expensing trips on company momey. I am not against it, but treating your participation in some conference as a sign of the future is very silly.

Every conference I participated always overhyped every current bullshit.