Hacker News: vertr

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 06:00:35 +0000

I think he's dangerous and posturing these posts to build a new following to replace the last one that he destroyed. I would quite like to keep the HN community out of it.

Fortunately having a weak point in an argument doesn't nullify the whole thing.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:58:01 +0000

I have a hobby of keeping an eye on and occasionally critiquing 'cult of personality' types who build cults and scam their members. I am passionate about it, however I've never had contact with Mr. Bogue.

I believe the guy is dangerous. Take it as you will.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:55:42 +0000

Yeah but this is a guy who is selling a guide on deploying Node.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 05:53:44 +0000

If they are actually a magician a dismissive critic would hardly prevent them from 'saving' everyone from anything.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 03:29:19 +0000

Seems pretty hypocritical of you considering you are in the same position.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:50:53 +0000

Why would you presume that? Your mistake.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:01:51 +0000

Or I could be myself thanks.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Fri, 05 Jul 2013 00:37:12 +0000

I just found this post, it's a pretty good review of the madness: http://evbogue.com/haters

"Learning to deploy Node.js is probably one of the hardest things I've done with my life to date. It's a different kind of challenge than traveling around the globe, or throwing out all of your shit."

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 23:58:58 +0000

Of course I'm not in a position to diagnose anyone with anything specifically, however I think erratic self-destructive behavior is in that realm.

"A mental disorder or psychiatric disorder is a psychological pattern or anomaly, potentially reflected in behavior, that is generally associated with distress or disability, and which is not considered part of normal development in a person's culture. "

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_disorder

Regardless, my assessment of his mental health is irrelevant to my argument that he has no credibility for other substantial reasons.

New comment by vertr in "The web you know is dying"

vertr — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 22:56:07 +0000

Ev Bogue is a mentally unstable guy who comes out of the woodwork every so often to say crazy 'edgy' things. He generally builds little cults and then destroys them in fits of mania. His last title for himself was "Cybernetic Yogi."

After he destroyed his minimalist and post-human blogs and communities he's recently got into coding Node. Presumably because he lost all credibility in the other fields. His thing is to "quit" services. He quit Twitter, quit writing, quit Facebook, rejoined Twitter, deleted his blog, undeleted his blog, quit his identity, created a new one, and so on. This would all be very amusing if he didn't take it so seriously himself. He is at best, very mentally ill.

I find his current work particularly annoying because he's a guy who has about six months of coding experience claiming that Node.js is the messiah of the web. Just not worth it. In six months or so Bogue will quit Node and discover the new 'it thing' and ramble about that somewhere. The problem is that he writes about topics that he is not adequately educated on. He does this because he has a deep need to be seen as an expert.

Some back story: http://ariherzog.com/blogger-insists-on-twitter-users/ http://adamtervort.com/blog/2011/01/26/minimalism-isnt-dead-...

"Gwen Bell Blocked Me; Ev Bogue Blocked Me" https://plus.google.com/u/0/114850856787256556043/posts/GLYo...

"Far Beyond My Ego" (parody) http://farbeyondmyego.blogspot.com/

New comment by vertr in "Rackspace Response to PRISM"

vertr — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:15:13 +0000

The thing most bothering me right now is the lack of meaningful response from the companies that really matter: Google, Microsoft, Apple, and others. The responses we do have seem to be downright lies.

New comment by vertr in "Why Developing Serious Relationships in Your 20s Matters"

vertr — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:43:28 +0000

I don't think there is a correlation there.

New comment by vertr in "Why Developing Serious Relationships in Your 20s Matters"

vertr — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 07:22:08 +0000

I don't follow.

New comment by vertr in "Elon Musk's Data Doesn't Back Up His Claims of New York Times Fakery"

vertr — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:05:24 +0000

Your mistake was assuming that anyone could be immune to persuasion or ideology.

New comment by vertr in "Four Hours of Concentration"

vertr — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:46:59 +0000

Gladwell is a poor example.

Jimmy Wales against homeopathy

vertr — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:50:59 +0000

Article URL: http://jimmywales.quora.com/Homeopathy-Oscillococcinum-in-particular

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5148909

Points: 7

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New comment by vertr in "Ask HN: How do you stop regretting?"

vertr — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:11:40 +0000

Patriarchal bullshit is not what this guy needs. That said, I agree with the content of your first comment.

New comment by vertr in "How an unsigned rapper changed music"

vertr — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:55:05 +0000

Maybe not "deep" but a lot of his lyrics are social commentary.

New comment by vertr in "'I Have a Dream' Posted in Defiance of Copyright for Internet Freedom Day"

vertr — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 17:59:53 +0000

I find this funny because Martin Luther King turned out to be a plagiarist.

New comment by vertr in "Petition the Whitehouse to remove Carmen Ortiz from office"

vertr — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:56:02 +0000

I feel like this petition could have been written so much more persuasively. Regardless, I signed.