A very interesting way to use the word ghetto. I even had to google just to make sure that it wasn't an obscure academic term, that the author wasn't using ghetto in its slang form for an article headline for a Forbes blog.

  Think of it this way, a CPA audit is like using a condom 
  that you poked with a needle.
  In theory, it’ll protect you from most of your problems, but not really.

This also had to be one of the worst analogies I've ever read in regards to the purpose of public accounting and audits. Audits are not to prevent fraud -- they are to detect fraud and also give assurance. It is not a condom, it is more like a medical check-up so you can tell the world that you are healthy.

I think this is definitely not a good first impression of Google Wallet. It was my first time using Google Wallet and I think it was for many others as well.

Ahem, he would be a warlock.

Anyone else thought of Shen in League of Legends when this was posted? :)

As a result of Swartz's conspiracy to release JSTOR articles to the public, it led to the company making many articles free for public for viewing. A lot of good has come about from what Swartz did, even if the morality of his illegal actions are under dispute. There has been a lot of recent criticism against academic journals and their publishing companies whose business model is keeping all science and research behind gated walls and away from the public. Even if the research was funded with public money!

Why does it take a story to make it to front page Hacker News to get attention, to get a "direct channel" to the executives when things go wrong? It ignores the all the horrible complaints and stories from everybody else. It's inequity in itself when the only way you will get attention from big companies is from making posts on Hacker News.

Why are they not paying attention to their other day-to-day customers? What kind of business do you intend on building?

It seems Google is trying to break into the consumer hardware space to compete against Apple -- Chromebox + Chromebook + Nexus (and likely Motorola developments)... I'm not sure how I feel given they haven't been blockbuster successes thus far.

I think this was inspired by the original: http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/

edit: beaten to it!

The HN link is giving a 403 -- anyone have an alternative link?

Despite it being a hoax, the page link leads to a 404.

I completely agree. I wouldn't go as far as the blogger to call it "trash", though. I think there is still value in that piece, and an appreciative sentiment to be shared. But there is no doubt that there is not the level of intellectualism for HN's supposed standard. There are routinely non-entrepreneurship articles that get attention on HN, but generally they are at least scientific/academic or relate to business.

EDIT: And now the OP got deleted. Anyone have an explanation?

I'd imagine a lot of people who read HN also love Batman :)

I think actions speak louder than words. Despite Notch getting a some flack among the community for being out-of-touch with Minecraft and some of it also going to his staff, I think this shows that Notch cares about his studio, his work, and staff more than anything else. And certainly unprecedented in among gaming studios and companies.