<story><title>IT Runs on Java 8</title><url>https://veekaybee.github.io/2019/05/10/java8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsight</author><text>Are we just going to ignore the idea of paying $30k for a Civic? I hope noone is doing that.</text></item><item><author>mzkply</author><text>The HN front page is similar to any community. For example, a car site&amp;#x27;s homepage will be listing the latest supercars, expensive turbos, rims, whatever... while most readers are driving a $30,000 Civic.&lt;p&gt;The best &amp;amp; brightest in tech are working with the best tools on the biggest problems, and that&amp;#x27;s what gets talked about, regardless of what the mass is doing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>debunn</author><text>If the poster was from Canada, $30K is actually about right for a 2019 Touring trim level (it would be even more after taxes):&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;carcostcanada.com&amp;#x2F;Canada&amp;#x2F;Prices&amp;#x2F;2019-Honda-Civic_Sedan&amp;#x2F;32041&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;carcostcanada.com&amp;#x2F;Canada&amp;#x2F;Prices&amp;#x2F;2019-Honda-Civic_Sed...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>IT Runs on Java 8</title><url>https://veekaybee.github.io/2019/05/10/java8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>jsight</author><text>Are we just going to ignore the idea of paying $30k for a Civic? I hope noone is doing that.</text></item><item><author>mzkply</author><text>The HN front page is similar to any community. For example, a car site&amp;#x27;s homepage will be listing the latest supercars, expensive turbos, rims, whatever... while most readers are driving a $30,000 Civic.&lt;p&gt;The best &amp;amp; brightest in tech are working with the best tools on the biggest problems, and that&amp;#x27;s what gets talked about, regardless of what the mass is doing.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>zten</author><text>You could pull it off by buying a Civic Type-R, which I think fits the theme.</text></comment>