[thaumaturgy]

Cool, so we're People magazine now, only with a SV focus.

"Silicon People".

Wow, that really works in more than one way.

HN's been a pretty shameless gossip site for a while, nice to see folks finally dropping all pretense about it.

[Semiapies]

Bluntly, People magazine does more in-depth coverage of its subjects than pg's post does of this guy. They would have felt compelled to give a number of examples of things he's done that a reader might actually see as good, as opposed to just asserting it a few times.

Beyond that, the post is just some hand-waving about a claimed trend with little support. That's why the torture thing blew up - it was an actual, specific ethical matter involving the guy instead of a generic business hagiography (he's good, but you wouldn't want him mad at you, blah blah blah).