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A man who cleans up after plane crashes

125 points by salatin 10y ago

DiabloD3 10y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13253884 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13253884
- foota 10y ago
  Not a dupe, the other one didn't garner sufficient attention.
mst 10y ago
I really can't figure out how the HN code didn't dedupe this. Stunningly impressive job by whichever PR agency placed the story (and fascinating to read as well).
- salatin 10y ago
  Uhh... it was on the Longreads recommended reading for this week and figured I'd share. I submitted last night, looks like someone else submitted later today and I got the karma for it. So it goes
  - mst 10y ago
    Yeah. The question is why we ended up with two submissions rather than an upvote for one of the two as I thought normally happens. I'm just curious, I've never seen that before. Like I say, still interesting. Also: I meant the PR agency who arranged for a glowing profile in the first place. See also Paul Graham's writing about that.
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loopdoend 10y ago
What an annoying site on mobile. While reading, advertisements load and shift your view to some place in the article you've never seen before. Is this style of monetization supposed to make me want to buy a magazine? (No, I didn't finish reading it. I don't care anymore. Definitely not the "worst job in the world".)
- danso 10y ago
  Have to agree with you, even if it is orthogonal to the excellent content. I kept thinking that the story hadn't fully loaded, and the jankiness was a result of new assets popping in. After the fifth time of accidentally clicking on an ad and losing my place, I quit. What I had read up to that point was great though. Just another example showing how fucked the media industry currently is, in that its executives and leaders don't actually dogfood their own product on digital. There's no way a competent editor or publisher would put up with that reading experience, if they had actually experienced it by reading the story via mobile. But because the story looks great in print, they probably don't care how it isn't on the web site.
- Nexxxeh 10y ago
  Firefox for Android, and uBlock Origin. I used the "picker" thingy and just zapped the annoying bits. ! Mon Dec 26 07:09:28 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.mobile-header-container ! Mon Dec 26 07:15:55 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.mobile-header ! Mon Dec 26 07:16:45 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.show.component-sub-header I don't know if theirs anything equivalent for iOS.
- 05 10y ago
  'Reader view available' on iOS
- jrnichols 10y ago
  I read it, and found it to be a very moving and well written article. One of the most emotional things that I've read in a long time. but I had to go into a different browser because the obnoxious, intrusive advertisements were getting in the way of the content. I'm glad I did, though. Your mileage may vary, but it was more personal for me as a paramedic that has seen the immediate aftermath of tragedies.
krishicks 10y ago
If you liked this, you might like a This American Life segment that aired in 2000, "Grime Scene", about a guy who built a business cleaning up after crime scenes. Skip ahead to 8:14. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/164/crime-scene?act=2#play https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/164/...
IvarTheHomeless 10y ago
For the members of the audience ENRAGED by ads during their reading experience, I will summarize the key points in the article that you can use in your daily life to survive plane crashes: Never inflate your floatation vest until you exit the plane. Don't take your shoes off until you're sure your plane has successfully taken off. Put your shoes on a few minutes before your plane starts landing.

125 points by salatin 10y ago

DiabloD3 10y ago

Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13253884 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13253884

foota 10y ago
Not a dupe, the other one didn't garner sufficient attention.

mst 10y ago

I really can't figure out how the HN code didn't dedupe this. Stunningly impressive job by whichever PR agency placed the story (and fascinating to read as well).

salatin 10y ago
Uhh... it was on the Longreads recommended reading for this week and figured I'd share. I submitted last night, looks like someone else submitted later today and I got the karma for it. So it goes
- mst 10y ago
  Yeah. The question is why we ended up with two submissions rather than an upvote for one of the two as I thought normally happens. I'm just curious, I've never seen that before. Like I say, still interesting. Also: I meant the PR agency who arranged for a glowing profile in the first place. See also Paul Graham's writing about that.
- deleted 10y ago
  [deleted]

loopdoend 10y ago

What an annoying site on mobile. While reading, advertisements load and shift your view to some place in the article you've never seen before. Is this style of monetization supposed to make me want to buy a magazine? (No, I didn't finish reading it. I don't care anymore. Definitely not the "worst job in the world".)

danso 10y ago
Have to agree with you, even if it is orthogonal to the excellent content. I kept thinking that the story hadn't fully loaded, and the jankiness was a result of new assets popping in. After the fifth time of accidentally clicking on an ad and losing my place, I quit. What I had read up to that point was great though. Just another example showing how fucked the media industry currently is, in that its executives and leaders don't actually dogfood their own product on digital. There's no way a competent editor or publisher would put up with that reading experience, if they had actually experienced it by reading the story via mobile. But because the story looks great in print, they probably don't care how it isn't on the web site.
Nexxxeh 10y ago
Firefox for Android, and uBlock Origin. I used the "picker" thingy and just zapped the annoying bits. ! Mon Dec 26 07:09:28 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.mobile-header-container ! Mon Dec 26 07:15:55 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.mobile-header ! Mon Dec 26 07:16:45 2016 http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes http://www.gq.com/story/man-who-cleans-up-plane-crashes www.gq.com##.show.component-sub-header I don't know if theirs anything equivalent for iOS.
05 10y ago
'Reader view available' on iOS
jrnichols 10y ago
I read it, and found it to be a very moving and well written article. One of the most emotional things that I've read in a long time. but I had to go into a different browser because the obnoxious, intrusive advertisements were getting in the way of the content. I'm glad I did, though. Your mileage may vary, but it was more personal for me as a paramedic that has seen the immediate aftermath of tragedies.

krishicks 10y ago

If you liked this, you might like a This American Life segment that aired in 2000, "Grime Scene", about a guy who built a business cleaning up after crime scenes. Skip ahead to 8:14. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/164/crime-scene?act=2#play https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/164/...

IvarTheHomeless 10y ago

For the members of the audience ENRAGED by ads during their reading experience, I will summarize the key points in the article that you can use in your daily life to survive plane crashes: Never inflate your floatation vest until you exit the plane. Don't take your shoes off until you're sure your plane has successfully taken off. Put your shoes on a few minutes before your plane starts landing.