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Yes, and when I was 5, I took apart my parents rotary telephone and figured out how it worked. I'm sure there was a document somewhere that already explained it
by nobleach 9y ago
Yes, and when I was 5, I took apart my parents rotary telephone and figured out how it worked. I'm sure there was a document somewhere that already explained it... but for me, actually "discovering" it led to a new level of understanding. I'm confused by your use of "Sherlock" as a pejorative. I actually like the author's use of deduction as a learning tool... instead of just vomiting knowledge read elsewhere.
- Ajedi32 9y ago> I'm confused by your use of "Sherlock" as a pejorative. It's not a pejorative, it's sarcasm. You could replace "Sherlock" with "This genius" in that sentence for essentially same effect. I'm not really sure why, but for some reason "Sherlock" has become very common to use in a sarcastic context like that. Kinda like how "fat chance" and "slim chance" now mean basically the same thing due to "fat chance" almost always being used sarcastically.
- nobleach 9y agoRegardless... even though what the author discovered is common knowledge to those who've done some work with GA tracking (or perhaps simply researched interesting ways to add elements to the DOM). I applaud the curiosity that lead to this blog post.
- vlasev 9y agoNah. The author did the equivalent of saying they would tell us how the iPhone works, but got as far as just opening the box it comes in and powering it on.
- SippinLean 9y agoIt is pejorative sarcasm
- jgalt212 9y ago> instead of just vomiting knowledge read elsewhere that's a nice line and describes some very high karma HN denizens.