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While this is a fairly interesting article and that code is an interesting piece of work as well, I found it a hard read solely because of the way it's presente

by stinos 9y ago

While this is a fairly interesting article and that code is an interesting piece of work as well, I found it a hard read solely because of the way it's presented. The bunnies, the big bold text in between the other text, the oh-so-slight difference in font size to indicate different headings (I think?), nested bullet points with sometimes only one entry in a level, making me wonder why there even is a bullet. Oh and I like humor, but those Job title/Hobbies entries, the <wink/sadface/whatever/>, I don't know, it's like everything but funny to me? Mainly distracting.

frou_dh 9y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739
gameswithgo 9y ago
It is pretty normal that people will bikeshed about blog format on the internet, because people often don't have the technical chops to talk about the content, but why is it that these bikeshed comments get upvoted here?
- stinos 9y ago
  I'm fairly sure I do have the technical chops to talk about the content, being very used to C++ in all it's glory, but I don't have much to add to the article: once broken down to it's intent/meaning, it's clear to me what it's about and why the code is useful. Which is why I said it's an interesting article. And why I upvoted the post. That being said, to address your concern: this is HN, where in my experience pretty much anything can get discussed, and not-so-topnotch blog formats is one of those things. Upvotes in this case simply mean others have the same feeling with regards to the general readability of the article. Also note that, as far as I recall, there has been more than one post - not just comment - on HN exactly about this: conveying information in a proper manner is an important aspect of the internet in general. Not just bikeshedding. Even more so for technical stuff, imo.
- master-litty 9y ago
  It seems trivial but I think it's important to discuss the aesthetic of these types of things. It's not to nitpick, it's not to make fun of a person or belittle their work (I think most people here agree it's a great post!), it's to engage in a communal discussion about what we learned here so we can apply it elsewhere. Isn't that still in the spirit of HN? I don't find the parent comment to be the most constructive example but, ignoring the subjective criticism about the jokes, I agree there's something unusually distracting about the format. For example, the bunnies that highlight content on the right-hand side? If you're reading the entire post, you're going to read some sentences twice over -- So why are these here? For summary? Why couldn't the summary be in a more accessible area like the top?

by stinos 9y ago

frou_dh 9y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9238739

gameswithgo 9y ago

It is pretty normal that people will bikeshed about blog format on the internet, because people often don't have the technical chops to talk about the content, but why is it that these bikeshed comments get upvoted here?

stinos 9y ago
I'm fairly sure I do have the technical chops to talk about the content, being very used to C++ in all it's glory, but I don't have much to add to the article: once broken down to it's intent/meaning, it's clear to me what it's about and why the code is useful. Which is why I said it's an interesting article. And why I upvoted the post. That being said, to address your concern: this is HN, where in my experience pretty much anything can get discussed, and not-so-topnotch blog formats is one of those things. Upvotes in this case simply mean others have the same feeling with regards to the general readability of the article. Also note that, as far as I recall, there has been more than one post - not just comment - on HN exactly about this: conveying information in a proper manner is an important aspect of the internet in general. Not just bikeshedding. Even more so for technical stuff, imo.
master-litty 9y ago
It seems trivial but I think it's important to discuss the aesthetic of these types of things. It's not to nitpick, it's not to make fun of a person or belittle their work (I think most people here agree it's a great post!), it's to engage in a communal discussion about what we learned here so we can apply it elsewhere. Isn't that still in the spirit of HN? I don't find the parent comment to be the most constructive example but, ignoring the subjective criticism about the jokes, I agree there's something unusually distracting about the format. For example, the bunnies that highlight content on the right-hand side? If you're reading the entire post, you're going to read some sentences twice over -- So why are these here? For summary? Why couldn't the summary be in a more accessible area like the top?