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> And in the United States, major stock-market indexes fell more than 1 percent before recovering slightly. Ugh, the article wants to do actual journalism but
by acchow 8y ago
> And in the United States, major stock-market indexes fell more than 1 percent before recovering slightly.
Ugh, the article wants to do actual journalism but then it spews out bullshit cruft like this.
- dang 8y agoPlease give us thoughtful critique rather than shallow, indignant dismissal. If you explain what you mean and why, readers can learn something. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- masterjack 8y agoI think the point is that “falling 1 percent” has no real information content since it’s consistent with daily volatility. You can take such random volatility and try to form a narrative around it but it’s intellectually dishonest.
- acchow 8y agoThis is exactly what I meant. I assumed this would be common knowledge in such a technical crowd.
- Pica_soO 8y agoWe communicate every day, with a lot of different people. So the common lowest denominator is the base assumption. Assume nobody you talk too knows anything, that way basics explanation becomes part of every "chat-handshake" but the maximum number of participants can be created.