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I learned details about undefined behaviour in C++ on hackernews. This was a great help when I looked for a job. I learned about Rust, tensors, Docker, GDPR, An
by Kenji 8y ago
I learned details about undefined behaviour in C++ on hackernews. This was a great help when I looked for a job. I learned about Rust, tensors, Docker, GDPR, Angular, and many many more things. Generally my tech knowledge has become much more well-rounded and broader, but also deeper in several areas.
I also learned a lot about Silicon Valley and the prevailing culture there, much to my dismay. Ok just kidding but my jokes triggered some people and I got hellbanned. Where I come from, people are much more chill and love to share good sarcastic jokes.
- dang 8y agoYou were banned not for "sarcastic jokes", but for taking HN threads into political flamewar—not what this site is for—and ignoring a large number of requests to stop. We told you we banned you and why. But you forgot to include links (https://hn.algolia.com/?query=linkless%20martyr&sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comment&storyText=false&prefix=false&page=0 https://hn.algolia.com/?query=linkless%20martyr&sort=byDate&...), and HN readers like to make up their own minds: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14960370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14960370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14938232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14938232 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14748150 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14748150 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14453935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14101988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14101988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14017705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14017705 I'm glad to see that your good comments are getting vouched for, though. That is the vouching system working as intended. If you decide you want to follow the guidelines and use HN fully as intended, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com.
- shawn 8y agoWhy was I banned? I have never been given a clear answer. for taking HN threads into political flamewar—not what this site is for—and ignoring a large number of requests to stop. This is an explanation. But your explanations to me always consist of "You're posting low quality stuff." When I asked for an explanation as to why I was rate limited for this, you hellbanned me for three months. Are you sure this is reasonable? I think the goal of the experiment was to see whether this increases the quality of my comments. But as you can see from my comment history, the ban has murdered it. I’d be happy to write good comments if they are welcome. There is simply no incentive to write. In the meantime, what did the Lisp programmer say to his Apple cddr? “I wish I had a car.” Here’s a better one. I appear to be facing the cons-eqences of my own actions.
- shawwn 8y agoOk, I’ve switched to this account in the meantime. I guess you can ban it too if you want. But I’m just going to write mostly about Lisp, so that would be unkind to the poor cons cells. https://imgur.com/jNSnTf5 https://imgur.com/jNSnTf5 I made a book cover for an updated version of On Lisp I'm working on. I think it's time to revise and combine SICP + On Lisp for 2018. They were written in the 70's and the 90's, and no one gives them much attention anymore even though they present a lot of fascinating ideas.
- Kenji 8y agoI see nothing wrong with any of the linked comments of mine, in fact comments like the first one still amuse me, and I still stand 100% behind comments like the fifth one, so I guess I deserve to remain banned for now.