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I frequently go straight to HN comments instead of the article itself because the article might be exaggerating a point to attract more clicks, whereas the disc
by kristiandupont 6y ago
I frequently go straight to HN comments instead of the article itself because the article might be exaggerating a point to attract more clicks, whereas the discussion is typically a bit broader. That people don't keep it DRY is a feature to me, not a bug.
- harpratap 6y agoThe problem with this approach is that you are limiting yourself to the narrative of a hive-mind. Although HN has done a better job of it then Reddit but it still exhibits the same problems a lot of time.
- kristiandupont 6y agoPossibly, but in true Dunning/Kruger fashion, I believe that I am immune to that. And I have proof: I like Electron :-D
- renewiltord 6y agoHahaha, I think you win this one. Clearly you genuinely are immune to web hate-fads. Read on, and may your power to discern bullshit from non-bullshit one day come to us all.
- mam2 6y agoNot really. Also it goes faster.
- mam2 6y agoSame.
- renewiltord 6y agoOkay, I'll be less polite. The questions were immediately answered and by "better information" I mean "they were completely and utterly wrong but fortunately the article is right". I'm not surprised. Honestly, these threads are very effective benchmarks of the community because you get to match truth v what people say given immediate access to the truth. I can use them to adjust my idea of how much people actually know here when they comment. The answer? Very little. P(x | many HN commenters say x is true) = P(x)