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Ask HN: What's your favorite HN post?
Been asked several times but interested to see references to more recent posts.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12496558 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12496558
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2158116 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2158116
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3996652 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3996652
Have any Hacker News threads ever truly changed your perspective on life, or technology? Post them please.
- parasthinker 6y agoI really like this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16411662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16411662
- jamesnyc 6y agoInteresting https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280939 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22280939
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- stevewodil 6y agoI like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23890036 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23890036
- acheron 6y agoStack overflow exception
- reikonomusha 6y agoIf only you eliminated tail calls, then you would be in looping bliss.
- schroffl 6y agoWell, you don't have to open the link in a new tab.
- pmoriarty 6y agoHN allows users to favorite posts, and to see the posts that any user has favored. For the latter, just open a user's profile and click on "favorites".
- amelius 6y agoYeah, but it's too black/white, i.e. there's no rating, you can't sort by rating, etc. I have the same problem with Spotify songs which you can either like or not like.
- Jack5500 6y agoEasily https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 and its comments
- danbmil99 6y agoI was an early beta user of dropbox (%50). I thought it was rubbish.
- Zoo3y 6y agoHow to find new music. The blog linked has good resources, and the HN comments have even more. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22194107
- filoeleven 6y agoAlan Kay asks, “ What if "data" is a really bad idea?” Rich Hickey responds. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11945722 (Thread is from 2016; I first saw it much later.)
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- kgwxd 6y agoI really wish that had gone a bit further. Alan Kay's ideas are always intriguing but, to me, it feels like he presents them too vaguely and people just end up arguing weather the thing they did based on his idea is inline with his real point. If he replies to those questions at all, it's with some more thought-provoking, but still vague, stuff. Maybe that's the point, keep people thinking and questioning without giving a definitive, authoritative answer?
- filoeleven 6y agoAgreed. They approach things so differently, and I could watch them debate it all day. I never got a clear idea of how message passing isn’t just data, and I thought that “just data” via message passing is what separates Kay’s OO vision from what we call OO today. This discussion left me more confused, in a pleasant way. My current opinion of Alan Kay’s commenting style is mostly that he’s been thinking about this stuff for decades and still does not have many solid answers, just that he thinks “mimicking biological systems” is a necessary part. That’s a gross oversimplification and not intended as a slight: robust interplanetary-scale communication is a hard problem!
- atum47 6y agoThis one - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961560 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21961560
- mberning 6y agoDid you win the Putnam? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
- jraph 6y agoThis one does not get old.
- skinkestek 6y agoI'm kind of impressed that the person who asked that question got over it and is still contributing! He(?) even joked about it a few laters when it was brought up,calling it is twice-a-year moment of shame or something.
- jraph 6y agoDo you have a link? I found this: "I'm never going to escape that thread, am I?" "Neither am I!" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3997625 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3997625
- skinkestek 6y agoFinally found it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12501344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12501344 I'm actually impressed by sanj! What if we could all learn from our mistakes instead of either blaming the other or giving up.
- robin_reala 6y agoA bit meta perhaps, but dang’s long-form moderation style is always great, and this is a prime example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15374190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15374190
- smichel17 6y agoAnd, since OP asked for recent comments, I'll add this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098 It expresses one of the main reasons I stay on this site, combined with our relative willingness to admit error.
- sam_lowry_ 6y agoI ran a smaller one-size-fits-all community for 15 year. I have two things to share: First, running an open-for-all community empowers moderators and owners. You really feel like god, able to juggle people and opinions left and right. Then, as it scales, you either automate or die. I have chosen to die. Many others did like me, but Zuck have chosen to automate. He continued the race to the bottom that so many of us, little kings of luttle universes, decided to abandon.
- yesenadam 6y agoThanks for that, it helped me appreciate HN more for what it is. I think everyone on HN should read it. Half of it deserves to be on the guidelines page. I'm also a huge fan of dang's writing. The majority of the super-impressive comments I've read on HN have been his, I think! They're exemplars of thoughtfulness, emotional intelligence, fairness, patience, and plain good writing.
- apeescape 6y agoCould you people please add the post title next to the link? I'm on mobile and it would be much nicer to go through the comments if I don't have to open a bunch of anonymous links just to see what they're about. Great idea for a thread though!
- klenwell 6y agoSome recent ones I've bookmarked: logfromblammo on code quality and professionalism: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23430173 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23430173 hanoz on the best thing about buying a domain name: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23241917 megameter on the case for crime if you have bright mind: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23217434 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23217434 This thread on outsourcing is probably my most cited HN post (I'm frequently citing it to remind upper management why hiring an outside firm -- usually a friend or business acquaintance's outside firm -- isn't magically going to solve all our problems): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15831784 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15831784 I recently cited this comment elsewhere as probably my favorite HN comment ever: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10807897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10807897 Huh. logfromblammo again. Maybe I should subscribe to his newsletter.
- Exmoor 6y agoLarry Tesler has Died: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 I had no idea who Larry was before I clicked on these comments, but the many stories from people who knew and worked with him. Obviously Larry was a brilliant guy who did great things, but the stories were pretty universally about what a fantastic person he was to work with. I think about that all the time with regards to how I interact with my coworkers.
- fsflover 6y agoJust look at favorite posts in my profile: https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=fsflover https://news.ycombinator.com/favorites?id=fsflover