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I 'll probably be buried for this, but how is this "hacker news"? I thought HN was moderated

by ignifero 16y ago

iamwil 16y ago
Do you not find it an intellectually curious topic?
- ignifero 16y ago
  Without trying to be condescending, no. I am not a golf fan, and I already know that practice makes perfect. If I were to devote 10000 hours of my life in something it would be more "cerebral" than a motor skill/sport. Just my point of view. For example: if this guy decided to devote 10000 hours to make a machine that would connect and download golf into his brain, now that would be cool.
  - jamesbkel 16y ago
    Certainly practice approches perfect. The interesting part here is to quantify the practice to perfection radio in the context of the well known 10,000hr rule. Golf works well for this since it's fairly objective at the individual level. I'm not interested in golf, but I found it interesting to read through the article and see I thought his use of golf as a skill had some merit, but also where I think he's a bit off. Regardless of the outcome, I hope he follows through and documents well. That said, I definitely pick up what you're putting down on the 'cerebral' aspect.
    - ignifero 16y ago
      See i think his choice of golf (or most sports where you rely mostly on repetitive physical training) is a bad one. It's like a brute force attack - effective, but not much of an achievement.
flatline 16y ago
Not so much moderated - some links are occasionally killed, usually as spam. How is setting out on a new venture to both succeed technically and profesionally - and test a hypothesis that has been bandied about HN quite a bit - not hacking related?
- ignifero 16y ago
  Just out of curiosity, would you find it equally interesting if it was about, say, soccer, or about memorizing the Bible?
  - flatline 16y ago
    Good question. The problem with soccer is that it is a team sport, so individual success is more difficult to gauge than with golf. It is also not very well-recognized in the US. Memorizing the Bible would be fascinating but it's not really in line with the whole 10K hour to become a pro at something, though I could see something like this making it to the front page of HN.
ctdonath 16y ago
The "10,000 hours" concept is a popular meme among hackers & entrepreneurs. Many of us are excited to see someone studying/testing it with such deliberation.

I 'll probably be buried for this, but how is this "hacker news"? I thought HN was moderated

iamwil 16y ago

Do you not find it an intellectually curious topic?

ignifero 16y ago
Without trying to be condescending, no. I am not a golf fan, and I already know that practice makes perfect. If I were to devote 10000 hours of my life in something it would be more "cerebral" than a motor skill/sport. Just my point of view. For example: if this guy decided to devote 10000 hours to make a machine that would connect and download golf into his brain, now that would be cool.
- jamesbkel 16y ago
  Certainly practice approches perfect. The interesting part here is to quantify the practice to perfection radio in the context of the well known 10,000hr rule. Golf works well for this since it's fairly objective at the individual level. I'm not interested in golf, but I found it interesting to read through the article and see I thought his use of golf as a skill had some merit, but also where I think he's a bit off. Regardless of the outcome, I hope he follows through and documents well. That said, I definitely pick up what you're putting down on the 'cerebral' aspect.
  - ignifero 16y ago
    See i think his choice of golf (or most sports where you rely mostly on repetitive physical training) is a bad one. It's like a brute force attack - effective, but not much of an achievement.

flatline 16y ago

Not so much moderated - some links are occasionally killed, usually as spam. How is setting out on a new venture to both succeed technically and profesionally - and test a hypothesis that has been bandied about HN quite a bit - not hacking related?

ignifero 16y ago
Just out of curiosity, would you find it equally interesting if it was about, say, soccer, or about memorizing the Bible?
- flatline 16y ago
  Good question. The problem with soccer is that it is a team sport, so individual success is more difficult to gauge than with golf. It is also not very well-recognized in the US. Memorizing the Bible would be fascinating but it's not really in line with the whole 10K hour to become a pro at something, though I could see something like this making it to the front page of HN.

ctdonath 16y ago

The "10,000 hours" concept is a popular meme among hackers & entrepreneurs. Many of us are excited to see someone studying/testing it with such deliberation.