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And the other thing they do right is put a date prominently at the top of the page. So frustrating trying to figure out when the information on a page was actu

by tux1968 6y ago

And the other thing they do right is put a date prominently at the top of the page. So frustrating trying to figure out when the information on a page was actually relevant without knowing when it was published.

SamBam 6y ago
Articles without dates are one of my biggest pet peeves.
- dmingod666 6y ago
  Problem is they specifically don't want you to know it's date. Technical marketing material without a date has not expiry date. Putting a date makes content old and you need to do additional work to keep the content updated. If it doesn't have a date it never expires... Not what you and I like and want but what we get a lot of times..
  - Noumenon72 6y ago
    I think the signalling equilibrium works. People with high-quality fresh articles put the date on to gain a temporary advantage, so now when I see an article that doesn't have a date, I become suspicious that means it is old. Like no GPA or graduation date on a resume, it isn't fooling anyone.
    - sbierwagen 6y ago
      Do people actually put their college GPA on a resume?
      - tptacek 6y ago
        Not consistently (thankfully). Don't, if you're not asked.
        cutemonster 6y ago
        Why can that be a bad idea? (I'm not in or from the US and a bit clueless)
        wglb 6y ago
        It is not a realistic predictor of how well folks will do in an actual job.
        Siira 6y ago
        Sources? I imagine toiling away at bullshit academic tasks will have some weak positive correlation with job performance.
    - SamBam 6y ago
      I've never put GPA in an application, and never even imagined doing so. I don't think I've seen GPAs in most professional applications. It's different if you're applying to a university, or you're right out of college, I guess.
Siira 6y ago
I have shell functions to scrape the date from Google or the first appearance in the wayback archive. It’s a good rough estimate. (This info gets added automatically to any article I send to my Kindle for later reading.)

SamBam 6y ago

Articles without dates are one of my biggest pet peeves.

dmingod666 6y ago
Problem is they specifically don't want you to know it's date. Technical marketing material without a date has not expiry date. Putting a date makes content old and you need to do additional work to keep the content updated. If it doesn't have a date it never expires... Not what you and I like and want but what we get a lot of times..
- Noumenon72 6y ago
  I think the signalling equilibrium works. People with high-quality fresh articles put the date on to gain a temporary advantage, so now when I see an article that doesn't have a date, I become suspicious that means it is old. Like no GPA or graduation date on a resume, it isn't fooling anyone.
  - sbierwagen 6y ago
    Do people actually put their college GPA on a resume?
    - tptacek 6y ago
      Not consistently (thankfully). Don't, if you're not asked.
      - cutemonster 6y ago
        Why can that be a bad idea? (I'm not in or from the US and a bit clueless)
        wglb 6y ago
        It is not a realistic predictor of how well folks will do in an actual job.
        Siira 6y ago
        Sources? I imagine toiling away at bullshit academic tasks will have some weak positive correlation with job performance.
  - SamBam 6y ago
    I've never put GPA in an application, and never even imagined doing so. I don't think I've seen GPAs in most professional applications. It's different if you're applying to a university, or you're right out of college, I guess.

Siira 6y ago

I have shell functions to scrape the date from Google or the first appearance in the wayback archive. It’s a good rough estimate. (This info gets added automatically to any article I send to my Kindle for later reading.)