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Being made to nibble little bites of text one at a time is a distraction. Images depicting clumsy or irrelevant metaphors of easily understood things are a dist
by rdiddly 5y ago
Being made to nibble little bites of text one at a time is a distraction. Images depicting clumsy or irrelevant metaphors of easily understood things are a distraction.
- IlliOnato 5y agoI had exactly the same thought. But perhaps the author wanted to drive the point home :-)
- Andrex 5y agoIt seems like this is a leaked internal presentation from Google, not meant for public consumption. That's what I take away from "Google Confidential and Proprietary" in the bottom right. Some more context over what this is and who wrote it would be immensely valuable. Edit- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27764579 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27764579
- cratermoon 5y agoSome additional context previously on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27671055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27671055 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27585602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27585602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27535584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27535584
- titzer 5y agoEndless nitpicking turns everything into infighting and makes everything suck. Can we have a conversation about substance at some point?
- neolog 5y agoIt's a slide deck from a presentation, not an essay.
- rdiddly 5y agoHmm, maybe, presentations are a distraction?