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Almost every sufficiently small unit of time here is a complete waste. However, over a longer timescale I find it useful. I kinda look at it like a webring for
by gspr 5y ago
Almost every sufficiently small unit of time here is a complete waste. However, over a longer timescale I find it useful. I kinda look at it like a webring for discovering points of view I wouldn't otherwise stumble across. And some comments are insightful.
My biggest gripes are the endless "rewriting X in Y" stories and the comments from people who are smart in their own field who think that any other field is amenable to their armchair reasoning.
- spacechild1 5y ago> the comments from people who are smart in their own field who think that any other field is amenable to their armchair reasoning. For me, that's one of the most annoying things about HN. These people would often use a very authoritative tone, so it can be difficult to spot the BS unless you're an expert yourself. Always take everything you read with a grain of salt and remind yourself of Gell-Mann-Amnesia.