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[after a couple of downvotes] Alright Mr. and Ms. Snark Police, so I did give the article a chance. This time from the top and made it until I read this senten
by skore 15y ago
[after a couple of downvotes]
Alright Mr. and Ms. Snark Police, so I did give the article a chance. This time from the top and made it until I read this sentence:
"In recent memory, I distinctly remember: it was past 2am, I was listening to 杨宗纬 with my amazing, noise-canceling Shures in the background of doing something that required minimal mental processing power."
Yes, this text is so well written and worth my time that the author didn't even bother to proof read and see that he forgot to fill in a placeholder.
And just in case anybody wonders - yes, I did continue to read it all the way down, but it was really hard not to go into skipping mode. The rest of the article is more of the above - contrived, rambling sentences and touches of delusion of grandeur. Very little value apart from boilerplate mock-inspiration. No thanks.
I know that snark is sometimes too easily fired out here on HN, but I was merely stating my opinion on giving the article an honest shot. I don't think that is worthy of a downvote.
- rl1987 15y agoWhat placeholder?
- Mz 15y agoI suspect he means: 杨宗纬 Can anyone translate that to English? I know a smidgeon of German and French, can count to ten in Russian...etc...but there is no Chinese/Japanese in there (my brain, I mean). Thanks.
- ckcheng 15y ago"杨宗纬" is probably "Aska Yang", a Taiwanese Mandopop singer. So the original might read: "I was listening to [Aska Yang] with my amazing..." Not sure how that is a placeholder though.
- Mz 15y agoThank you! He apparently translated it differently: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3341401 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3341401
- skore 15y ago"I was listening to 杨宗纬[here] with my amazing..."