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Is this a copy paste of a blogger that wrote an article about why you shouldnt give up, because charlie didn't either. Are you the author? It feels weird to tak

Is this a copy paste of a blogger that wrote an article about why you shouldnt give up, because charlie didn't either. Are you the author? It feels weird to take 95% of someones article and just post it. https://www.joshuakennon.com/if-charlie-munger-didnt-quit-when-he-was-divorced-broke-and-burying-his-9-year-old-son-you-have-no-excuse/ https://www.joshuakennon.com/if-charlie-munger-didnt-quit-wh...

harryVic 3y ago
It's just a comment, they're not stealing someone's original research. I for one appreciate that they shared the story. Rip charlie munger
- totaldude87 3y ago
  Citation is important when you are not writing a single word on your own , credit where it's due
  - bobobob420 3y ago
    [flagged]
    - pixelatedindex 3y ago
      As the world moves to one that is more connected, credit is even more important.
    - dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
      You’re rubbing elbows with the people actually doing things in some of these news stories. Credibility matters…bro…
  - jyunwai 3y ago
    Agreed. Writing a reference is not just a matter of respect for the author who put in the work, but also a matter of material importance, as the practice can help both the author and the reader. For the author, a reference to their original work can help the rest of their work (such as their website) become better-known. Their corpus of work (whether a book series or a website) can be a source of income. In this case, it appears that the author is able to use his blog to gain clients for his company—he describes his background, clientele, and company below the article, and includes a method of contact via the menu. For the reader, a reference to the source material helps them find similar content by the author that may be relevant and interesting, as well as possibly a way to subscribe to notifications for future work released by the author. Though online discussions don't require linked references—unlike more formal environments such as in academia or in ethical journalism—it's a good habit to link to references whenever possible (especially when quoting word-by-word): it can only help both the author and the reader.
- smogcutter 3y ago
  It’s literally a copy & paste
robocat 3y ago
Suggestion when quoting: put two spaces in front of each paragraph - turns it into monospace and looks a bit like a pullquote e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439315
- oefrha 3y ago
  No, that looks horrible on mobile. It looks horrible even on the largest iPad when I have the Safari sidebar enabled. Don’t use <pre> when line breaks should be automatic. Use standard > for block quotes.
  - robocat 3y ago
    It is an engineers solution, perhaps not pretty and perhaps not semantic but certainly functional enough for this crowd. FYI I mostly use mobile for HN and the solution works fine IMHO.
iambateman 3y ago
This is a great point but given their comment history and 7000+ karma, my money is on this being the original author taking an opportunity to repost their own writing. Hopefully the benefit of the doubt is well offered here because obviously lifting 100+ words of someone else's writing is poor form.
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gist 3y ago
Yes. It is a post by the head of a small investment firm simply trying to align themselves with the halo of Charlie Munger. Also this in particular is particularly ridiculous: "It’s a fair bet that your present troubles pale in comparison. Whatever it is, get over it. Start over. He did it. You can, too." First that's quite a bit of an assumption. After all divorce and a medical problem (like Charlie had) as well as a child dying IS something you can get over. There are people that for sure have much worse situations than that. But even if that was not the case it's never a good idea to frame someone's problems by comparing to something worse that someone got through. You are upset that you have let's say diabetes? Oh get over it 'it's not cancer'. You have cancer? Oh get over it it could be pancreatic cancer. And so on. Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples)
- dsubburam 3y ago
  Reminds me of the non-obvious tacks David Brooks[1] suggests to encourage depressed friends: --praise them for the fight they have been managing so far --tell them that their talents are being looked forward to by others/the world when they manage to recover [1]Paraphrasing from memory of a podcast interview he did with Andrew Sullivan ~a month back.
- trogdor 3y ago
  >Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples) You can’t just wish away addiction, but many people can get help and leave addiction in their past. I did.
- obmelvin 3y ago
  I really don't understand the notion that people should be able to just get over their child dying, but addiction is something you can't just get over? I'm not trying to downplay addiction, but let's be real - people can overcome addiction, but we can't bring back our dead family members.
paulpauper 3y ago
GPT?

harryVic 3y ago

It's just a comment, they're not stealing someone's original research. I for one appreciate that they shared the story. Rip charlie munger

totaldude87 3y ago
Citation is important when you are not writing a single word on your own , credit where it's due
- bobobob420 3y ago
  [flagged]
  - pixelatedindex 3y ago
    As the world moves to one that is more connected, credit is even more important.
  - dirtyhippiefree 3y ago
    You’re rubbing elbows with the people actually doing things in some of these news stories. Credibility matters…bro…
- jyunwai 3y ago
  Agreed. Writing a reference is not just a matter of respect for the author who put in the work, but also a matter of material importance, as the practice can help both the author and the reader. For the author, a reference to their original work can help the rest of their work (such as their website) become better-known. Their corpus of work (whether a book series or a website) can be a source of income. In this case, it appears that the author is able to use his blog to gain clients for his company—he describes his background, clientele, and company below the article, and includes a method of contact via the menu. For the reader, a reference to the source material helps them find similar content by the author that may be relevant and interesting, as well as possibly a way to subscribe to notifications for future work released by the author. Though online discussions don't require linked references—unlike more formal environments such as in academia or in ethical journalism—it's a good habit to link to references whenever possible (especially when quoting word-by-word): it can only help both the author and the reader.
smogcutter 3y ago
It’s literally a copy & paste

robocat 3y ago

Suggestion when quoting: put two spaces in front of each paragraph - turns it into monospace and looks a bit like a pullquote e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439315 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38439315

oefrha 3y ago
No, that looks horrible on mobile. It looks horrible even on the largest iPad when I have the Safari sidebar enabled. Don’t use <pre> when line breaks should be automatic. Use standard > for block quotes.
- robocat 3y ago
  It is an engineers solution, perhaps not pretty and perhaps not semantic but certainly functional enough for this crowd. FYI I mostly use mobile for HN and the solution works fine IMHO.

iambateman 3y ago

This is a great point but given their comment history and 7000+ karma, my money is on this being the original author taking an opportunity to repost their own writing. Hopefully the benefit of the doubt is well offered here because obviously lifting 100+ words of someone else's writing is poor form.

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gist 3y ago

Yes. It is a post by the head of a small investment firm simply trying to align themselves with the halo of Charlie Munger. Also this in particular is particularly ridiculous: "It’s a fair bet that your present troubles pale in comparison. Whatever it is, get over it. Start over. He did it. You can, too." First that's quite a bit of an assumption. After all divorce and a medical problem (like Charlie had) as well as a child dying IS something you can get over. There are people that for sure have much worse situations than that. But even if that was not the case it's never a good idea to frame someone's problems by comparing to something worse that someone got through. You are upset that you have let's say diabetes? Oh get over it 'it's not cancer'. You have cancer? Oh get over it it could be pancreatic cancer. And so on. Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples)

dsubburam 3y ago
Reminds me of the non-obvious tacks David Brooks[1] suggests to encourage depressed friends: --praise them for the fight they have been managing so far --tell them that their talents are being looked forward to by others/the world when they manage to recover [1]Paraphrasing from memory of a podcast interview he did with Andrew Sullivan ~a month back.
trogdor 3y ago
>Many problems you can't just 'get over'. (Addiction and mental health issues holding you back are just 2 examples) You can’t just wish away addiction, but many people can get help and leave addiction in their past. I did.
obmelvin 3y ago
I really don't understand the notion that people should be able to just get over their child dying, but addiction is something you can't just get over? I'm not trying to downplay addiction, but let's be real - people can overcome addiction, but we can't bring back our dead family members.

paulpauper 3y ago

GPT?