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Myself I closed the tab at the second sentence, so I can't attest to that.

by mgaunard 3y ago

squidbeak 3y ago
You missed a great joke about provoking God to laughter.
compiler-devel 3y ago
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the_mitsuhiko 3y ago
And yet that first sentence was reason enough for you to leave a reply. In a way it did evoke something in you that probably most texts don’t do.
- mgaunard 3y ago
  I think it's more hacker news that I'm interested in, and how the article was representative of the crowd that gathers here. Start-up founders are often of the age to start having children I guess. Even if having a child and a start-up at the same time is most definitely not a good idea.
  - oooyay 3y ago
    The average age range of startup founders is 35-45. The average age of people having their first kid is 30. That said, there's a lot more than startup founders here. Always was.
    - mgaunard 3y ago
      What about the median?
- op00to 3y ago
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- koliber 3y ago
  In this case, the hook effect was so strong that I immediately thought about that writing advice. It's one of the best examples of that working on me that I can remember.
jeffrallen 3y ago
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- deleted 3y ago
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- Cthulhu_ 3y ago
  It's a factual and verifiable statement though, no need for an ad-hominem based on... what exactly?
_gabe_ 3y ago
Because the second sentence mentions the Bible? Or some other reason? If it’s the former, I’m a Christian but I don’t just close out articles if they’re written by Richard Dawkins or quickly proclaim that they’re an atheist. There’s still a very real chance that they have some wisdom to share. Just because people share a different religious view than me doesn’t mean I can’t learn from them.
- yohannparis 3y ago
  I stopped when they grouped the NYT journalists with murderers and drug-dealers. Clearly someone biais, that also use the bible to make their points. No thank you.
  - Amorymeltzer 3y ago
    I don't agree with the grouping, but he is making a very specific, personal reference: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#New_York_Times_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#New_York_Time...>. It's referenced elsewhere as well, as noted in this comment here: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38734207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38734207>
  - CoffeeOnWrite 3y ago
    That's a half-joke, for what it's worth.
  - LeifCarrotson 3y ago
    It's because in Scott's recent past, an NYT journalist lied about wanting to write a positive article about him and being OK with using his pseudonym, then instead wrote a very negative article and doxxed him instead. The author is a psychiatrist with some unstable patients, and a blogger with some controversial opinions. It's a whole thing, I read that and chuckled at the tongue-in-cheek humor.
- ptaffs 3y ago
  As an atheist, mention or quotes from the bible are interesting to me because they help explain our current culture. I'm just challenging your proposal that (all) atheists are not curious.

Myself I closed the tab at the second sentence, so I can't attest to that.

squidbeak 3y ago

You missed a great joke about provoking God to laughter.

compiler-devel 3y ago

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the_mitsuhiko 3y ago

And yet that first sentence was reason enough for you to leave a reply. In a way it did evoke something in you that probably most texts don’t do.

mgaunard 3y ago
I think it's more hacker news that I'm interested in, and how the article was representative of the crowd that gathers here. Start-up founders are often of the age to start having children I guess. Even if having a child and a start-up at the same time is most definitely not a good idea.
- oooyay 3y ago
  The average age range of startup founders is 35-45. The average age of people having their first kid is 30. That said, there's a lot more than startup founders here. Always was.
  - mgaunard 3y ago
    What about the median?
op00to 3y ago
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koliber 3y ago
In this case, the hook effect was so strong that I immediately thought about that writing advice. It's one of the best examples of that working on me that I can remember.

jeffrallen 3y ago

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deleted 3y ago
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Cthulhu_ 3y ago
It's a factual and verifiable statement though, no need for an ad-hominem based on... what exactly?

_gabe_ 3y ago

Because the second sentence mentions the Bible? Or some other reason? If it’s the former, I’m a Christian but I don’t just close out articles if they’re written by Richard Dawkins or quickly proclaim that they’re an atheist. There’s still a very real chance that they have some wisdom to share. Just because people share a different religious view than me doesn’t mean I can’t learn from them.

yohannparis 3y ago
I stopped when they grouped the NYT journalists with murderers and drug-dealers. Clearly someone biais, that also use the bible to make their points. No thank you.
- Amorymeltzer 3y ago
  I don't agree with the grouping, but he is making a very specific, personal reference: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#New_York_Times_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slate_Star_Codex#New_York_Time...>. It's referenced elsewhere as well, as noted in this comment here: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38734207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38734207>
- CoffeeOnWrite 3y ago
  That's a half-joke, for what it's worth.
- LeifCarrotson 3y ago
  It's because in Scott's recent past, an NYT journalist lied about wanting to write a positive article about him and being OK with using his pseudonym, then instead wrote a very negative article and doxxed him instead. The author is a psychiatrist with some unstable patients, and a blogger with some controversial opinions. It's a whole thing, I read that and chuckled at the tongue-in-cheek humor.
ptaffs 3y ago
As an atheist, mention or quotes from the bible are interesting to me because they help explain our current culture. I'm just challenging your proposal that (all) atheists are not curious.