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nothacker, you are "dead"/"ghosted". I am reposting his comment here: nothacker 42 minutes ago | link [dead] I have some open source projects that I've releas

by aw3c2 14y ago

nothacker, you are "dead"/"ghosted". I am reposting his comment here: nothacker 42 minutes ago | link [dead] I have some open source projects that I've released on multiple occasions without having tested them. I think people make the assumption that things that have adequate documentation and comments/support tickets, etc. that indicate use, that they are tested before release. That is simply untrue. You get what you get. That is true in the world of both paid and unpaid open-source and closed-source software and well as life in-general. Something that helps in this regard is travis-ci. It's a free CI server and if you have at least some level of testing, you have some level of confidence.

nothacker 14y ago
Thanks! Have no idea if you or anyone else will see this, but appreciate the repost. I hope everyone will forgive me for the following aside, as it has little to do with the OP: Despite what PG and others think, there is a difference between troll and differing opinion. Unfortunately, since I buck authority and general consensus, I've lived in the shadows here ever since I was devmonk, a user that rose quickly in status, and then quit HN (changed password to something I could never retype and logged-out) when I realized I was addicted to it when someone else did the same thing. Unfortunately for me, PG, and HN, I can't stay away. I've written under so many different usernames and every time now I don't use a password I could ever retype, that way when I get tired of it, I logout never to login under that again. I like the community here and like to contribute. I would rather just post anonymously though. I think that any good system that relies on experience to promote thought can benefit from analytic criticism of some sort as long as any offense it causes is not permanently or long-wounding and does not limit beliefs or freedom. YC and PG unfortunately promote a sort of discussion that is slightly too limited. Reddit, Slashdot, and others are there for the "others", and HN for them is a place to act as an online part of YC that provides a way for "hackers" (though I hate the use of the term, as it invented it's own definition of "hacker") to share links, news, and science and discuss tech startups, SAAS apps, and ideas about tech startup entrepreneurship. That is fine, but what's also good is letting discussions manage themselves organically without axing dissenting opinion. In fact, the times that I've brought up how PG manages dissenting users, that gets shot down, too. Ok- maybe to some extent that is acceptable, to some extent, but a better way to handle it is by laying it out and saying each time, "I am making it harder on you to post by doing X because of Y." Anyway, just my 2 cents. Have a good one if you get this.
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by aw3c2 14y ago

nothacker 14y ago

Thanks! Have no idea if you or anyone else will see this, but appreciate the repost. I hope everyone will forgive me for the following aside, as it has little to do with the OP: Despite what PG and others think, there is a difference between troll and differing opinion. Unfortunately, since I buck authority and general consensus, I've lived in the shadows here ever since I was devmonk, a user that rose quickly in status, and then quit HN (changed password to something I could never retype and logged-out) when I realized I was addicted to it when someone else did the same thing. Unfortunately for me, PG, and HN, I can't stay away. I've written under so many different usernames and every time now I don't use a password I could ever retype, that way when I get tired of it, I logout never to login under that again. I like the community here and like to contribute. I would rather just post anonymously though. I think that any good system that relies on experience to promote thought can benefit from analytic criticism of some sort as long as any offense it causes is not permanently or long-wounding and does not limit beliefs or freedom. YC and PG unfortunately promote a sort of discussion that is slightly too limited. Reddit, Slashdot, and others are there for the "others", and HN for them is a place to act as an online part of YC that provides a way for "hackers" (though I hate the use of the term, as it invented it's own definition of "hacker") to share links, news, and science and discuss tech startups, SAAS apps, and ideas about tech startup entrepreneurship. That is fine, but what's also good is letting discussions manage themselves organically without axing dissenting opinion. In fact, the times that I've brought up how PG manages dissenting users, that gets shot down, too. Ok- maybe to some extent that is acceptable, to some extent, but a better way to handle it is by laying it out and saying each time, "I am making it harder on you to post by doing X because of Y." Anyway, just my 2 cents. Have a good one if you get this.

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