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OT, but you struck a nerve. If we really have to explain everything in "Like I'm 5" fashion, Hacker News is deader than disco. I can't believe some of the "I
by bhousel 14y ago
OT, but you struck a nerve. If we really have to explain everything in "Like I'm 5" fashion, Hacker News is deader than disco.
I can't believe some of the "I don't get it" comments that seem to pop up now on every single article.
- delluminatus 14y agoI don't think it's unreasonable to ask for clarification if you don't understand something.
- shurane 14y agoYou know, there is a merit to balancing descriptions between technical and understandable to the uninformed. That doesn't mean every post has to explain what a monad is or the ideology behind NoSQL vs SQL, but you can't just assume everyone knows something, or even where to search for to figure it out. Dropping keywords and giving sources I think helps a lot towards this. Maybe to eliben, this is all second nature, so he's never understood the point of such a post? Or perhaps it's completely foreign to him... Meh, "Explain Like I'm 5 (eli5)" is a great idea, I think. Even better if you also give links to more professional explanations as well.