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In noticing this sort of "Ask HNs" makes it easily to the front page while these other sorts of "Ask HNs" [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4961812 http://ne

In noticing this sort of "Ask HNs" makes it easily to the front page while these other sorts of "Ask HNs" [http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4961812 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4961812] don't get a single comment, I wonder whether HN might effectively be of some help to youngster industrial disenchanted folks. In a serious and genuinely totally non-trolling way.

runawaybottle 14y ago
There's also the steady stream of "how to live life" posts, exercise more, travel more, listen more, balance your life more, and so on. I think there's definitely a certain pressure this community puts on itself, and it constantly shows up in threads like this one. What's it like to be successful? Is it going to make you feel better about today?
spullara 14y ago
It is possible that no one the community knows the answer or possibly that there is no correct answer for the question. Generally I think a question like that should be on an appropriate stackoverflow or quora topic. HN questions should leverage the group intelligence rather than searching for the veritable answer in a haystack.
- mahesh_rm 14y ago
  "HN questions should leverage the group intelligence rather than searching for the veritable answer in a haystack." Assuming intelligence is "an adaptation… To say that intelligence is a particular instance of biological adaptation is thus to suppose that it is essentially an organization and that its function is to structure the universe just as the organism structures its immediate environment" I do not see a best way to "leverage the group intelligence" than helping community members to adapt. I did not ask for "the veritable answer in a haystack", but for some experiences and suggestions regarding how to proceed. "no one the community knows the answer" I also find it difficult to believe a community of entrepreneurs, like HN is, does not possess the right knowledge to give its 2cents on this.
- rex_gsd 14y ago
  As a long time lurker I was in a prime position to answer that, so I made an account and did. Setting up USD processing as a non US citizen is a big PITA
  - mahesh_rm 14y ago
    Just checked out your response. Thank you!
onlyup 14y ago
For those that didn't notice, the post mahesh_rm linked to is his own.

runawaybottle 14y ago

There's also the steady stream of "how to live life" posts, exercise more, travel more, listen more, balance your life more, and so on. I think there's definitely a certain pressure this community puts on itself, and it constantly shows up in threads like this one. What's it like to be successful? Is it going to make you feel better about today?

spullara 14y ago

It is possible that no one the community knows the answer or possibly that there is no correct answer for the question. Generally I think a question like that should be on an appropriate stackoverflow or quora topic. HN questions should leverage the group intelligence rather than searching for the veritable answer in a haystack.

mahesh_rm 14y ago
"HN questions should leverage the group intelligence rather than searching for the veritable answer in a haystack." Assuming intelligence is "an adaptation… To say that intelligence is a particular instance of biological adaptation is thus to suppose that it is essentially an organization and that its function is to structure the universe just as the organism structures its immediate environment" I do not see a best way to "leverage the group intelligence" than helping community members to adapt. I did not ask for "the veritable answer in a haystack", but for some experiences and suggestions regarding how to proceed. "no one the community knows the answer" I also find it difficult to believe a community of entrepreneurs, like HN is, does not possess the right knowledge to give its 2cents on this.
rex_gsd 14y ago
As a long time lurker I was in a prime position to answer that, so I made an account and did. Setting up USD processing as a non US citizen is a big PITA
- mahesh_rm 14y ago
  Just checked out your response. Thank you!

onlyup 14y ago

For those that didn't notice, the post mahesh_rm linked to is his own.