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Come on, this was posted less than a month ago here. My browser even still marks it as visited.

by oellegaard 13y ago

aeurielesn 13y ago
Welcome to Hacker News. I'm serious, this is pretty common.
- rickdale 13y ago
  I agree. It's like an old story will pop up and those that are new to the community will jump all over it, thinking its words from God or something. Used to be you would post something that already was posted, the first comment would call you out for it, and then it would naturally disappear. Now we are learning Big 0 every other day.
alan_cx 13y ago
I missed it back then. I read this posting and got value from it. So, for future reference, is one supposed to know in advance what news or articles one is looking for and search HN first? Im confused as to how this is supposed to work. If I missed it a month ago, am I not allowed to see it posted again, by some one else who might well have missed it a month ago? Or, do you suggest that moderators look out for duplicates, block the links and comments, and merely post a link back to the original? Or should people who don't read every article, and log it in some way just not be here? But, people have up voted it. So, it must still have value. Are those people not wanted? Are they wrong in some way? I don't understand the criticism at all. Cant you just ignore the article, instead of belittling those who did get value form a second posting?
- 205guy 13y ago
  I don't think it's a criticism of the people who read the article, rather of those who posted it. Just like logging a bug, you should make sure someone hasn't logged it already. A bit of repetition on a yearly basis would be fine, but if all popular articles or topics were posted monthly or more with no added information, you can see how it would kill HN. And just like the bug example, there would be benefit if all comments were funneled to existing threads. And then it gives the chance for the old-timers to lord over the newbies here, so there's a bit of that. This particular article, however, is somewhat of a special case. The fact that programmers don't seem to understand big-O notation is a concern to me. I think it is as fundamental to programming as knives are to a chef, something that should be learned in any CS study, or intuitive to any self-taught programmer.
ColinWright 13y ago
Less than a month ago? It was submitted just yesterday! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5778469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5778469
deadfall 13y ago
This is why karma points are BS.

Come on, this was posted less than a month ago here. My browser even still marks it as visited.

aeurielesn 13y ago

Welcome to Hacker News. I'm serious, this is pretty common.

rickdale 13y ago
I agree. It's like an old story will pop up and those that are new to the community will jump all over it, thinking its words from God or something. Used to be you would post something that already was posted, the first comment would call you out for it, and then it would naturally disappear. Now we are learning Big 0 every other day.

alan_cx 13y ago

I missed it back then. I read this posting and got value from it. So, for future reference, is one supposed to know in advance what news or articles one is looking for and search HN first? Im confused as to how this is supposed to work. If I missed it a month ago, am I not allowed to see it posted again, by some one else who might well have missed it a month ago? Or, do you suggest that moderators look out for duplicates, block the links and comments, and merely post a link back to the original? Or should people who don't read every article, and log it in some way just not be here? But, people have up voted it. So, it must still have value. Are those people not wanted? Are they wrong in some way? I don't understand the criticism at all. Cant you just ignore the article, instead of belittling those who did get value form a second posting?

205guy 13y ago
I don't think it's a criticism of the people who read the article, rather of those who posted it. Just like logging a bug, you should make sure someone hasn't logged it already. A bit of repetition on a yearly basis would be fine, but if all popular articles or topics were posted monthly or more with no added information, you can see how it would kill HN. And just like the bug example, there would be benefit if all comments were funneled to existing threads. And then it gives the chance for the old-timers to lord over the newbies here, so there's a bit of that. This particular article, however, is somewhat of a special case. The fact that programmers don't seem to understand big-O notation is a concern to me. I think it is as fundamental to programming as knives are to a chef, something that should be learned in any CS study, or intuitive to any self-taught programmer.

ColinWright 13y ago

Less than a month ago? It was submitted just yesterday! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5778469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5778469

deadfall 13y ago

This is why karma points are BS.