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I think a lot of people here wish this type of post would only have made the top of the front page 10 years ago (knowing hn was starting in 07), nowadays a post

I think a lot of people here wish this type of post would only have made the top of the front page 10 years ago (knowing hn was starting in 07), nowadays a post about css images is a lot like a "Lets Rethink Big O". I am just saying at some point this was a big deal, but now we gotta raise our standards for being impressed.

goostavos 13y ago
Nonsense. That is pointless dismissal of someone's efforts. I personally think this is awesome. It's using css in a non-traditional way, and one that surely took a lot of thought. How is this any different than any other technical post that have no "functional merit" (of sorts)? Remember the very popular post about programming pokemon from inside of the game? That's equally pointless as these css logos, and yet loved by all for it's clever way of using something in a non-traditional manner. What about the link to the guy talking about his foray into nes programming? Not relevant by any stretch, but it's damn interesting. I swear it's like half of the people on hacker news don't remember how to have fun while programming. Remember doing something just for the sake of doing it? Just an "I wonder if I could.." exercise that gets out of hand? What bugs me more than anything is this arbitrary cutoff of "worth" on hacker news. Let's check out the current front page: (another) post mortem of a failed start up, taking polls on each other salary, and another weekly article on which type of person makes the best founder (of which we'll surely see the inverse post of tomorrow (No, X is the best type of founder!)). You're right, guy who built a fun technical demo? Only impressive 10 years ago. Fuck that guy for having the audacity to crowd the front page with his worthless tech demo. The negativity in this thread.. it's getting to me.
- PommeDeTerre 13y ago
  I think you're blowing his comment way, way out of proportion. It isn't "dismissive", but merely pointing out that as any field advances over time, we see expectations tend to rise. What was once considered innovative or revolutionary can eventually become commonplace, if not trivial and uninteresting. This has been true for mathematics, chemistry, physics, engineering and even cinema. There's no reason why software development should be any different. While people were amazed by radio in the early 1900s, it wasn't really a big deal by the 1950s. It was well understood, and something that average people could use. This doesn't mean that people were "dismissive" of radio at that point, but rather just not surprised or impressed by it any longer. It's the exact same case in this situation. A lot of us here have seen things like this done with CSS before, in some cases many years ago. It just isn't something to get excited about any longer. Having seen it been done before, our expectations have shifted, and we require something more novel in order for it to be considered interesting.
- rickdale 13y ago
  Right, I wasn't trying to be negative, but more expressing why people are being negative. I think that the ones that posted negative comments are out of line, but at the same time I can understand their resentment/frustration of this being the top story. Props to who made this, but in my opinion its not top story worthy here but a story that is a 'gem' lost in the 13 or 14 range.

goostavos 13y ago

Nonsense. That is pointless dismissal of someone's efforts. I personally think this is awesome. It's using css in a non-traditional way, and one that surely took a lot of thought. How is this any different than any other technical post that have no "functional merit" (of sorts)? Remember the very popular post about programming pokemon from inside of the game? That's equally pointless as these css logos, and yet loved by all for it's clever way of using something in a non-traditional manner. What about the link to the guy talking about his foray into nes programming? Not relevant by any stretch, but it's damn interesting. I swear it's like half of the people on hacker news don't remember how to have fun while programming. Remember doing something just for the sake of doing it? Just an "I wonder if I could.." exercise that gets out of hand? What bugs me more than anything is this arbitrary cutoff of "worth" on hacker news. Let's check out the current front page: (another) post mortem of a failed start up, taking polls on each other salary, and another weekly article on which type of person makes the best founder (of which we'll surely see the inverse post of tomorrow (No, X is the best type of founder!)). You're right, guy who built a fun technical demo? Only impressive 10 years ago. Fuck that guy for having the audacity to crowd the front page with his worthless tech demo. The negativity in this thread.. it's getting to me.

PommeDeTerre 13y ago
I think you're blowing his comment way, way out of proportion. It isn't "dismissive", but merely pointing out that as any field advances over time, we see expectations tend to rise. What was once considered innovative or revolutionary can eventually become commonplace, if not trivial and uninteresting. This has been true for mathematics, chemistry, physics, engineering and even cinema. There's no reason why software development should be any different. While people were amazed by radio in the early 1900s, it wasn't really a big deal by the 1950s. It was well understood, and something that average people could use. This doesn't mean that people were "dismissive" of radio at that point, but rather just not surprised or impressed by it any longer. It's the exact same case in this situation. A lot of us here have seen things like this done with CSS before, in some cases many years ago. It just isn't something to get excited about any longer. Having seen it been done before, our expectations have shifted, and we require something more novel in order for it to be considered interesting.
rickdale 13y ago
Right, I wasn't trying to be negative, but more expressing why people are being negative. I think that the ones that posted negative comments are out of line, but at the same time I can understand their resentment/frustration of this being the top story. Props to who made this, but in my opinion its not top story worthy here but a story that is a 'gem' lost in the 13 or 14 range.