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This is one of the most beautiful pieces of art I've ever seen! ... and the top comment is typical negative nitpicking! Why HN? Why?! There must be a better w

• anonymous 13y ago
  Because it's spinning in the wrong direction.
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• TeMPOraL 13y ago
  Why do we keep calling it "typical negative nitpicking"? How about calling it "feedback"? Or maybe even "the most useful type of feedback"? We're encouraged here to post things that add value. But that pretty much implies either criticism or going off-topic ("hey, I've seen something similar here:", etc.). There is no practical value in "positive" comments, no matter how elaborately you can write "I liked it". Yes, it will make everyone feel a little bit better, but it hardly contributes anything of value to anyone. Not every criticism is a valuable feedback, but every valuable feedback is a kind of criticism. And I think the best thing about HN is that it has lots of civil nitpicking (usually followed by interesting discussions), instead of circle jerks and compliments. ETA > Why HN? Why?! There must be a better way! There is: it's to stop taking criticism so personally and instead extract as much value from it as one can, and discard the rest. I find it to be a good attitude for life in general, not just HN.
  • GrinningFool 13y ago
    I agree with much of what you said - there is significant value in negative feedback. But here is where I disagree: >... but it hardly contributes anything of value to anyone... >... every valuable feedback is a kind of criticism... Valuable feedback includes positive as well as negative. Negative is actionable feedback, but positive has just as much value in a different way. Most people are aware that their own perceptions, thoughts, and ideas may be flawed. Negative feedback points out those flaws and should always be accepted. Positive feedback says that in spite of the flaws, there is something fundamentally worthwhile there. And while upvotes can certainly serve as a form of positive feedback, words are even better. I'm not suggesting that we should all post meaningless words of encouragement to everything that comes along. But if you're impressed by something you see, saying so only helps.
    • TeMPOraL 13y ago
      > Negative is actionable feedback, but positive has just as much value in a different way. I guess "actionable feedback" was the phrase I was looking for. > I'm not suggesting that we should all post meaningless words of encouragement to everything that comes along. But if you're impressed by something you see, saying so only helps. Agree 100%. It's always nice and reassuring to get some positive feedback :).
  • SkyMarshal 13y ago
    Truly valuable "feedback" would be a discussion of the actual code used to create this. That's a far cry from the easy, low-hanging fruit of "it's spinning the wrong way". Totally missing the forest for the trees.
• hnriot 13y ago
  and why do you call this art. I think that's misusing the term. it's a data visualization.
  • rspeer 13y ago
    Wha? This is not visualizing any data in particular. It's an astonishingly clever piece of self-reproducing code. Did you miss the code and think it was just a crappy animation of the earth?
  • SkyMarshal 13y ago
    More semantic nitpicking, should be obvious by now it's epidemic here.