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Context should be established by headlines on news sites like Hackers News. I know we're a technical audience, but I'd be willing to wager more than half of th
by kethinov 12y ago
Context should be established by headlines on news sites like Hackers News.
I know we're a technical audience, but I'd be willing to wager more than half of this site's audience has no clue what that title is talking about.
Prefixing it with something like "A faster algorithm for [purpose]" is helpful. Otherwise it can just sound like technobabble.
I don't think it's inane to point out that jargon sounds jargony to those not in the know.
- vegedor 12y agoProbably, the whole paper is written in that terse tone. If the title doesn't appeal to the reader, reading on wouldn't make sense anyway. I.e., I can tell from the title that I'd be better of returning to the other book on data structures. I'll download it for later(tm).