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by a4isms 1y ago
The key observation for me is Sturgeon's Revelation: "90% of everything is crud." My most impressionable years for music were the 70s and 80s. I remember fantastic music from that time... But the fact is, most of what we hear
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by a4isms 2y ago
For those who haven't heard of it, "The Hawthorne Effect" is the name given to a phenomena where when a person or group being studied is aware they are being studied, their performance goes up but as much as 50% for 4-8 weeks
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by a4isms 2y ago
Delighted by the resemblance of the HN title to Tracy Kidder's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, "The Soul of a New Machine." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine
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by a4isms 2y ago
I suggest the simplest explanation of how Trump is different from other felons is right there in Wilhoit's observation on conservatism: "In-groups who are protected by the law, but not bound by it, alongside out-groups who are bou
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by a4isms 2y ago
Price discrimination isn't just "rich people pay more." It's also, "Our data shows that people in these demographic locations will pay more."
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by a4isms 2y ago
I recall a hotelier who advertised free WiFi at a time when everyone thought that monetizing WiFi was a hot new revenue stream. "What," he was asked, "is the business model for free WiFi?" "What," he retorted,
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by a4isms 2y ago
And in disturbingly relevant news from 1933... "Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head or tail out of it." --Groucho Marx as Rufus T. Firefly, &quo
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by a4isms 2y ago
In some parts of the world, they auction houses in this exact manner. You show up, post a very large amount of money to prove you're serious, then everyone bids in person like an art auction. Here in Canada, when the market is hot ther
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by a4isms 2y ago
> It’s clear in retrospect that we should have communicated more on this one Oh maaaaaaaaaaaan do I despise hearing variations on this "non-pology." It's never "Wow, we fucked up by doing something harmful to you.&quo
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by a4isms 3y ago
You’re correct, no “e.” Thanks! The diving in Five Fathoms Marine Park is exquisite, and it’s a short drive from Lion’s Head, which has absolutely stellar rock climbing.[1] We’ve taken the kids on the ferry to Manitoulin Island[2], and from
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by a4isms 3y ago
FWIW you don’t need a bathyscape to experiment with this. When Scuba diving in temperate locations (like Tobermory, Ontario), people with 7mm wet suits and extra vests or jackets experience this as they descend: The neoprene compresses, and
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by a4isms 3y ago
Having written a book about JavaScript, I know the correct answer to this question. Having also written a book about things to look for and abhor in an interview, I consider this question a strong red flag.
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by a4isms 3y ago
Back in the days when this kind of thing happened on the telephone, the SERIOUSLY passive aggressive trick was to talk to them, and then hang up on yourself . Repeatedly. "Hi this is Arnie from CHewemup'n'Spitemout Staffing,
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by a4isms 3y ago
Thor's Law: As the length of a thread about software design increases, the probability of someone mentioning a "general-purpose tool-building factory factory factory" approaches one. Including the act of quoting Thor's
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by a4isms 3y ago
In some ways, the less such an essay says, the easier it is to become a “tabula rasa,” where the reader fills in the huge, empty spaces with things they already believe. The next step is to applaud the essay because the reader feels it “fee
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by a4isms 3y ago
The general principle is good, and can be found in literally any textbook about market segmentation and business strategy. And the idea of motivating the reader by giving an example is sound, even though in and of themselves, single example
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by a4isms 3y ago
If the market demanded one audience... 1. Why was HN founded, and; 2. Why did Reddit create the subreddit? Unnecessary hint: Both questions have the same answer.
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by a4isms 3y ago
I am not saying it's easy to manage, I am saying something far more critical of Amazon and others that hide behind this "it's too hard to do, wah, wah" excuse: If it is too difficult to prevent your customers from being
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by a4isms 3y ago
> Anything coming directly from a customer is probably refutable. For example, the incentives I normally see are on these little cards they include with the product encouraging reviews in exchange for a gift card or something similar. Wh
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by a4isms 3y ago
> It turns out chasing social media and search clicks for free ad-supported journalism is not a great business model. And it's an even worse business model if you rely on social media for your business model and one day Twitter (or
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by a4isms 3y ago
Perhaps you mean, "Thanks Gwynne Shotwell." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell I think HN understands the difference between a charismatic leader who is good at laying out a vision and generating a
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by a4isms 3y ago
I agree that they are derived from the physical "rap." I am curious about is the origin of 'rap' as an informal discussion: I want to rap to you today —lyric spoken by Maurice White of "Earth, Wind, and Fire."
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by a4isms 3y ago
US-flavoured English has this type of "rap" as well, as in Raganwald faced the rap for making too many reddit-esque puns on Hacker News. The mods reviewed his rap sheet and determined that permanent expulsion was warranted for th
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by a4isms 4y ago
There still isn't much of a reason to move away from it, except for those who want to signal their disdain for Musk's political views This says so much more about you than about anyone leaving Twitter. I'm a person of colou
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by a4isms 4y ago
> Would you have said "Dorsey did this" when Twitter made stupid API policy decisions previously? That's an ad hominem tu quoque. If what you want to do is criticize the character of people criticizing Musk, carry on. But
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by a4isms 4y ago
This was the premise of McDs to begin with: They sold burgers for a dime or whatever while everyone else was charging fifty cents. The trick of drastically undercutting the market, of course, is to use innovation cut your costs, which the b
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by a4isms 4y ago
I have little doubt that you have thought this through, and for your work they are always used in an aidentical fashion and could be collapsed into a single predicate with no visible distinction between teh two use cases in the calling code
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by a4isms 4y ago
Late to this, but in the spirit of C.A.R. Hoare’s Turing Award acceptance speech, I’d say that we’ve peeled back layer after layer of robes and discovered that the clothes have no emperor. https://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen&#x2
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by a4isms 4y ago
Your analogy has a fatal flaw: Both my email provider and I agree on what constitutes spam. It does not decide to block my emails containing a link to a competitor as “spam.” It does not modify my emails to insert a “warning, this link is d
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by a4isms 4y ago
It is not “stupid” to attempt to control use of your API, whether HN agrees or disagrees with your motives. What is being discussed here, however, is whether using Twitter‘a web client to post a tweet containing a link to content on Substac

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