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by sandcat_ 5mo ago
The problem with stereotypes isn’t their accuracy (they often are inaccurate or outdated but that’s beside the point). Otherwise you are effectively saying that it’s ok to be *-ist as long as you’re accurate. The problem is they are unfair,
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by sandcat_ 11mo ago
Unless you are indeed the original author from StackOverflow, it would be polite to attribute your comment: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3617319
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
That’s fair. I’ve read a bit more and some of the replies are clearly generated, you’re right. I don’t see any signs the original post is however and can’t comment on the app itself. I still maintain that reporting this to dang and moving o
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
I feel like it’s time HN had a rule against comments like this. I am biased: I say this as someone who was previously (inaccurately) accused of being an AI, which was kind of a bummer as I’m already quite shy online and rarely speak. But in
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
Just add new notes and tasks at the top? I find that it means less important tasks tend to settle towards the bottom, and I’ll periodically go and reshuffle things as required.
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
FWIW when I first skimmed your comment I came to the same conclusion as everyone else. I don’t think people are reading closely.
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
I used iOS to write my comment. It adds curved apostrophes automatically. macOS does too. The em-dash was me — you can long press on the dash button and you get the choice. Also, next time? Maybe consider that you might be wrong, and you’re
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
Can assure you it wasn’t AI generated, and considering the time I spent writing the post, it’s a little upsetting to be accused of it. That said, I do get it. Especially as I’m on a new account. I’ve always used em-dashes (mild typography n
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by sandcat_ 1y ago
I interviewed there a few years back. I bailed on the interview within the first fifteen minutes, the first time I’ve ever done that. I told them they’d given me the ick — not my most professional moment, admittedly! But it was an awkward a