tomhow

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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   We've banned this account.
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   Also: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/931479/a...
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   Hi Yanfu, we'd love to have this on HN again when the documentation and site is ready. Please email us (hn@ycombinator.com) to let us know when it's ready or beforehand so we can plan it with you.
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   Syndicated here: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/iran-start...
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   That’s always true of almost any story. There are many signals that influence a story’s rank: votes, flags, vouches, age, site, software penalties, and moderator intervention (usually to override flags and automatic penalties). In this case
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   > The nature of the community here is a self-correcting mechanism As if by magic ;) > This thread is not a flamewar, the posted article isn't low quality... it poses literally no threat to the community, but HN still treats it li
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   We’ve turned off the flags. The story was flagged by many users. The problem with articles like this is the discussions are repetitive and predictable. We rarely see anyone approaching them with genuine curiosity. The topic of whether this
8. 608.▲
   by tomhow 5mo ago

   Please don't post ideological flamebait on HN. We're here for curious conversation. There may be a substantive point in your comment, but it's wrapped in inflammatory rhetoric, which is what we're trying to avoid here. P
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   by tomhow 5mo ago

   Please don't post flamebait on HN. There may be some merit to your central point but the way you've expressed it leads to the kind of discussion we're trying to avoid here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsgui
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Its' fine to just observe the guidelines! They apply equally to everyone.
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Great to hear, thank you!
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    No worries, here are the words/phrases that set off alarms for me: > a profound absence of (historical) awareness > weird, presumptuous, sophomoric sanctimoniousness > strange insistence > [the whole Jonestown (?) bit as a
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Please don't sneer at imaginary people on HN. We're trying for something better than that here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Please don't be curmudgeonly on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Thanks, we updated the link.
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    I don't know or care what your opinion is (but by now my eye-rolling muscles are becoming ripped from the ever-conflicting ideological epithets that get hurled at us by people who seem affronted that there are standards of conduct that
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    We've banned this account for repeatedly posting ideological flamebait. This is not what HN is for and it destroys what it is for. If you don't want to be banned, you can email us (hn@ycombinator.com) and commit to observing the g
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    This kind of comment is unacceptable on HN and we ban accounts that do it repeatedly. Please have a read of the guidelines and make an effort to observe them if you want to keep participating here, especially these ones: Comments should ge
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Can you please not post ragey fulmination like this on HN? This is exactly what we're trying to avoid here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html .
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Eschew flamebait. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelin
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Please don't fulminate or post vitriol like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tra
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? You've unfortunately been doing it repeatedly. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https:/&#x2F
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    > Sorry, wut. Please avoid swipes and tropes like this on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    > I don't come here for It's good that you come to HN expecting high standards of content and discussion. > sCotT aLexAndEr This counts as a sneer, which is against the guidelines ( https://news.ycombinator.com&#x2
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Please don't post like this on HN. The guidelines explicitly ask us not to sneer or be curmudgeonly - https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html . As for the basis of your objection, this smacks of intellectual ga
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48142251 .
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. If you're worried about abuse, email hn@ycombinator.com and we'll look at
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    by tomhow 5mo ago

    We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48106956 and marked it off topic.