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Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

#12

Post by gwbas1c »

(Joke) I'm kind of surprised that Hacker News readers are into goats! My cousin runs a goat company, and she's not the kind of person who'd read Hacker News. (She rents out her goats to remove problematic vegetation, like poison ivy and invasive vines.)

According to Google, "GOAT Blogs" are blogs about goats: https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS99...

Suggestion (edited): Edit the post just enough to explain that GOAT stands for "Greatest of all time." For example: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of the GOAT (Greatest of all Time) blogs? If you do can you please share?

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by matyasrichter »

gwbas1c wrote: post #10
cpach wrote: post #4

GOAT = Greatest of all time?

Honestly, I looked at this discussion just to know what "GOAT blogs" are. General rule of thumb with communication: Try to avoid acronyms, because chances are most people will have no idea what you're talking about. If you do need to use them, make sure you very quickly define what the acronym is. FWIW: Even the Google doesn't know what GOAT blogs are. Searching for GOAT blogs brings up blogs about goats: https://www…

"goat blog" is not a great query to explain an acronym, though.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by blowski »

For me, GOATs are not as interesting as "people who are a _bit_ more talented than me, but share the same general set of problems". For example, I'm never going to improve my ability play football by watching Lionel Messi. Better to actually talk with a pretty good local coach.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by taylodl »

blowski wrote: post #15

For me, GOATs are not as interesting as "people who are a _bit_ more talented than me, but share the same general set of problems". For example, I'm never going to improve my ability play football by watching Lionel Messi. Better to actually talk with a pretty good local coach.

This is an excellent point and captures the problem well. You're going to learn more from someone who's a couple steps ahead of you than from a GOAT. That's why local meetups can be so valuable.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by reaperducer »

gwbas1c wrote: post #12

(Joke) I'm kind of surprised that Hacker News readers are into goats! My cousin runs a goat company, and she's not the kind of person who'd read Hacker News. (She rents out her goats to remove problematic vegetation, like poison ivy and invasive vines.) According to Google, "GOAT Blogs" are blogs about goats: https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS99... Suggestion (edited): Edit the post just enoug…

Back at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a farm that would rent goats to appear on your Zoom meetings. You'd PayPal them something like 20 bucks, and e-mail the meeting code/link and a goat would show up.

I always thought that was the GOAT use of goats.

Re: Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

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Post by tomxor »

blowski wrote: post #15

For me, GOATs are not as interesting as "people who are a _bit_ more talented than me, but share the same general set of problems". For example, I'm never going to improve my ability play football by watching Lionel Messi. Better to actually talk with a pretty good local coach.

I find goats pretty interesting, they have amazing balance and are great at climbing mountains for instance... skills I would like to improve, maybe I can learn from goats? They also make cute noises.
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