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Ask HN: What is the best thing you learnt or got out of Hacker News?
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#12HN introduced me to meteorjs, which is still the only js framework that makes it easy to bind database, app state, and UI ("3-way data binding") without a lot of mental gymnastics.
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#13It's not one specific piece of information but how to deal with people.
In case you reply to somebody to explain why they are wrong, start a reply with a positive (nobody is 100% wrong) then tell them what you think they got wrong. It's much more effective.
Similarly, don't be snarky.
Source: observation of a zillion of threads and how they evolved in the two cases, and which ones were downvoted.
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#14I have HN showing up in it's own tab in Feedly. Just click on the stuff that's interesting. It gives a /decent/ pulse on what's going on. There are sometimes nuggets of gold in the comments.
For actual technical content Lobste.rs is a superior source though IMO.
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#15You never know when knowledge on a scrap of paper floating in the wind turns out to be the key to the door of your destiny. I've read this site for about 10 years now. The biggest thing is all the random blog posts I wouldn't ordinarily stumble upon. A lot of times, programming problems come up at work, and of course I know all the details of some arcane trivia because of 3 different articles I'd seen on it and diffe…
I use the 'favorite' feature as my bookmark list on this site.
Would be nice to have offline full-text search of favorite HN stories and comments.
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#16This is as meta as it gets, but I learned what it sounds like when smart sounding, but closed minded people try to shut down an idea. Looking over all the old YC projects that ended up being wildly successful, but their HN threads were full of naysayers who are better at sounding smart on the internet than providing actual feedback. Learning to differentiate between that kind of poster and people who have genuine fee…
Being wildly successful doesn't mean the idea wasn't bad. There's more than money and success that some "smart" people think of when complaining about ideas on here.
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#17None of us is as smart as all of us.
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#18Helped me get over the belief that people in tech must be super smart. Turns out they’re just as dumb as the rest of us.
This!!! I've struggled with impostor syndrome A LOT but coming here and seeing a lot of supposedly well paid, successful, highly educated people say the things they sometimes do... I don't mean to say I'm smarter, I'm just saying, it's comforting.
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#19This is as meta as it gets, but I learned what it sounds like when smart sounding, but closed minded people try to shut down an idea. Looking over all the old YC projects that ended up being wildly successful, but their HN threads were full of naysayers who are better at sounding smart on the internet than providing actual feedback. Learning to differentiate between that kind of poster and people who have genuine fee…
Being wildly successful doesn't mean the idea wasn't bad. There's more than money and success that some "smart" people think of when complaining about ideas on here.
I think it's safe to safe you're the kind of guy bsamuels above is talking about :)
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