Ask HN: What has HN given you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by trishume » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:12 AM UTC

fnayr wrote: post #6

For me the coolest thing about HN is the breadth of experts here for any (even niche) tech field. This allows for in depth understanding of new products (when someone who actually worked on the team making it is here) or calling out conspiracy theories about why some company shut down some product (because they have inside knowledge and can actually explain the reasoning). I can't count how many times I've read 'I wo…

A few of my favourites:

Low level optimization - nkurz BeeOnRope dragontamer

Programming Languages - pcwalton jordwalke chrisseaton

Other people who work on well-known things that comment frequently:

jblow (The Witness, Braid) phire (The Dolphin Emulator) pizlonator (Webkit/JSC)

I made a web app just so I could subscribe and read all their comments via RSS: http://hnblogs.thume.ca/

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by TuringNYC » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:19 AM UTC

A place to go for intelligent discussion after Slashdot lost appeal (to me)

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by rootsudo » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:19 AM UTC

A place to kill time while I debate what I want in life.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by omarchowdhury » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:20 AM UTC

An intellectual soil with respect to business, technology, history, economics, and sociology.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by chipperyman573 » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:22 AM UTC

applecrazy wrote: post #139

dkersten wrote: post #108

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Upvote inflation, interesting!

Somebody should mine the data and calculate year-over-year inflation rate, we have a mini economy on our hands! :)

You wouldn't even need to mine it - https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by gdiocarez » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:22 AM UTC

I'm a drop out from school. All my technical skill are through asking stackoverflow.com. Not until I found hacker news, I got the best tools to use, have a community that supports the site. And overall, I never end the day without opening it.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by nooron » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:23 AM UTC

I got my first job out of college through HN at a YC startup. I am still in startups several years later and will be for a long time, hopefully. I am very grateful for the opportunities I've found and cultivated from it.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by anoncoward111 » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:24 AM UTC

sytse wrote: post #81

kossae wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have definitely constructed a great piece of software. GitLab has been a godsend for development workflows at our organization, and I’ve been watching it since that same Show HN so congratulations! That’s a very inspiring example.

We did that. Thanks for using GitLab!

I interviewed with Gitlab for a business development position. I enjoyed writing the pre-screen essay questions, but received no feedback. The recruiter yawned through the interview and then provided no feedback as to why I was denied.

Perhaps this is par for the course in sales, but what I've learned from HN is that the value of my expected income from poker and stock gambling is higher than from interviewing with startups.

Thank you though for running a cool company

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by gavanwoolery » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:24 AM UTC

Aside from all the other stuff, my interactions here have led to some great "real life" friendships.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by tritium » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:31 AM UTC

Downvotes.