Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by hintymad » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:33 PM UTC

Eh… Duolingo? Or other bite-sized language material. I personally like Beelinguapp. Its readings are small enough yet are quite fun to read for a beginner

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by Tade0 » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:34 PM UTC

Went for a walk with my toddler. We found bits of broken glass on the playground.

There was an attempt to ingest them, but I prevented that from happening.

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by ge96 » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:36 PM UTC

Kept refreshing the Google news suggestions thing (swipe left on my Android phone's homescreen)

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by jazzyjackson » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:37 PM UTC

assumed my internet was out and read a book for once

"masks of the illuminati"

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by hansword » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:37 PM UTC

I went for a long walk to the cemetery.

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by muzani » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:37 PM UTC

ardit33 wrote: post #124

layer8 wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In what way? Just curious.

It is like a giant watercooler for most tech companies out there... full of gossip and other silliness. If you don't take it too seriously, it is a fun and entertaining place, also people keep it more real as people don't hold the punches. (due to anonymity). Also it is a good place to know about tech interviewing in general, what to do, leveling, negotiation. It servers as a mini forum/guild for tech folks. It can b…

It feels very fake and theatrical to me, almost like a wrestling ring. That makes it entertaining at times, but anonymity also means no accountability. I'm far more inclined to believe someone on HN who are at least willing to risk their reputation on a claim.

On Blind, you can go ahead and claim you make $600k salary working 4 days/week after 18 months of grueling interviews. Write up whatever fan fiction as long as it makes sense.

Re: Ask HN: What'd you do while HN was down?

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Post by muzani » Fri, Jul 08, 2022, 10:43 PM UTC

irrational wrote: post #134

ardit33 wrote: post #32

Checking out Blind .... I love HN but Blind is more entertaining for sure.

I’d never heard of blind. I downloaded the app to try it out. Oh, they need my work email for verification? Hell no. I understand the rationale, but they do know that IT can see all my work emails, right?

They just use it to verify where you work. It's so people don't just falsely claim to be at Meta or whatever, but it doesn't keep people from lying about their workplace anyway. Enough people use Blind that HR/IT shouldn't care.