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Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by dang »

herodotus wrote: post #7
542458 wrote: post #5

The Dropbox launch post is a great example of why you shouldn’t take (particularly dismissive) comments here too seriously. (This isn’t to dunk on any of the contributors there - but just a reminder that we’re all fallible and have biases) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon. htt…

The algolia results are not that accurate unfortunately

Correct—those 'top comments' search results are many years out of date because we stopped publishing comment scores many years ago.

We should probably ask Algolia to stop offering that search option for comments.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by herodotus »

dang wrote: post #51
herodotus wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The algolia results are not that accurate unfortunately

Correct—those 'top comments' search results are many years out of date because we stopped publishing comment scores many years ago. We should probably ask Algolia to stop offering that search option for comments.

Thanks for the response, dang. I wish I could list my own comments/submissions ranked by score.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by dang »

scrollaway wrote: post #13
542458 wrote: post #5

The Dropbox launch post is a great example of why you shouldn’t take (particularly dismissive) comments here too seriously. (This isn’t to dunk on any of the contributors there - but just a reminder that we’re all fallible and have biases) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 On that note, PG coining “middlebrow dismissal” isn’t a very elaborate comment, but is a term that has entered a few people’s lexicon. htt…

The parent comment is the one coining the term, not pg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4726218

It was pg's coinage, but I don't know where he first used it. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4693920 was the first time on HN, a few weeks before the link you mention. I think he might have introduced it in an essay before that, though.

We use the term 'shallow dismissal' in HN moderation instead—arguably a bit of a euphemistic move, but for moderation purposes it's a lot better to talk about the post than about the person. The word 'shallow' makes that clearer than the word 'middlebrow' does.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by dang »

herodotus wrote: post #52
dang wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct—those 'top comments' search results are many years out of date because we stopped publishing comment scores many years ago. We should probably ask Algolia to stop offering that search option for comments.

Thanks for the response, dang. I wish I could list my own comments/submissions ranked by score.

If you email hn@ycombinator.com I can look it up for you.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by ElCapitanMarkla »

eightturn wrote: post #41
nischalsamji wrote: post #25

I sell onions on the internet. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 I keep coming back to read this every once in a while.

appreciate that (peter here).. the 2022 Vidalia crop is planted, and we recently trimmed the tops.. I posted some pics here if you're curious: https://www.vidaliaonions.com/farm-news/trimming-vidalia-oni...

Look at those blue skies. Looks great

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by 542458 »

dang wrote: post #51
herodotus wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The algolia results are not that accurate unfortunately

Correct—those 'top comments' search results are many years out of date because we stopped publishing comment scores many years ago. We should probably ask Algolia to stop offering that search option for comments.

Could you consider showing comment scores once comments are a certain number of days old? Being able to see highly ranked comments across all posts is interesting.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by harshalizee »

larrykubin wrote: post #6

I was going to post this standalone, but will post it here. I was recently reading the Hacker News initial reaction to Facebook acquiring Instagram in 2012: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3817840 One of the commenters says it will be the equivalent to Google buying YouTube. To which another commenter replies "bookmark this comment, see you in 2022". And here we are: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3818055

My favorite part is that a comment thread further down convinced that 'we're in a 2nd bubble now more than ever.'.

A decade later, nothing much has changed it seems.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite/Classic HN threads of all time

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Post by CTDOCodebases »

lambdatronics wrote: post #48
CTDOCodebases wrote: post #32

The comment thread about a developer of a high level of mathematic ability who wrote and maintained a widely used piece of software used for backups. Someone commented something to the effect of “He gave up on solving Millennium problems to write backup software”.

This one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24537865

Yes that was it. Thanks for providing the link.
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