About the magic of good error messages (parent comment is good too): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17859210
Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?
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#72I don't usually bookmark comments. I'll favorite an entry that has a comment I want to save for later so that I can come back and see the comments on that comment. For instance, if someone posts a relevant link. I'll favorite the entry so that I can see what other links people offer.
Re: Ask HN: What Hacker News comments have you bookmarked?
#73This comment from nightcracker about GDPR privacy consent: You enter a coffee shop. Before you can do anything, the owner takes a photo of you, and grabs your hand to take your finger print. He quickly writes down the date, time and what clothes you are wearing. He gives you a smile as he starts his speech. "Before we continue, we at Coffee City want you to know we deeply value your privacy. We need your permission t…
This is a very interesting take. The only problem in using this analogy for social media companies is that in a coffee shop you pay for the coffee. In case of social media you don’t pay for anything. So there is no incentive to maintain your privacy:
And you think companies you're paying don't have the exact name privacy policies?
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#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you, I really enjoyed the original discussion. I’ve often been thinking of time distribution and personal CRMs lately. It’s very easy to fall in the trap of spending all your time with a significant other - and find out years after that all your relationships are ghosts of their former selves. I see that in my parents: at 70 they might have 10 people between them that they care about and see more than twice a y…
Unless you are including large group gatherings like parties and reunions, meeting 100-200 other people you know is by no means an easy task. I'd say, for me, almost impossible at the moment.
I think they actually mean maintaining a relationship with 100-200 people (can be existing contacts) not necessarily create new relationships.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is a very interesting take. The only problem in using this analogy for social media companies is that in a coffee shop you pay for the coffee. In case of social media you don’t pay for anything. So there is no incentive to maintain your privacy:
That's beside the point. They are saying one thing, then act in another way. It is a good analogy.
It's a terrible analogy.
The fact you pay isn’t besides the point… it’s literally the entire point.
If a Starbucks did that and said “btw, the coffee is free”, there’d be a line out the door and half way around the block.
In fact, Starbucks does that and they don’t even give you free coffee. You use their wifi and next time you walk in they’ve got your fingerprint, if you have their app they have even more info, and people accept all this gladly for what? Free wifi and occasional rewards in the app?
You’re underestimating how much people value anonymity over privacy, and free stuff over both.
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#76A quote about salary, that I bookmarked as I could see myself making the same mistake: "Salaries never stay secrets forever. Hiding them only delays the inevitable. Last year we were having a discussion at lunch. Coworker was building a new house, and when it came to the numbers it was let loose that it was going to cost about $700K. This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and…
Keeping salaries secret is exactly the same as giving candy to a child and saying "Don't tell anyone about this". In both cases, the person giving the pay/candy has something to gain if it stays secret and the person on receiving end is being manipulated.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
I feel you, and you might not be alone. Apologies for unsolicited advice: It is better to heed to reality sooner. One way to do that is not to change the way you think, but the way you live [0][1]. Modify your work and life such that you can make the maximum out of what the world has to offer [2]. Another interesting insight is the fact that the conclusion arrived to from a problem is not always the right one. For in…
> conclusion arrived to from a problem is not always the right one Very true. I'm also very reflective about my own thinking process. Why I don't like money is that it's too relativistic. I can get money by doing something useless that someone believes has value. For instance neighbors pay me to do the most simplest tasks on their computers. To me this has no value, I now accept the money because I'm a bit angry as t…
Yes but the only known tried alternative, communism didn't work out very well.
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#78Sometimes I feel that it can be a lucrative trap to become invested in a single person, and then accumulate expectations that far outweigh the responsible obligations of any friendship. As I have gotten older, a pattern that is working much better for me is the campfire model - I just try to keep a metaphorical campfire going, for people traveling through this life to stop and warm themselves upon while I tend it. I…
Thank you, I really enjoyed the original discussion. I’ve often been thinking of time distribution and personal CRMs lately. It’s very easy to fall in the trap of spending all your time with a significant other - and find out years after that all your relationships are ghosts of their former selves. I see that in my parents: at 70 they might have 10 people between them that they care about and see more than twice a y…
If you were to hang out with 10-20 core people every week, that would be very unusual. Most people have 3-5 close personal relationships. https://psychcentral.com/lib/how-many-friends-do-you-need/
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's beside the point. They are saying one thing, then act in another way. It is a good analogy.
It's a terrible analogy. The fact you pay isn’t besides the point… it’s literally the entire point. If a Starbucks did that and said “btw, the coffee is free”, there’d be a line out the door and half way around the block. In fact, Starbucks does that and they don’t even give you free coffee. You use their wifi and next time you walk in they’ve got your fingerprint, if you have their app they have even more info, and…
The coffee may be free, but every 30 seconds, there is a new salesman talking to you and making you look at their highly customized sales pitch. You can try and ignore them, but then your peers at the coffee shop try and shame you by saying "But the coffee's free! Think of the poor baristas!"
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#80I bookmarked a comment, making a point on the life cycle of platforms: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19612180
"This is basically a repeat of SEO. At first, you have the early adopters. Things grow organically and it doesn't feel like a zero-sum game because there aren't many players.
Next comes the growth phase, where more people get involved, and start competing for attention/clicks/votes/whatever points system.
Next comes the exploiters, who discover weaknesses in the system and take advantage of them. They tend to make a lot of money because there's not much competition in this niche.
Next comes the crossover, where the exploit knowledge becomes public, and everyone now must do it because everyone else is.
Next comes the shutout, where the company running things starts actively punishing bad actors, but by this time, being a bad actor is essential to survival, so people do it anyway. It becomes a game of cat-and-mouse, new exploits, new mitigations.
Eventually, the company manages to fix their algorithms enough that the exploits don't offer decent marginal returns anymore, and it returns to what the company originally intended: 1% of people are successful, 99% of people make next to nothing, and the company makes shitloads.
And then the new big thing comes out. The old system goes into decline and the new system starts to take over. Rinse and repeat. "
I map comments I like into coherent arguments using this [0] (An example here [1] ). I would love to share maps with others even if it is not ready for public use ( you only live once ! )
[0] http://clean-ico.appspot.com/
[1] http://clean-ico.appspot.com/static/site/Symbol/index_argume...