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Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by jefftk » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 2:18 AM UTC

9/10; fun game!

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by giancarlostoro » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 2:40 AM UTC

throwup238 wrote: post #19

I saw "sex video" in the quote [1] and I just knew it was going to be tptacek :) I got every other choice wrong though, which is impressively bad. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=997964

I mean, I read HN, and I deep dive the comments, but my special ability to fully recollect conversations even online ones went away with age. If I could recover this skill I'd be insanely productive. This is alas why we bikeshed so many different tools to track software development (not a jab at the usefulness, just a jab at how some people over complicate simple tools which causes more work than its worth).

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by MovingTheLimit » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 2:45 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #20

Fun extension to this idea: enter your username. use vector search to find most similar user to you. Now show comments from them and you, and you have to guess if you made them :-)

hahaha that would be insane

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by nvy » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 4:08 AM UTC

throwup238 wrote: post #19

I saw "sex video" in the quote [1] and I just knew it was going to be tptacek :) I got every other choice wrong though, which is impressively bad. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=997964

His comments have a very distinct style, for sure.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by ofrzeta » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 5:47 AM UTC

Is it also a vehicle to promote Zero Gravity Factory?

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by self_awareness » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 6:07 AM UTC

Do people really remember authors of such generic comments? Is it only because they were heavily upvoted because of the popularity of the commenter?

I think that upvoting mechanism on sites like HN/Reddit/Lobsters really hurt the idea of free idea flow. People focus on the author too much, not the idea.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by Uptrenda » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:05 AM UTC

Now you can turn circle jerking into a game! Great work, op.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by thomasfromcdnjs » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:19 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #20

Fun extension to this idea: enter your username. use vector search to find most similar user to you. Now show comments from them and you, and you have to guess if you made them :-)

bleh i kind of need to build this now

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by paradite » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:20 AM UTC

quickthrower2 wrote: post #20

Fun extension to this idea: enter your username. use vector search to find most similar user to you. Now show comments from them and you, and you have to guess if you made them :-)

There was a project that does exactly that: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016

But now it's offline.

Re: Show HN: Hacker News Git Blame

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Post by globular-toast » Fri, Dec 15, 2023, 7:23 AM UTC

giancarlostoro wrote: post #22

throwup238 wrote: post #19

I saw "sex video" in the quote [1] and I just knew it was going to be tptacek :) I got every other choice wrong though, which is impressively bad. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=997964

I mean, I read HN, and I deep dive the comments, but my special ability to fully recollect conversations even online ones went away with age. If I could recover this skill I'd be insanely productive. This is alas why we bikeshed so many different tools to track software development (not a jab at the usefulness, just a jab at how some people over complicate simple tools which causes more work than its worth).

I can't do it on HN. Other forums I use have sigs and avatars etc and I get quickly "get to know" the regular posters. I don't "know" a single poster on HN apart from dang.