Not related to the article, but can we talk about how fun those little bars at the top of articles are that tell you how far down you've read? I love those. Such a nifty idea.
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#12Not related to the article, but can we talk about how fun those little bars at the top of articles are that tell you how far down you've read? I love those. Such a nifty idea.
It is pretty nifty indeed. I tend to use the scroll bar to gauge how far I've read usually.
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#13Not related to the article, but can we talk about how fun those little bars at the top of articles are that tell you how far down you've read? I love those. Such a nifty idea.
It is pretty nifty indeed. I tend to use the scroll bar to gauge how far I've read usually.
Ha the scroll bar is also a very effective means of doing that, though not as cool at the bar at the top.
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#15"Laser focused" just triggered my buzzword detector for the first time, and I couldn't continue.
Discussions are better when we concentrate on the most interesting or substantive things in an article, instead of the most provocative ones. You could think of this as the Principle of Charity for articles: http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html
Could we get the Principle of Charity added to the guidelines? In both this context you just mentioned, and the more normal context of discourse.
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I downvoted you, but I'll explain. I don't think it's right to share what Adam probably expected was a private conversation with the world.
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#18"Laser focused" just triggered my buzzword detector for the first time, and I couldn't continue.
Discussions are better when we concentrate on the most interesting or substantive things in an article, instead of the most provocative ones. You could think of this as the Principle of Charity for articles: http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html
On the other hand, treating things too generously is a good way to find yourself down a rabbit-hole. Some ideas really are worthless (note that if no other ideas are worthless, the idea I'm expounding here is worthless, by definition), and it's good to be able to recognize them before you waste too much mental energy.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Discussions are better when we concentrate on the most interesting or substantive things in an article, instead of the most provocative ones. You could think of this as the Principle of Charity for articles: http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html
Could we get the Principle of Charity added to the guidelines? In both this context you just mentioned, and the more normal context of discourse.
We're thinking about it. This is the sort of thing one thinks about for a long time.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Discussions are better when we concentrate on the most interesting or substantive things in an article, instead of the most provocative ones. You could think of this as the Principle of Charity for articles: http://philosophy.lander.edu/oriental/charity.html
On the other hand, treating things too generously is a good way to find yourself down a rabbit-hole. Some ideas really are worthless (note that if no other ideas are worthless, the idea I'm expounding here is worthless, by definition), and it's good to be able to recognize them before you waste too much mental energy.
> treating things too generously
That's a risk I don't think HN is in much danger of, but the Principle of Charity addresses this case as well as the other.