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Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by nikivi »

mpoteat wrote: post #80

I don't see transparency as necessarily a virtue to optimize over everything else, or even a terminal good in itself. Consider: Would it be wise for a CIA agent to run an "Everything I know" site? No, because they could be targeted through the information they blindly broadcast. I know you're not in such a high-risk role yourself, but do you never want to be important in the future, e.g. a CEO, founder, or a high-ran…

I don’t share what I perceive to me truly sensitive data (passwords, contacts, notes on people, my Focus board with goals, todos etc

I only share information that I find there is no harm in sharing. If someone finds it of use, that’s awesome.

I wrote an article about this mindset shift at some point:

https://link.medium.com/DYIiO5RtiV

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by brazzledazzle »

mpoteat wrote: post #80

I don't see transparency as necessarily a virtue to optimize over everything else, or even a terminal good in itself. Consider: Would it be wise for a CIA agent to run an "Everything I know" site? No, because they could be targeted through the information they blindly broadcast. I know you're not in such a high-risk role yourself, but do you never want to be important in the future, e.g. a CEO, founder, or a high-ran…

It’s important to strike a balance though. We all know engineers and sysadmins who think that their value lies in the exclusive information/knowledge they have or data sources they control. Working with hoarders like that is toxic.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by gdy »

dTal wrote: post #74
tnolet wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, it's judgemental. This is a discussion forum and this is my view on it, this is how I "judge" it. But honestly, I'm all for weird & quirky. However, my response to reading this post and the blog/wiki was very different than some of the more positive responses here. Ergo, the counter argument. I didn't get the positive weird/quirky feeling, rather the opposite.

I can understand the "ick" factor - putting this much of oneself online, without any contextual filter, embodies a level of intimacy unusual with strangers. I don't think it's weird to find it discomfiting seeing notes about machine learning side by side with relationship advice. It feels like a bit much from one guy. But I think it's very unfair to say it paints a very bleak picture of his life. I jumped straight to…

"Maintain eye contact."

Well, you naturally want to look a woman in the eyes if you are genuinely attracted to her, it's hard to resist.

If you need a manual on maintaining eye contact, you probably just want to have sex with somebody, if not with this woman, than with another one.

The creepy part is that this section in wiki teaches you to simulate feelings you don't actually have in order to get laid and this directly contradicts the earlier section about being genuine.

The bleak part is that if you need to simulate attraction to a woman you are missing something very good in your life.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by nikivi »

brazzledazzle wrote: post #83
mpoteat wrote: post #80

I don't see transparency as necessarily a virtue to optimize over everything else, or even a terminal good in itself. Consider: Would it be wise for a CIA agent to run an "Everything I know" site? No, because they could be targeted through the information they blindly broadcast. I know you're not in such a high-risk role yourself, but do you never want to be important in the future, e.g. a CEO, founder, or a high-ran…

It’s important to strike a balance though. We all know engineers and sysadmins who think that their value lies in the exclusive information/knowledge they have or data sources they control. Working with hoarders like that is toxic.

Agree with this 100%! The one thing I always try to optimize for in life is ability to solve problems efficiently.

And in my mind this means empowering everyone else around me so they can build even more awesome tools and ideas.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by cmauniada »

I personally struggle at times to grasp some concepts being a first generation immigrant does have some effects but it’s also the lack of a deeper level of communication. Seeing something like this spelled out in front of me with every single little point about a person’s life choices is actually a really interesting way of peeking into someone else’s mindset. So thanks for sharing.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by gdy »

madrasman wrote: post #70
tnolet wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, this is a discussion forum. The OP posted this wiki a couple of times to HN. You get positive comments, you get other, less positive or more critical ones. The "if you don't like it, move along" argument is fine in general and I support it 100%, but in this case a bit strange as posting something to HN is mostly to get responses / views / arguments, not just gushing adoration.

Not all comments are the same. Comments that are thoughtfully articulated and about the ideas rather than an unexplained character judgement of the author, detract from the discussion.

It's still better to know that you are disliked than not. Even without explanation, it gives you an idea that something on that wiki page is off and it needs more research :)

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by quakenul »

tnolet wrote: post #67
quakenul wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This sentiment really, really bothers me. Yes, in reality humans are all sorts of weird, creepy, flawed, not super happy or good looking. If this is what you risk when sharing on the internet, then maybe highly curated social media and the anxiety that it brings had it right all along. We need more of this. More weirdness, more real human beings. If you don't like something, move along. Also, you never are the only o…

Well, this is a discussion forum. The OP posted this wiki a couple of times to HN. You get positive comments, you get other, less positive or more critical ones. The "if you don't like it, move along" argument is fine in general and I support it 100%, but in this case a bit strange as posting something to HN is mostly to get responses / views / arguments, not just gushing adoration.

> Well, this is a discussion forum.

Absolutely. While I do mind your opinion, I don't mind you giving your opinion.

> The "if you don't like it, move along" argument is fine in general

There is actually a lot of issues that I would have people take a firm stance against more often, instead of just letting it slide. This just happens to not be one of them.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by chiefalchemist »

roboyoshi wrote: post #71
chiefalchemist wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for sharing both, but especially the second link. There you said: "Organizing a lot of pages is difficult, even if nested..." Any chance you've done, or know of an article titled something like: "GitBook - If I Knew Then What I Know Now"? The idea is ultra-intriguing. But before getting started it would certainly help to not make the same mistakes others have already made. tia

GitBook is nice and I would recommend that if you want something that works good for you out of the box. I personally write markdown files with typora and then publish that to my own notes setup, which is simply mkdocs and some tweaks.

I thought the fact that GitBooks has search is a nice and necessary touch. I'm going to have to revisit the static site / blog generators. It's prefer to publish to GL or GH, as well as (for that I have in mind) be able to accept PRs.

Re: Show HN: Everything I Know Wiki

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Post by andreygrehov »

This looks very cool. I would like to see a combination of Learn Anything and this wiki, but driven by a timeline, so that nodes align with the date they were created at. And then in addition, it would be amazing to have an option to explore other people's knowledge graphs. Is there anything like that?
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