The legendary "Putnam" one, of course: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079
Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
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Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#42Those guys with 700 to 1.5k tabs lol
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#43I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Probably Dutch. We usually get very agitated when someone tells us we should wear bike helmets.
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#44I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
FWIW I usually do appreciate citations/links to scientific research. Online discussions can devolve quickly and a culture that demands quality information to back up statements is more resilient to a lot of common issues with online discussions. Even if the result seems obvious, there can be a lot of interesting material in the primary source.
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#45I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Maybe it's not such a bad thing. Sometimes the numbers make a very convincing case.
Take motorcycle helmets. In over 40% of motorcycle accidents, you hit the chin bar, or what's under it. It's an undeniable argument in favour of a full face helmet.
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#46I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Probably Dutch. We usually get very agitated when someone tells us we should wear bike helmets.
You should though
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#47I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Probably Dutch. We usually get very agitated when someone tells us we should wear bike helmets.
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Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#48I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Wait, could that be me ? I had that exact conversation on HN.
I was the one asking for studies (and my previous comment was sthg like "helmets should be mandatory" then I was told "do you realize it increases injuries ?" then I ask for proof) and the reasoning in the studies was that making helmets mandatory decreased car drivers' attention to cyclists making them less cautious around them, resulting in more serious injuries.
Strangely neither can I find those comments at the time.
I have the fuzzy memory that it was about a bikes around Sydney or Australia but HN comments tend to derail from the initial submission so I can't be sure.
edit: found it ! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4262081
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#49I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Lol! That’s hilarious.
I’m going to hit you in the head with a bat, do you a) wear a helmet b) don’t ware a helmet c) there’s no scientific evidence so I’ll toss a coin.
Btw. Here’s a vaguely related discussion on a seemingly paradoxical feature of helmets which I find interesting cause this yes might go against our intuitions in some cases.
Re: Ask HN: Your Favourite HN Comment?
#50I'm sad I can't find my favorite comment, and have actually searched for it on multiple occasions. It wasn't a good comment, it was a bad comment — I am only sharing it on the off chance that somebody else will remember and post the link. The discussion had veered to bicycle helmets: should they be required, is there innovation to be realized in their design, something like that. Somebody posted some comment about de…
Wait, could that be me ? I had that exact conversation on HN. I was the one asking for studies (and my previous comment was sthg like "helmets should be mandatory" then I was told "do you realize it increases injuries ?" then I ask for proof) and the reasoning in the studies was that making helmets mandatory decreased car drivers' attention to cyclists making them less cautious around them, resulting in more serious…
It might be increasing injuries the same way helmets did when they were introduced during the first world war. All those head injuries would have been fatalities. Instead their wearers survived and their head injuries were recorded.