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Thanks PG and Team to give such a quality site. Now I don't visit TechCrunch etc to find out Information. HN does it for me and saves my time
P.S: I am already a techie but a Biz noob and HN is helping me to become an entrepreneur.
I think this is why I love listening to Build and Analyze by Marco - http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze
Great post. I have often thought about the way I learn, and it's very much 'sponge learning' (nice term BTW). I am on a journey to learn Clojure, and improve my JavaScript skills. Much like the author, I read blog-posts, books, the Google groups as well as take any code samples found there and play with them in the REPL. A lot of the posts (especially some on the Google Groups) don't always make sense to me - but I h…
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Because they're ... reading it?
No, he's got a point. New members tend to just be going through stuff that older members figured out long ago. This causes reposts or beginner material to be posted and talked about more often, leaving the more experienced members unsatisfied. Eventually, the experienced members leave for greener pastures and bring a lot of knowledge with them. Worse, this accelerates the spiral and degrades the quality of the site f…
From what you two are saying a person like myself, who is just starting out and therefore not writing much in the way of code or blogposts, should not be reading HN because I can't join the discussion with anything but questions?
What about likeminded people discussing a topic that interests them? Is there no room for that?