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SME = subject matter expert? Please spell out your abbreviations for those of us who are not familiar :)
Worse, at least in the government circles I work in, people pronounce "SME" as "smee." Almost like you're saying the first syllable of Smeagol. Good luck googling that.
Happy thanksgiving, Hackers! https://www.dinneratthezoo.com/spatchcock-turkey/
Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response on average public forum on the net. I absolutely love it here and sincerely appreciate this place. I feel like I’ve grown up on this site in so many ways. I am continually humbled by not just the consistent quality of content but also the comments. It’s a testament to the moderators that this site has maintained this level of quali…
Hackernews works. I respect the mods and appreciate their work keeping everything running. We're living in increasingly volatile times, and while a lot of us are stubborn and hard of hearing - myself included - and people like Jonathan Blow like to hate on that, I still think this forum is a bastion for real discussion and understanding on all kinds of topics.
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(A British person ponders …) “Why do Americans have two Christmas-type celebrations (travel, food, family drama) a month apart? It seems … odd.”
To be fair, both New Year's Eve and Christmas are essentially the same holiday (a solstice celebration missing the mark by a few days).
Hackernews is simultaneously the most cantankerous and, imho, highest quality response on average public forum on the net. I absolutely love it here and sincerely appreciate this place. I feel like I’ve grown up on this site in so many ways. I am continually humbled by not just the consistent quality of content but also the comments. It’s a testament to the moderators that this site has maintained this level of quali…
In other words, exactly what the internet was and (for people like me) hoped it would continue to be. I don't think it's entirely the moderation (though that certainly helps) but somehow the conceptual integrity has been maintained and has a powerful shaping force.
I never completely agree with the content and opinions, but we all seem really well aligned with the rules of the game.
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Hackernews works. I respect the mods and appreciate their work keeping everything running. We're living in increasingly volatile times, and while a lot of us are stubborn and hard of hearing - myself included - and people like Jonathan Blow like to hate on that, I still think this forum is a bastion for real discussion and understanding on all kinds of topics.
If you go against the status quo you get flagged. It's just as shit as any other forum.
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Didn't know his name, I was saying dang as in dangit in my head for year. Need to fix that to Dan-G.
For what it's worth, I still mentally pronounce it as "dang" (i.e. part of dang-it). I know it's not his name, but it's so perfect, I thought it had to be intentional, like a little joke.