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Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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post #48

Unrealistic. Not a single person complained about link not working with JavaScript disabled.

Since it was missing there I realized how am I overusing '[-]' instead of scrolling. Like Tarzan swing on vines. (Also is this relavant or am I just piggy-backing your top comment?)

Have you heard about our lord and savior root|parent|prev|next ?

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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While I like the idea in general but instead of hosting it as a static file, SQLie table would have been a more accessible approach not to mention that it is far easier to query from Rust.

Heck you could even compile SQLite and Rust both to Webassbly as Cloud flare edge workers but I'll not go that far.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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As a US poster, I need all units of measure to be what the Founding Fathers used and all pickup trucks to be what the Founding Fathers drove. As an EU poster, I won't understand the US obsession with large vehicles and I will recommend bicycling instead. As a programmer, I think we can improve performance if we multithread, containerise, microservice, and store n-depth JSON in a No-SQL database. As a Python programme…

> As an EU poster, I won't understand the US obsession with large vehicles and I will recommend bicycling instead. This will launch the inevitable nightmare of pro/anti-helmet subthreads.

What nanny-state whiners don't understand is that helmets can actually twist your neck or choke you as you're flipping in the air and about to hit the pavement head-first. But it's worse than that, helmets give people a false sense of confidence. That's the real problem with our civilisation, too much confidence that death isn't imminent at every turn. Forewarned is forearmed, I always say to my shrinking coworkers. Oh yeah, pry my weapon from my cold, dead fingers.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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As a US poster, I need all units of measure to be what the Founding Fathers used and all pickup trucks to be what the Founding Fathers drove. As an EU poster, I won't understand the US obsession with large vehicles and I will recommend bicycling instead. As a programmer, I think we can improve performance if we multithread, containerise, microservice, and store n-depth JSON in a No-SQL database. As a Python programme…

> As a US poster, I need [...] all pickup trucks to be what the Founding Fathers drove.

> As an EU poster, I won't understand the US obsession with large vehicles and I will recommend bicycling instead.

I will not buy EV unless it can go 10000 miles on a single charge, otherwise it is not good enough for my-once-in-a-decade roadtrip.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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irt "...I know this is off-topic, but does anyone know how he got visual effect X on his blog? ..."

I cannot describe the sadness I feel when I see the title of an essay I might enjoy, decide to use HN comments as a way to decide, then the top comments are all "Why is he using comic sans as a font? Does he hate us?" and so forth.

A kitten dies each time this happens.

Over time, I have participated less and less on HN, but I still use it daily to screen out new tech news. This site rocks. Excellent parody!

Also, for the first seventeen people to sign up for my free e-book, I will purchase certificates for free rides from Uber For Horses. Even if you don't like the book, think of the horses!

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> In 10 years of reading hacker news I never thought to press the [-] until this moment. I thought you had to click the [-]. How do I press the [-]?

I don’t understand if I should click or press [-] What does it do?

Don't do it! If I understand it correctly, every time you use it, it takes away one of your valuable internet points.

Re: Hacker News Parody Thread (2013)

#209

This is from 2022, needs (2022) in the title

A couple years back someone posted something I wrote. I’d written it in November 2018 and it was currently March 2019. Someone started a thread that it needed (2018) and the HN mods actually made it happen - as well as changing the title.
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