How to Participate in Hacker News
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How to Participate in Hacker News
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Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#2I know I would participate a lot more if I could reset my password. Somehow I was able to register my usual handle without providing an email address because there doesn't seem to be a way to recover it.
I created this new account just to gripe about this and when this cookie finally dies I'm not sure I'm going to bother to re-register.
Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#3My main nit to pick with this article is that you violated DRY principles by assigning "Water is wet" to both Person A and Person C. Only one person was required.
edit: I was kidding.
Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#4I know I would participate a lot more if I could reset my password. Somehow I was able to register my usual handle without providing an email address because there doesn't seem to be a way to recover it. I created this new account just to gripe about this and when this cookie finally dies I'm not sure I'm going to bother to re-register.
You can reset your password. Fill in your email in your profile.
Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#5I know I would participate a lot more if I could reset my password. Somehow I was able to register my usual handle without providing an email address because there doesn't seem to be a way to recover it. I created this new account just to gripe about this and when this cookie finally dies I'm not sure I'm going to bother to re-register.
You can reset your password. Fill in your email in your profile.
Is there a way to do that without being logged in?
Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#6I know I would participate a lot more if I could reset my password. Somehow I was able to register my usual handle without providing an email address because there doesn't seem to be a way to recover it. I created this new account just to gripe about this and when this cookie finally dies I'm not sure I'm going to bother to re-register.
You can reset your password. Fill in your email in your profile.
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Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#7I particularly like this example, which the author acknowledges is extreme:
"3. Be positive.
"This can really be hard when smart people debate, but try it anyway. Notice the difference between:
"Person A: Water is dry.
"Person B: No it's not. You're full of shit.
"and
"Person C: Water is dry.
"Person D: Not in my experience. What data have you encountered to cause you to arrive at that conclusion?"
I really like those "what data have you encountered" questions. In a lot of threads, I silently upvote replies that ask people making striking, unusual, bold, or implausible claims to please provide more information. (Too many of those helpful questions, alas, never get answers. But I'll keep on upvoting follow-up questions looking for facts when I see them.)
The author finishes his list of good suggestions with
"10. No list is ever exhaustive, on Hacker News or anywhere else. Anyone have any more suggestions?"
I'd be delighted to hear other suggestions about constructive participation on Hacker News too.
Re: How to Participate in Hacker News
#81.) Most of the time I just tell stories. I am only 20 and have relatively little experience. The only thing I can really add is a well written comment that asks a question or explains something neat.
2.)The best way to participate is to go out and do something awesome. Take something you saw on the front page and mess around with it. Maybe something will happen and you make the front page. Probably it won't, but the next time it comes up, you can at least share your experience and point out the basic pitfalls. Example: I am working on extending emscripten to use dragonegg to compile fortran. It's really hard and I don't think I can do it, but next time emscripten comes up, I will know what's up and can comment on how awesome Alon is.
3.)My password for my account is zackzackzack. Yep, same as my user name. It lets me keep from getting attached to an argument or an account. If somebody can just go in and change my password, then it is pointless to really care all that much. I like contributing, but I know at any instance all the karma I built up on here could be sealed away.
Edit: fortran to javascript. Google emscripten github for more info.
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#10Put your contact info in the "about" section of your profile (the "email" is private).
Just wanted to emphasize this as it seems to confuse a lot of people.