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Post by phatskat »

antigonemerlin wrote: post #242
devjab wrote: post #237

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Isn’t hacker news doing the same thing for the most parts? This is a little rude but I went through your history and maybe you should be more careful who you call “uninteresting rubes” and “drivel”. Don't get me wrong, I don't think you're in the category. I don't think anyone is. I'm just poking a little at your self awareness and your lack of respect toward your fellow people. I do think there is an issue with the…

Speaking as someone else, I go on reddit because there are occasional domain experts. It's 99% repetitive drivel (I myself am guilty of the same) and 1% person who actually knows what they're talking about. That number is proportional to %experts/%non-experts, and is inversely correlated with the size of a subreddit (though the AskHistorians subreddit remains an excellent exception), and is the reason why the NonCred…

I’m a Reddit expat, the only app that made it usable is dead now so here I am. I know I won’t find talk on Dead Cells tips or Rocket League coaching, but at least there’s lots of good tech discussion and occasional political shitposting that feeds that part of my soul

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Post by s1artibartfast »

dlkf wrote: post #251
Baeocystin wrote: post #173

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I think a lot of modern web design suffers from the same AB testing failures that got Pepsi into trouble back in the coke/pepsi days of the 80's. I may be misremembering the details, but the gist was that Pepsi was a bit sweeter, and so in the tiny amounts that people tasted during taste tests, they usually prefer the sweeter drink. In normal use, however, that flavor of Pepsi was too sweet, and sales tanked. I see t…

That isn’t how AB tests work. In a (properly-run) AB test, a user will only see one variant. AB tests have shortcomings, but the Pepsi critique isn’t one of them.

The Pepsi critique can also happen with AB testing depending on what you're measuring. The problem that Pepsi had is that they measured user satisfaction after a small sample not a full can. This would show up even if you only present drinkers with one sample.

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Post by phatskat »

stOneskull wrote: post #203
Finnucane wrote: post #142

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http://www.crank.net/

who _wasn't_ talking about skull and bones in 2003

I’m relistening to the behind the bastards on the Illuminati so…still talking about it to this day lmao

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Post by dfxm12 »

s1artibartfast wrote: post #166
3cats-in-a-coat wrote: post #103

I actually love this, and I bookmarked it. Why? Not just because of nostalgia. Web 1.0 sites had a different set of UI idioms, which seem unintuitive to us, as we're too set in our new ways now. If you get past the fact they're ugly by modern standards, you'll see these sites accomplishing amazing results through startlingly simple means. It's an excellent source of inspiration, and if you combine those ideas with mo…

I still don't believe modern we design is actually preferred by the masses. Ofen times it isn't even a balance between aesthetics an clarity, because the modern pages are broken or otherwise unusable. It has gotten to the point where I wonder if maybe I'm not neurotypical. I'll take sites formatted like Craigslist 100% of the time. Now I'm just waiting for windows OS to fully replace file navigation text with iconogr…

"Modern" websites aren't designed for the masses. It's not a matter of preference, the masses have little input into how the websites they visit are designed... These sites are designed to track the masses to serve ads or to trick the masses to sign up for some service, buy something, etc.

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Post by SyzygistSix »

ryzvonusef wrote: post #284

the first link it opened for me is https://www.landoverbaptist.org/... which is banned in my country, I expect because of the word "baptist" :| Anyhoo a second retry got me http://www.bloodgod.org/2006_Christian_Goth_Gathering.htm which um... Anyhoo this is fun, thanks for sharing this, OP. I miss the old days sometimes. I didn't have access to BBS or MUD or whatever in my country, so web 1.0 is what remember most fr…

The first link is a satire Christian website. It looks promising from the homepage. "Armed Churchgoers Slaughter Thousands of Endangered Species in Rousing Show of Support for President Trump!" "Kristian Kids Korner" "Why Did Jesus Have Long Hair Like a Homo?...

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Post by philmcc »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #186
dang wrote: post #28

Related: Wiby.me: Search engine for content-first suckless sites - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33373619 - Oct 2022 (65 comments) Show HN: Wiby is now free software - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32027177 - July 2022 (35 comments) Wiby: A search engine for the classic web - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25153524 - Nov 2020 (4 comments) Show HN: Wiby – A Minimalist’s Search Engine - https://news…

Wow, sometimes all it takes is just… 9 reposts. Probably a lesson about startups in here somewhere

Fair point... and maybe more a 'marketing' lesson than a 'persistence' one. None of the previous posts are particularly appealing to me.

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Post by jleahy »

bombcar wrote: post #240
Baeocystin wrote: post #173

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a lot of modern web design suffers from the same AB testing failures that got Pepsi into trouble back in the coke/pepsi days of the 80's. I may be misremembering the details, but the gist was that Pepsi was a bit sweeter, and so in the tiny amounts that people tasted during taste tests, they usually prefer the sweeter drink. In normal use, however, that flavor of Pepsi was too sweet, and sales tanked. I see t…

The button gives a known "reset" feature, where if you get lost you can get back to someplace you know and try again. Without that, it can be disastrous.

The ‘how do I exit vim’ problem.

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Post by stOneskull »

phatskat wrote: post #309
stOneskull wrote: post #202

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how about a search engine that ranks higher the less ads there are

I get this metric but at what point is the cutoff? If a small home run website has good info and gets popular, and has to add more advertisements, do they then get deranked on the search engine that led people there?

only if there is something with the same info with less ads

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Post by kjkjadksj »

rmbyrro wrote: post #278
s1artibartfast wrote: post #166

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I still don't believe modern we design is actually preferred by the masses. Ofen times it isn't even a balance between aesthetics an clarity, because the modern pages are broken or otherwise unusable. It has gotten to the point where I wonder if maybe I'm not neurotypical. I'll take sites formatted like Craigslist 100% of the time. Now I'm just waiting for windows OS to fully replace file navigation text with iconogr…

Try Unix, bro. Ubuntu is arguably a decent start coming from Windows. It gives you easiness of use, intuitive visual interface, simple software installation process, decent compatibility with hardware... Then you can gradually get familiar with Linux and doing things on the command line. Once mature enough, you can explore pretty much any other distro.

The best linux distro is probably mac os.

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Post by kjkjadksj »

JJMcJ wrote: post #116
3cats-in-a-coat wrote: post #103

I actually love this, and I bookmarked it. Why? Not just because of nostalgia. Web 1.0 sites had a different set of UI idioms, which seem unintuitive to us, as we're too set in our new ways now. If you get past the fact they're ugly by modern standards, you'll see these sites accomplishing amazing results through startlingly simple means. It's an excellent source of inspiration, and if you combine those ideas with mo…

Once in a while you hit a really ancient site that is CSS free. Like the original CERN sites. They seem strange but navigation is usually absolutely clear and they are lightening fast.

You can fully use amazon still with javascript disabled. The site even looks nearly the same but it doesn’t spin your laptops fans rendering kindle unlimited ads on the home page.
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