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Poll: What is your age?

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Re: Poll: What is your age?

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Born on the first january of 1970.

My mind just got blown. For some reason, I never thought of this possibility.

It's not my real birthday, it's just the one I use on the net. Like waterlesscloud I hop it will break something somewhere. Or at least amuse a fellow engineer.

Somebody else however suggested using 31st december 1969. Now that's just evil...

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#132
post #62

The most significant result of this poll is that HN now seems to be past the point where we can rely on an honor system to prevent users from giving junk answers to polls. A few years ago we could. That's an unfortunate change. However, it's an ill wind that blows no good. When I'm done reading applications, I'll add a little tweak to HN to make the fonts super big for all the users over 80.

Put a poll out there, give it at least one irrelevant/obviously inapt answer and people will click it. Not really an HN problem if you ask me...

The Cowboy Neal option, in other words.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#134
post #67
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My thoughts exactly. That's a lot of <10 year olds...

I'll have to think of something extra for them too. Any ideas? Bear in mind that about half the users under 10 are also over 90, so whatever it is can't conflict with extra large fonts.

put the nicks of the voters below each answer

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#135
post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll have to think of something extra for them too. Any ideas? Bear in mind that about half the users under 10 are also over 90, so whatever it is can't conflict with extra large fonts.

put the nicks of the voters below each answer

Or when someone votes, it posts a comment in the thread with their vote/answer.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

put the nicks of the voters below each answer

Or when someone votes, it posts a comment in the thread with their vote/answer.

I like that idea, but there's plenty of people who use shell accounts and will still pick a ridiculous answer.

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#137
post #130
post #62

The most significant result of this poll is that HN now seems to be past the point where we can rely on an honor system to prevent users from giving junk answers to polls. A few years ago we could. That's an unfortunate change. However, it's an ill wind that blows no good. When I'm done reading applications, I'll add a little tweak to HN to make the fonts super big for all the users over 80.

> When I'm done reading applications, I'll add a little tweak to HN to make the fonts super big for all the users over 80. I'm in my mid-20s, I did not vote dishonestly in this poll, but I wish you'll make the change for me anyway. The small font on a 1080p screen (13" screen) is practically unreadable for me. I have to zoom in about 150% to make out anything.

Some browsers have a handy feature called "minimum font size."

Firefox: http://i.imgur.com/m2doXpX.png

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/minimum-font/pofdg...

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#139

One conclusion from poll results you can deduct is "You are not that successful in life, if you are older than 30 and still checking hackernews"

Why? Learning new stuff regularly is right up there in my definition of success.

My sentiments, exactly. (I'm 49)

Re: Poll: What is your age?

#140
post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> When I'm done reading applications, I'll add a little tweak to HN to make the fonts super big for all the users over 80. I'm in my mid-20s, I did not vote dishonestly in this poll, but I wish you'll make the change for me anyway. The small font on a 1080p screen (13" screen) is practically unreadable for me. I have to zoom in about 150% to make out anything.

Some browsers have a handy feature called "minimum font size." Firefox: http://i.imgur.com/m2doXpX.png Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/minimum-font/pofdg...

The images and everything else would still be unusually small though.
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