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Real Men Go to Sleep

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Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by terabytest »

ronaldx wrote: post #23
terabytest wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the consequences of using NoScript outweigh the benefits. I don't think I could stand 40% of the sites I use being unusable due to lack of JavaScript, that's not how it's meant to be.

Using Noscript, you can whitelist sites or unblock case-by-case. Or, you can recognise that not functioning at all without JavaScript generally indicates a lack of interest in the user experience.

I'd rather say it's a lack of resources and interest in addressing a minority and jumping through hoops to make functionality that wouldn't work without JavaScript work without it. I'm not saying it shouldn't work when JavaScript is disabled, but some sites have functionality that cannot be easily (or quickly) reproduced without JS. They don't do it because they hate you or because they hate proper user experience.

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by DanielStraight »

[deleted] wrote: post #29

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The title isn't intended to be funny. It's intended to be dismissive of, and in opposition to, the attitude that "sleep is for sissies" mentioned in the article.

Compare: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/ashton-kutcher-demi...

It's about directly opposing what is seen as a prevailing view of masculinity. Sure, it might be intended to be entertaining as well, but it's not primarily an attempt at humor. It's saying: "Here's a bunch of people who say real men don't sleep. They're wrong; real men sleep."

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by theorique »

[deleted] wrote: post #29

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C'mon, if you were a real man, it would be no big deal ...

But seriously, I think the point is that it's considered 'manly' to work hard and not sleep enough. The title of the article takes on that myth directly.

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by dwaltrip »

androidb wrote: post #6

Closed the page before reading the article for the fact that they popped up a modal advertisement window with a black background - ironic is that Adblock removed the ad content so it was a white box on a black background.

I'm sick of seeing comments about how someone didn't even read the freakin' article because they didn't like "X" on the page.

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by ronaldx »

terabytest wrote: post #31
ronaldx wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Using Noscript, you can whitelist sites or unblock case-by-case. Or, you can recognise that not functioning at all without JavaScript generally indicates a lack of interest in the user experience.

I'd rather say it's a lack of resources and interest in addressing a minority and jumping through hoops to make functionality that wouldn't work without JavaScript work without it. I'm not saying it shouldn't work when JavaScript is disabled, but some sites have functionality that cannot be easily (or quickly) reproduced without JS. They don't do it because they hate you or because they hate proper user experience.

The problem is not the minority you are thinking of: most of that minority can enable JavaScript if it's genuinely required.

The problem is people on poor or mobile connections - the majority - who have to suffer that little bit longer to wait for the blocking JavaScript to load and then burn down their limited battery for the sake of parallax scrolling or a marginally prettier icon or button on the static text site they are trying to read.

JavaScript-requiring designers do hate proper user experience.

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by spuz »

It was my understanding that while Google has nap rooms in some offices, they are seldom used. The culture is geared around long hours and if you are seen to be napping that is seen as a potential sign of weakness. Of course I could be completely wrong (I'm just pulling this idea out of a vague memory of reading about it here on HN) so I hope a Google employee will correct me. However, it seems reasonable that a company would need to do more than just offer the opportunity to take breaks, work from home and work sensible hours. The culture of seeing hard workers as more valuable must be a difficult one to break.

Re: Real Men Go to Sleep

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Post by erre »

spuz wrote: post #39

It was my understanding that while Google has nap rooms in some offices, they are seldom used. The culture is geared around long hours and if you are seen to be napping that is seen as a potential sign of weakness. Of course I could be completely wrong (I'm just pulling this idea out of a vague memory of reading about it here on HN) so I hope a Google employee will correct me. However, it seems reasonable that a comp…

I'm not a Google employee, but I once visited their Zürich office and was shown the nap room. Not only was it really cool, but there were several people using it (just after lunch).
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