Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by pj » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 6:50 PM UTC

Hacker News full of Erlang articles
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Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by astine » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 7:39 PM UTC

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by gregstoll » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 7:43 PM UTC

astine wrote: post #2

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by icey » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:02 PM UTC

gregstoll wrote: post #3

astine wrote: post #2

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

Yes it's the old "fixing the signal to noise ratio by adding lots of noise" gambit.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by hughprime » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:13 PM UTC

icey wrote: post #4

gregstoll wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

Yes it's the old "fixing the signal to noise ratio by adding lots of noise" gambit.

Not a bad gambit actually -- I'll sometimes turn on my air conditioner to drown out the sound of my neighbour's music.

The analogy only works if, like me, you consider Erlang articles to be a sort of white noise that you hardly notice, and the-programmer-formerly-known-as-_why articles as being slightly annoying.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by noodle » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:14 PM UTC

gregstoll wrote: post #3

astine wrote: post #2

This is old news. Why is it being posted, save for the couple of Erlang submissions at the top?

I'm guessing the submitter is making a suggestion to deal with the _why/Zed Shaw articles.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=775727

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by inaka » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:18 PM UTC

i somehow feel like hacker news is tail-recursive, and we've been unrolled by the compiler and are now back at the top of the loop.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by calcnerd256 » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:20 PM UTC

Perhaps a different topic is appropriate this time. I wasn't here when we did Erlang the first time, but I'm assuming that those who were are now tired of it. I think (though I may be wrong) that I'd be more interested in seeing some clever brainf and other esolang entries.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by potatolicious » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:33 PM UTC

calcnerd256 wrote: post #8

Perhaps a different topic is appropriate this time. I wasn't here when we did Erlang the first time, but I'm assuming that those who were are now tired of it. I think (though I may be wrong) that I'd be more interested in seeing some clever brainf and other esolang entries.

I personally just want to see a return to more technical topics and less human-interest pieces - if I wanted those I'd turn on the 6 o'clock news.

I love reading random stuff on languages/tools I don't even use - it expands my breadth and is always fun. I've never written Erlang, but now I may give it a shot.

This is what HN is great for, let's keep it that way.

Re: Hacker News full of Erlang articles

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Post by ynniv » Thu, Aug 20, 2009, 8:34 PM UTC

calcnerd256 wrote: post #8

Perhaps a different topic is appropriate this time. I wasn't here when we did Erlang the first time, but I'm assuming that those who were are now tired of it. I think (though I may be wrong) that I'd be more interested in seeing some clever brainf and other esolang entries.

I kind of like the erlang marker - as soon as I see a front page full of erlang, I know that people are fed up with whatever used to be there. Once I know that, I can easily help the cause if I agree.