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Re: Where to Go from Here

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post #7

Change the title to something like "Picking an Apple laptop for development use".

Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or deceitful.

It's clickbait, and I seem to recall hearing that it's a deliberate strategy from Hacker News – that they want people to be "intrigued" by the headline. I hate it.

Re: Where to Go from Here

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or deceitful.

It's clickbait, and I seem to recall hearing that it's a deliberate strategy from Hacker News – that they want people to be "intrigued" by the headline. I hate it.

The site guidelines say the opposite, basically:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Where to Go from Here

#13
I would totally buy a laptop with the weight and a bit thicker than my 2012 13" MacBook Pro, if I could get:

nvidia 1060/1070 GPU able to run VR headsets, without sounding like a hairdryer

Commensurate or better battery life

More than 16GB RAM

Easily upgradeable SSD.

More durability

Apple is not making this laptop! In fact, I have no inkling if they're going to make that if I wait another year, or ever. So why should I remain an Apple customer? I don't think Apple is interested in me as a customer. What kind of customer am I? Basically, a dev.

Re: Where to Go from Here

#14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or deceitful.

It's clickbait, and I seem to recall hearing that it's a deliberate strategy from Hacker News – that they want people to be "intrigued" by the headline. I hate it.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12746378

Re: Where to Go from Here

#15
post #10

I wonder if Mac-users realise that  isn't actually an Apple logo, but is just a private-use character which Apple display as their logo (while every other system can do whatever it wants).

Yeah, we do. However, since our primary audience of people we are talking to are on a Mac/iOS device, it doesn't really matter. And when we are on a non-Mac, we know what the square box symbol is supposed to be.

Re: Where to Go from Here

#16
post #7

Change the title to something like "Picking an Apple laptop for development use".

Am I the only one getting title fatigue? Now I automatically skip or flag links whose title (not necessarily editorialised) are completely uninformative or deceitful.

It's not just you. (Though I know this one weird trick that you won't believe to help!)
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