Jason described HN once as "the ass-end of the tech elite" and I still use that quote to this day. Wonderful dude.
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
That doesn't work. The submitter of an HN story doesn't own the story; stories are community property. Submitting doesn't entitle you to choose for the whole site what is or isn't interesting about a story. If you want to do that, you write a comment, like everybody else. This is one of the oldest meta-arguments on the site. Once or twice a month, perhaps, we get a story that isn't particularly well served by the gui…
"stories are community property." If stories are community property, then the community and not the editors should decide whether the story submission with the title it was submitted with was valuable or not by upvoting it (or not). "Submitting doesn't entitle you to choose for the whole site what is or isn't interesting about a story." I don't see why they couldn't. But using the same argument, the editors shouldn't…
> I've run across so many, many great stories with super generic, boring titles that will never be even glanced at by most readers. Those stories deserve better
Indeed they do, and there are other strategies for achieving that than gutting HN's approach to titles which is critical to how the site functions.
If you have links to stories that fit that description and haven't had attention on HN yet, I'd love to see them.
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#143A tablet of aspirin taken (even chewed if it's too bad) by the first symptoms of the chest pain can save your life.
Why? Because: (small amount works, chewed is better)
http://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/aspirin-for-heart...
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#144I love that textiles.com exists
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#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
What is a long time? I came to the US in 2012 and haven't been to a doctor since. Not going to lie, the $ sign is a deterrent. But I am moving back to Europe this year so I will go to a doctor there and get all checked up etc.
The idea of a 'routine checkup' is an American thing as far as I can tell. I've lived in the UK and New Zealand and adults only go to the doctor when there's something wrong, or if you have known chronic conditions. You certainly don't have regular blood tests.
How do they catch things like kidney disease early? I have stage four kidney disease and there are barely any symptoms. Stage five means dialysis. For me it is too late to properly fix it but if caught early with regular blood tests there are ways to slow it down. My feeling is regular blood tests are a necessity for many health issues.
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#146A (35ish y/o) family friend died 2 months ago from a heart attack, suspected high cholesterol. He was seemingly healthy, active and not overweight. Anyone else have experience with cholesterol in early 30's?
Diagnosed in mid-30s. Genetic component likely. Taking statins daily since then, now late 40s.
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
"stories are community property." If stories are community property, then the community and not the editors should decide whether the story submission with the title it was submitted with was valuable or not by upvoting it (or not). "Submitting doesn't entitle you to choose for the whole site what is or isn't interesting about a story." I don't see why they couldn't. But using the same argument, the editors shouldn't…
> I've run across so many, many great stories with super generic, boring titles that will never be even glanced at by most readers. Those stories deserve better Indeed they do, and there are other strategies for achieving that than gutting HN's approach to titles which is critical to how the site functions. If you have links to stories that fit that description and haven't had attention on HN yet, I'd love to see the…
Are you suggesting users start emailing you directly when they find such stories? Is that really practical or scalable?
Also, doesn't having to run stories past a gatekeeper go against the community rating system that HN is based on?
I don't see administrator interference in story titles as particularly critical to the site, but community voting on stories is.
Is there maybe some way to experiment with leaving story titles unchanged from how they were submitted? What would happen if HN tried that for a week?
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#148All of the symptoms can also be caused by panic disorder. Advice like "IF YOU FEEL ANY DISCOMFORT AT ALL GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM ASAP" is bad advice for people with anxiety disorders.
Go to a doctor and get checked out to rule out any heart issues. If it's panic disorder, there are safe drugs that are great at making these symptoms go away.
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#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
That doesn't work. The submitter of an HN story doesn't own the story; stories are community property. Submitting doesn't entitle you to choose for the whole site what is or isn't interesting about a story. If you want to do that, you write a comment, like everybody else. This is one of the oldest meta-arguments on the site. Once or twice a month, perhaps, we get a story that isn't particularly well served by the gui…
I do not know what this story is about.
That's not hard to determine with 10 seconds and a click.
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#150This story and the comments make me curious as to how many hard charging project leaders have, or would, work through a heart attack. These words stuck out to me: > I was fucking annoyed – I felt like I was just super tired and needed some energy, and energy drinks and caffeine weren’t doing the trick. He then went on to keynote a conference and live for what seems like at least two more days without seeking medical…
I'm not completely sold on the relationship of stress and heart disease. I spend some time working in politics, and almost all principals worked 18h-days with less than 5h of sleep during the week. Yet life expectancy is higher than average. There are obviously ots of competing factors at work: they have plenty of opportunities to eat healthy, and the discipline that makes them get up at 5am also makes them go for a…
That is interesting. I wonder if there have been studies on occupation and heart disease. One contributing factor to the incidence of heart attacks in the tech field could be our propensity to sit still for many hours in a row to retain focus.