Ask HN: What has HN given you? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by fhoffa » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:53 AM UTC

chipperyman573 wrote: post #145

applecrazy wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somebody should mine the data and calculate year-over-year inflation rate, we have a mini economy on our hands! :)

You wouldn't even need to mine it - https://github.com/HackerNews/API

Even easier: All Hacker News posts are ready to be analyzed in BigQuery.

- https://medium.com/@hoffa/hacker-news-on-bigquery-now-with-d...

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by innocentoldguy » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:56 AM UTC

theparanoid wrote: post #87

Honestly, not much. Mostly, it's reinforced my switch from programming.

Yes, I’m curious what you switched to as well.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by mychael » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:56 AM UTC

Hacker News reminds me that there are lots of people much smarter I am.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by applecrazy » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:57 AM UTC

Kluny wrote: post #166

applecrazy wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somebody should mine the data and calculate year-over-year inflation rate, we have a mini economy on our hands! :)

20 upvotes got me on the front page one time. It was the most views I've ever had on my blog. It got me a job interview! Nothing came of it, but still a wild ride.

I was once on the front page too, but sadly, no HS internship or job of any kind came out of it :(

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by innocentoldguy » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:58 AM UTC

2_listerine_pls wrote: post #5

A sense of dispair: still no idea which web framework to choose.

I would recommend Elixir on the backend and Elm on the front. Or better yet, fishing.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by darkkindness » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:58 AM UTC

rdiddly wrote: post #56

A place to hang out (as it were) on the internet that is... ...connected to the tech scene ...ad-free ...not a "social network" in the usual data-harvesting sense ...slim, fast-loading, not riddled with bloat and bullshit ...not plagued quite so badly as the rest of the society "out there" by certain degenerate tendencies in what passes for discourse ...more interested in ideas and substance than in what color car th…

...has an anti-procrastination setting which is so unique in our current economy of attention-grabbing!

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by terrywang » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 4:59 AM UTC

- high quality information & comments (including famous people that I'd never meet in person or have a direct conversation/discussion) - passion for technology - probably the current job plus an once in a lifetime IPO experience - a lot more ;-)

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by miketery » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 5:00 AM UTC

Thriptic wrote: post #105

It got me into programming. One day I was trying to VPN into my workplace, and I started experiencing network connectivity problems which were very rare. I went on FB and asked if anyone else was experiencing connectivity problems. A friend of mine who was a developer linked me to a post on HN where the service degradations were being discussed. I had never heard of HN and went back to the front page. One of the firs…

What are the challenges in bio like compared to tech industry interms of innovatation, opportunity, or otherwise? I'm considering transition in that direction.

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by natecavanaugh » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 5:00 AM UTC

This is incredibly modest in comparison, but HN has given me a great understanding of just how smart people can be on any side of any issue, as well as a desire to try to contribute in some way to that dialogue.

For me, when IRL it's incredibly hard to find, this has been a much needed boon to my overall view of the world at large :)

Re: Ask HN: What has HN given you?

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Post by innocentoldguy » Mon, Feb 19, 2018, 5:06 AM UTC

PaulStatezny wrote: post #113

rozenmd wrote: post #24

A deeper appreciation for groupthink.

Is this sarcasm? If not, can you elaborate why? I’m genuinely curious.

HN is an echo chamber, to some extent. For example, try making valid criticisms against Go or JavaScript and you will be downvoted without explanation. I think HN would be better if it required an explanation in order to downvote something. At least then it would be clear to everyone reading whether the negativity was legitimate or not.