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Re: Happy New Year HN!

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Post by nvm0n2 »

susiecambria wrote: post #201

HN is an interesting place for a non-techie to hang. . . I read about a lot of things which are not found in my world (quilting and public policy advocacy on human services/rural issues) and I am thrilled each and every time one of you shows such interest in something I'm more familiar with. And your joy! Thank you all, thank you HN, for being so welcoming and a genuinely fun and safe place to spend time.

Is the quilting community overlapping with the knitting/sewing community at all? Last time that came across my radar it was in the context of some kind of crazy purity spiral that was killing online knitting communities. What's going on in that world lately?

Re: Happy New Year HN!

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Post by AlbertCory »

johnisgood wrote: post #268
sidlls wrote: post #243

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nope. If someone doesn’t reciprocate that’s an indication of their level of interest. This is true for friendships and romance. If the other party is always a passive recipient of attention, they aren’t interested in the relationship. It’s pointless to invest one’s time and emotions into such a relationship.

I agree. We could use a different terminology to make a much better sense out of it. Perhaps the word "give" and "take". If I am the person giving and the other person is just the one that takes, without giving back anything, then nope, I am leaving that relationship for reasons that should be obvious. Another term to call the "takers" would be "leech" or "parasite". It does not sound good now, does it?

You're right, it's definitely one data point.

If you look at your algorithm's ROC: you really want to avoid false negatives ("nope, not a real friend" when they actually could be).

Whereas a false positive ("yep, could be a real friend" and they turn out not to be) is something you will notice & correct eventually.

Re: Happy New Year HN!

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Post by johnisgood »

AlbertCory wrote: post #273
johnisgood wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree. We could use a different terminology to make a much better sense out of it. Perhaps the word "give" and "take". If I am the person giving and the other person is just the one that takes, without giving back anything, then nope, I am leaving that relationship for reasons that should be obvious. Another term to call the "takers" would be "leech" or "parasite". It does not sound good now, does it?

You're right, it's definitely one data point. If you look at your algorithm's ROC: you really want to avoid false negatives ("nope, not a real friend" when they actually could be). Whereas a false positive ("yep, could be a real friend" and they turn out not to be) is something you will notice & correct eventually.

To be honest, I actually give them the benefit of doubt at first, because what you said does have merit.

Re: Happy New Year HN!

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Post by n8henrie »

Happy New Year! It is so nice to have a community with whom to share and discuss technology topics. I work in medicine, as does my wife, and my colleagues all seem to be allergic to computers and have little to contribute to my nerdy interests. Having somewhere to find new (and old) thoughtful posts and comments about programming, reverse engineering, security, and economics has been so uplifting! Many thanks to all the contributors and moderator(s? Is it just dang?) who make it possible!

Re: Happy New Year HN!

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Post by gniv »

microtonal wrote: post #83
SnowingXIV wrote: post #74

Happy new year! Likewise, this is generally the only remaining site that I feel better after I leave it and more informed. No ads, excellent moderation, useful discussion and links. No gamification and chasing the modern web. Years of lurking and then years of sparse posting it still feels the same. Here is to hoping this doesn’t change. Keep it up dang.

Happy New Year to you too! Likewise, this is generally the only remaining site that I feel better after I leave it and more informed. Hacker News, but also lobster.rs

> Hacker News, but also lobster.rs

First time I hear about it. I think you meant https://lobste.rs

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