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The art of asking nicely

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Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by tobltobs »

seedless-sensat wrote: post #29
menzoic wrote: post #20

The title is misleading

HN loves contextless titles, I'm not sure why really

HN just prefers the original title to avoid clickbait. The drawback is that sometimes context gets lost. On the bright side this sometimes will make you discover interesting articles which you wouldn't have checked out otherwise.

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by square_usual »

seedless-sensat wrote: post #29
menzoic wrote: post #20

The title is misleading

HN loves contextless titles, I'm not sure why really

It provokes curiosity, I guess. It's like good ol' clickbait in that regard: ask a question with the promise of an answer, except the question is usually not explicit, just assumed by the user. Every time I see a contextless title I wonder "Hmm, what could this be about?" and click.

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by hlasdjlfhalwjk »

lifthrasiir wrote: post #23
spinningarrow wrote: post #15

@dang: would it be possible to add sub domains for ghost.io (similar to github.io) in the parens after the title?

More generally, it seems that any domain on the Public Suffix List [1] should be shown with a third-level domain (or possibly more). [1] https://publicsuffix.org/

I wasn't aware, such a list existed. Thanks for the link!

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by lifthrasiir »

hlasdjlfhalwjk wrote: post #33
lifthrasiir wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More generally, it seems that any domain on the Public Suffix List [1] should be shown with a third-level domain (or possibly more). [1] https://publicsuffix.org/

I wasn't aware, such a list existed. Thanks for the link!

You can even submit your domain to the list [1]! This is useful when your domain has user-alloted subdomains and you want to enforce a stronger subdomain isolation. Ghost.io for example is there because the Ghost Foundation has sent a submission.

[1] https://publicsuffix.org/submit/

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by wccrawford »

napier wrote: post #26
menzoic wrote: post #20

The title is misleading

That’s a bit strong. It’s a bit cryptic maybe..

I honestly thought it would be about not being an asshole to people doing their jobs, and instead how much better asking nicely is. Both for treating them as people, but also for getting what you want.

So I'd say it's pretty misleading.

But with the top comment making it clear what the context is, I'm fine with it after all.

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by runnerup »

lifthrasiir wrote: post #23
spinningarrow wrote: post #15

@dang: would it be possible to add sub domains for ghost.io (similar to github.io) in the parens after the title?

More generally, it seems that any domain on the Public Suffix List [1] should be shown with a third-level domain (or possibly more). [1] https://publicsuffix.org/

These are the kind of comments that make me click through to the "favorite" feature in HN so that I can find them for reference later. Thanks for your effort to share this.

Re: The art of asking nicely

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Post by comicjk »

amelius wrote: post #27
napier wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, isn’t it? Except we’re at Middle Ages/ early Renaissance rates of computer science and programming literacy. “The future is already here, it’s just not widely distributed yet” and all that.

You can still make tons of money by being a good businessperson and knowing nothing about programming. I really wouldn't use the term "literacy" for programming-skills. "Literacy" is not about being at an advantage. It is about having a disadvantage when you don't have it.

I think that's what was meant by "Middle Ages/ early Renaissance" in the comment above. In this time period, literacy was a rare advantage. For instance, in early modern England, literate people were not subject to ordinary criminal courts on a first offense.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefit_of_clergy

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