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Post by dredmorbius »

atomical wrote: post #16

I'm tired of reading articles or e-mails that begin with, "This one tip could increase conversions 250% if you put it in practice." This one tip spans four pages and yet could be condensed into one sentence. The funny thing is that the bulk of the four pages have nothing to do with the tip and everything to do with sounding hip. I see more and more articles like this on HN from so-called business geniuses. It really…

The self-help / self-improvement literature has a default form that was established well over a century ago.

Pick up and read Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People. Page through Eugen Sandow's Strength and How To Obtain It. Each starts with a personal biography that is in sum: once I was weak / ineffective / socially awkward, now I am not, here's my story of transformation.

It's eerie how similar contemporary works are in following the same formula.

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Post by trentlott »

edw519 wrote: post #8

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any…

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Uh oh

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Post by dredmorbius »

beering wrote: post #17
manojlds wrote: post #2

How come there is nothing about Python dying in there!

I thought Ruby was dead. Or was that, "Java is dead"? Or maybe it was "C++ is dead." I also vaguely remember reading: * "JavaScript will never be dead" * "Dart arrived dead" * "PHP should be dead" * "Lisp is back from the dead" * "D stands for 'dead'" * "SELECT FROM NOSQL WHERE STATUS IS DEAD" * "COBOL still isn't dead" * "Haskell Maybe dead"

Death is dead.

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Post by trotsky »

nicholasjbs wrote: post #3

Some background, since I helped write this and don't actually think this is a great thing to be on HN: My friend Dave and I started the LinkedList a while ago as a weekly events newsletter for programmers in New York. After 70+ issues, we got burnt out on meetups ( http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html ), and have been experimenting with other formats for the past few months. We write the List exclusive…

I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.

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Post by redler »

edw519 wrote: post #8

I know these kinds of things aren't the best for HN, but every once in a while, you gotta have some fun. Great job, OP. On 12/31/09, I did one of these as a 10 year prediction. Funny how some things change and some don't: Hacker News 12/31/2019 new | comments | leaders | jobs | submit login 1. Tell HN: Congratulations Patio11 - first to reach 1,000,000 karma 4 points by iamelgringo 1 hour ago | discuss 2. Ask HN: Any…

I wonder if clicking "more" still leads to "unknown or expired link" in 2019...

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Post by ojiikun »

Oh, how I am yearning for the inclusion of a "Discussion of Language Design As If Ruby and Python Were The Only Two Languages Ever Made" article followed by some article with a snarky title about Java and C++ devs quietly making hillariously large stacks of cash and ignoring new languages. :D

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Post by mlvljr »

madrona wrote: post #23

XOR, “The Tricky One”: advanced Boolean logic for nontechnical founders (scribd) Make Fucking Linkbait With a Punchy Expletive I learned how to program the HTML this weekend. Here’s what I learned How to defeat procrastination using Chrome plugins

Not last weekend, last 15 mins :)

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Post by Swizec »

trotsky wrote: post #34
nicholasjbs wrote: post #3

Some background, since I helped write this and don't actually think this is a great thing to be on HN: My friend Dave and I started the LinkedList a while ago as a weekly events newsletter for programmers in New York. After 70+ issues, we got burnt out on meetups ( http://www.linkedlistnyc.org/archive/issue_075.html ), and have been experimenting with other formats for the past few months. We write the List exclusive…

I was pretty burnt out with my current venture too, until i built a standing desk out of $17 worth of ikea parts.

I can't tell if this is part of the satire or not ...
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