A suggestion on how to spend a day at home • Hacker News Board

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by jakobegger » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 8:38 AM UTC

DyslexicAtheist wrote: post #37

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

seeing it flagged was the reason I clicked it then noticed what an awesome article that was. Not sure what's the issue with this kind of post as long as this content doesn't overtake other more on-point posts. Which would be unlikely anyway considering the audience here. Whoever flagged this, is probably very stressed. Should take the day off and treat themselves for a good time at home.

I often accidentally flag things when browsing HN on mobile. It's good that there is an "unflag" button. Maybe that was the case here too?

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by sundvor » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 8:51 AM UTC

peterkelly wrote: post #33

wyager wrote: post #2

What is this? Some sort of art? Not saying it shouldn't be here, but I'm not really sure how it's relevant to HN.

It confused me because I work from home. Every day for me is "a day at home".

I'd say the day explained is one without work; no conflict there. ;)

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by twic » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 8:57 AM UTC

If you're planning to spend the day alone like this, a useful life hack I've learned is to skip the shower, and spend the time saved staving off the existential dread by reading webcomics.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by voidz » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:01 AM UTC

bitwize wrote: post #25

Waterluvian wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Knock over half empty soda can, partially clean up the spill with some pizza greased napkins.

Preferably Jolt Cola, the official beverage of the elite hacker.

True in the 90s. Nowadays it's Club Mate.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by DanBC » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:01 AM UTC

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

Mods don't see all comments like this, and I think they want people to email them if stuff like this happens.

I think there have been a couple of things that got caught in some software filter before, and mods wanted to unflag / unpenalise the submission.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by Tomte » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:03 AM UTC

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

The vouching option doesn't appear because of too many flaggings?

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by DanBC » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:12 AM UTC

Tomte wrote: post #46

gaius wrote: post #35

Why is this flagged? It is not controversial and has 158 upvotes!

The vouching option doesn't appear because of too many flaggings?

Dang explains it here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11844960

> The system used to say [flagged] only when the story was both heavily flagged and dead (closed to new comments). Now it says [flagged] if the story is heavily flagged, dead or not. Flagged-but-not-dead was the case here. That's why you didn't see a 'vouch' link, btw; there's no need to vouch for posts that aren't dead, since the purpose of vouching is to unkill them.

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by 8note » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:14 AM UTC

js2 wrote: post #17

MegaDeKay wrote: post #13

Warning: the linked article failed to suggest a Dutch Baby, a grave omission indeed. This recipe [0] is my goto, but I only use 2 tablespoons butter and cook for 20-25 minutes instead of the suggested 30-35 minutes (a burnt Dutch Baby is not Good Eats). Serve with cottage cheese, berries, and / or a good sausage. I like bison smokies, but that is just me. [0] http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/dutch-baby-recipe0.html

I like the variation that includes apples: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-the-apple-pancake-13112 Also, my favorite biscotti recipe (a proper Italian biscotti without butter): https://smittenkitchen.com/2008/07/chocolate-hazelnut-biscot... (Skip the hazelnuts -- you will go crazy trying to peel them, blanched or not -- buy hazelnut meal/flour instead and use 8 oz of it in place of the hazelnuts.)

roast your hazelnuts a bit! tthen you can roll them a bit and the skins fall off, and the whole nut gets more flavourful, too!

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by flgr » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 9:16 AM UTC

Mizza wrote: post #28

white-flame wrote: post #21

That sounds pretty terrible, and kind of pretentious & high maintenance. Howabout this, for the hackers among us: - Roll out of bed - Crawl to your computer station - Work on hobby projects in your underwear - Notice the sun rise again, and that you've been on Wikipedia since yesterday - Grab leftovers from the fridge and eat while watching YouTube - Crawl back to bed after waking up in your chair :-)

My thoughts exactly. Where's the IRC? Where's the trap music? Where's the high-proof liquor? How else do you expect to get anything done? :-P (Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig". Honey-moon with a sig-other kind of day, maybe, but some of us like to live more.. intensely.)

> Cute write up though. In Norway, they call this "koselig".

That word sounds half-way between the English "cozy" and the German "kuschelig". A missing link. Interesting. :)

Re: A suggestion on how to spend a day at home

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Post by daxfohl » Sat, Aug 20, 2016, 10:23 AM UTC

Tone reminds me vaguely of American Psycho. Was expecting a murder somewhere in the middle.