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Re: Hacker News Classics (2018)

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Post by dang »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #10
tantalor wrote: post #4

Unfortunately HN locks the comments after a while. Mods: we need a way to fix deadlinks Example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1140283 redirects to wrong place. Correct new link is https://lockhaven.edu/~dsimanek/hollow/tamarack.htm

Dang has said this is done as a way to preserve history. I think that’s more important than some of the links being outdated.

That's generally true, but if it's a historical source that's still available elsewhere, then the particular link doesn't have so much historical value.

Occasionally I'll post archive.org links or similar alternatives as pinned top comments, so readers looking at the old thread can have access to the article. In the past we've changed the top link to archive.org also, but I'd rather not encourage that.

Re: Hacker News Classics (2018)

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

thamer wrote: post #36

Not to be confused with Hacker News' /classic: https://news.ycombinator.com/classic /classic uses the same ranking system as the regular front page but only counts votes from early users, defined as accounts that were created before Feb 13, 2008. I'm guessing this is an attempt at getting around the Eternal September phenomenon, or at least an experiment around this idea. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=…

And I was thinking "Hacker News Classics" would refer to well-known posts/comments on HN, like the comment of the guy completely dismissing Dropbox.

Re: Hacker News Classics (2018)

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Post by xavierlint »

swyx wrote: post #34

This is very inline with the Lindy Effect - things that have been around for a while can be expected to be relevant longer than things that were just created yesterday. Our information diet is only as useful as is relevant in future, and tends toward too fleeting. So I think people should make Lindy Libraries - reading resources that have stood the test of time. Here are a few I have been collecting: https://codingca…

> Our information diet is only as useful as is relevant in future

I think there are situations where ephemerous knowledge is useful. For example, knowing about a security vulnerability: its profitability is much higher before the issue gets fixed, which can happen anytime (be it two hours or two years).

Another example: imagine you know insert-influential-billonaire is going to tweet about insert-trendy-currency, this information is completely irrelevant for the future, but you can certainly use it to make money.

It's worth mentioning these two examples, however, can provide longer-lasting knowledge as a by-product too.

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