The Automation Myth • Hacker News Board

Re: The Automation Myth

#51

Post by natmaster » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 8:13 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #50

natmaster wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, there is no rule about this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Furthermore, precedent would indicate quite a different policy. But the most interesting part comes here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362589 where you say I am being insulting by requesting people leave anti-science comments outside of hacker news. Is it then acceptable for you to tell me to leave politics off th…

"Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them" more than covers a comment like "Obama stealing [...] for himself and his crony friends". Re the thread from 107 days ago, calling someone or their comments "anti-science", telling them they're not rational and are lying to themselves: all such things break the guidelines that ask you to be civil and not to ca…

Re this thread from a few days ago, calling someone or their comments "flamewar topics" and "not new": all such things break the guidelines that ask you to be civil and not to call names.

'"Lol guise guise hey guise guise guise but benghazi tho" on the other hand is the best comment on HN and shall be rewarded' - dang

Re: The Automation Myth

#52

Post by natmaster » Tue, Jul 28, 2015, 9:15 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #50

natmaster wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting, there is no rule about this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Furthermore, precedent would indicate quite a different policy. But the most interesting part comes here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9362589 where you say I am being insulting by requesting people leave anti-science comments outside of hacker news. Is it then acceptable for you to tell me to leave politics off th…

"Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them" more than covers a comment like "Obama stealing [...] for himself and his crony friends". Re the thread from 107 days ago, calling someone or their comments "anti-science", telling them they're not rational and are lying to themselves: all such things break the guidelines that ask you to be civil and not to ca…

Have you ever stopped to think how calling people aggressors, and flamewar starters affects them? Do you think such insults are going to encourage them to keep trying to elevate the level of conversation here? Have you considered trying to understand them as a human, rather than treat them as an anonymous enemy? You might find treating people nicely can result in them being more open to your perspective, and maybe just maybe you'll open your mind yourself.

Re: The Automation Myth

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Post by mooreds » Wed, Jul 29, 2015, 8:15 PM UTC

gitah wrote: post #40

Taek wrote: post #36

This article encouraged my to look at why my life was so expensive. 1/3 of my expenses are related to living in Boston. Rent is 2/3 of my total expenses, and 1/2 of my rent is only because of the city I live in, if I chose a cheaper city or lived 15 minutes further away, I could have the same house for 1/2 the rent. Of the remaining 1/3 expenses, many of those are cost-of-living related as well. Location is something…

Autonomous vehicles or high-speed subways that are cheap to build will destroy housing prices. Technology can reduce the cost of transportation increasing the usable land around a city. Other advances include new construction techniques making it cheaper to build taller buildings. ie prefabs or 3D printing

Hyperloop! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop

Re: The Automation Myth

#54

Post by dang » Fri, Jul 31, 2015, 3:09 AM UTC

natmaster wrote: post #52

dang wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them" more than covers a comment like "Obama stealing [...] for himself and his crony friends". Re the thread from 107 days ago, calling someone or their comments "anti-science", telling them they're not rational and are lying to themselves: all such things break the guidelines that ask you to be civil and not to ca…

Have you ever stopped to think how calling people aggressors, and flamewar starters affects them? Do you think such insults are going to encourage them to keep trying to elevate the level of conversation here? Have you considered trying to understand them as a human, rather than treat them as an anonymous enemy? You might find treating people nicely can result in them being more open to your perspective, and maybe ju…

(Belated reply, but I only just saw this.)

Yes, I do think about that; I try not to call people aggressors and flamewar starters, but only to make statements about content. I don't always get that right, though.

If you want to continue discussing this, emailing hn@ycombinator.com would be best, since we don't see everything posted here.