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Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by beachy »

TulliusCicero wrote: post #21
Daido_M wrote: post #4

I am thankful for Hacker News. Never before have I come across a community that is as insightful, friendly, and helpful. Thank you, everyone, for making Hacker News the place it is today.

Agreed, and they have very strict modding to thank for it. Sometimes I think it's too strict, but you can't argue with the results.

HN modding is certainly the driving force in maintaining civil discourse on the site.

In my more out there moments I imagine the internet moving more towards this model. Lots of interesting places, owned by deeply involved individuals who enforce courtesy and truth telling. Personally I love to read opinions that are different from mine, as long as the two points above are met.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by whatshisface »

Flip-per wrote: post #69
burfog wrote: post #48

I'm thankful that the price of gasoline has dropped down to about $2 in much of the USA, in some cases even below. Tulsa is getting it for $1.90 now. It all feels like I'm seeing prices from the prior century.

Why is this so important to you? I, living in Europe and not owning a car, would be happy about higher gas prices (they are way higher in Europe than in the US already). Because I hope this would help to reduce CO2 emissions.

In the US, your office is 20 miles away from the nearest grocery store, and both are 20 miles away from your house. Driving is like walking and buying gas is a non-negotiable cost of living.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by resters »

There is so much to be thankful for. Thank you to the many people on HN who have taken the time to type in an insightful comment and have resisted the urge to just down vote something they disagreed with and had the respect to share some insight.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by jtwaleson »

My family, my kids, my skills and the countless opportunities to apply them.

70+ years without major wars in Europe. The people that sacrificed their lives to make that happen.

My first stock option plan, which allowed me to live debt-free (excluding mortgage).

My health.

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by Cyph0n »

beachy wrote: post #81
TulliusCicero wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed, and they have very strict modding to thank for it. Sometimes I think it's too strict, but you can't argue with the results.

HN modding is certainly the driving force in maintaining civil discourse on the site. In my more out there moments I imagine the internet moving more towards this model. Lots of interesting places, owned by deeply involved individuals who enforce courtesy and truth telling. Personally I love to read opinions that are different from mine, as long as the two points above are met.

I’d like to personally call out u/dang, HN’s omnipresent moderator. Keep up the amazing work!

Re: Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

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Post by codetrotter »

I typed out a long comment but it is not yet the time to say so much.

I am starting to see paths unfold that I would not have thought possible ten years ago when I was first introduced to HN by some fellow members of a student union I was in.

These past ten years of my life have been a mixture of a lot of things. Failures, despair, depression, but also successes, personal growth and learning.

For now I just want to say that spending a lot of time on HN is a double-edged sword, and I've seen both sides - it can be a time sink, as it has been for me at times, unhealthy even, but it is also an amazing place, and one that I am so, so happy that I was told of and that I decided to stick around on.

And in case it wasn't abundantly clear - these paths that seem to be unfolding are in very very large part thanks to knowledge and awareness that I have gained from the posts and discussions that I read on HN and spent my time on.

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