I disagree with the author. I know he's incredibly successful and right about pretty much everything he's ever said, but I've had some experience in this area and just finished reading through some of the archives and I think his focus is wrong. I'm going to ignore the technical issue and talk about the bigger picture and higher level things than what was said in the blog post. If the OP thinks that the process is most important, it's really about end results. But if he thinks it should be about the end results then he's an idiot for not thinking about the process. I'll weasel in a reference the startup I co-founded even though it's not directly relevant.
But considering climate change, having people sized sidewalks and taxing the externalities of the process is really the point you failed to consider. Nuclear might work but there is a lot more to it that doesn’t get addressed in the article. Estonia really gets this correct and proves the point that the American city isn’t going to be well designed if we don’t consider the impact of the rail system and electrification.
Hi Hackernews! This is a little project I made in my free time. It's a fun and whimsical parody of Hacker News. I wanted to experiment with Faker.js and other JS libraries.
It randomly generates Hackernews headlines. You get new results each time you refresh the page. I spent about 4 days making this, and learned a lot in the process, and it was my first open source side project in a long time.
It was inspired by This Person Does Not Exist and other 'Does Not Exist' projects which you can find here: https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/
If you spot any bugs or have any ideas on maybe how to improve it, post your thoughts here.
The source code can be found on GitHub, where it's hosted:
One thing I noticed that could be improved: The headlines in isolation are reasonable, and so are the websites, but the pairings between them are not. For example, "Snapchat Has Been Removed From iOS App Store (mitpress.mit.edu)" and "Hstr: Bash And Zsh Shell History Suggest Box (reuters.com)".
Here's a long detailed, objective explanation of everything related to this issue. It's probably more useful than the actual link and it may serve as one of the best efforts to consolidate information on this subject on the entire Internet. If it contains original research only a couple of readers will be qualified to tell. Half the people who upvote this won't understand more than the first two paragraphs.
Edit: I anticipated the potential questions and added more information. Add some graphs and this could be a master's thesis.
> high-level statement about a relevant side point
Here's how it really works. I'll write a couple paragraphs on all the exceptions I can think of, explaining how you should have said "often" instead of "almost always".
Fun fact, most of the type 1 diabetes looper scene (open source artificial pancreas) relies on an improperly secured insulin pump that allows third party software access via an exploit. The firmware has long been patched of course, but the pumps with the old firmware are still being sold among community members, for 4-5k.
A big block of text with no paragraph breaks. It seems like the author is trying his hardest to provide something insightful and well-written, and while it seems on-topic it is hard to relate to the original article. None of it looks wrong, but it doesn't seem very informative either. Most people will just skip right over it. There will be a semi-obscure Wikipedia link somewhere in here.[1]
Missing a random rachelbythebay or ACOUP post and an in-depth analysis of some medieval book collection also. (Though "The Scary Truth about Egypt" and "What to love about Small, Frozen Sausages" come pretty close)
I've seen this comment ever since I started reading Hacker News some 10 years ago. I've noticed myself getting warmed up to the argument over time, so I believe it's more an artifact of a user getting older than any real objective change in the site itself.
If at the top of the list I see "Your appliance may be spying on you", it is not the platform that is a parody of itself - the farce is in this dragging world.
1. "New open-source project revolutionizes web development"
2. "10 tips for optimizing your website's performance"
3. "The future of programming languages: what to expect"
4. "Big tech companies accused of stifling innovation"
5. "The rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace"
6. "Successful startups share their secrets to growth"
7. "Why it's time to switch to a privacy-focused browser"
8. "The top programming languages to learn in 2021"
9. "How to build a strong cybersecurity strategy for your business"
10. "The importance of ethics in the tech industry"
IMHO it's a bit too clichée (there are rather few "10 tips to..." or "top XXX in 2021" on HN), but other than that, quite accurate.
EDIT: It seems like ChatGPT agreees:
> Can you do the same but less clichée?
1. "The surprising benefits of using a text-based interface"
2. "Exploring the potential of blockchain technology beyond cryptocurrency"
3. "Why the gig economy may not be sustainable in the long run"
4. "The role of virtual reality in distance learning"
5. "The future of work: how technology is changing the job market"
6. "The ethics of using facial recognition technology"
7. "How to protect your online identity from cyber threats"
8. "The potential of quantum computing to solve complex problems"
9. "The impact of automation on the job market"
10. "The rise of low-code development platforms"
While the headlines may not be real, many of these are totally worthy of Hacker News style conversations. Maybe we need a static version of this that we can add comments to?
This is definitely good for a laugh, on the first page-load. After that, some patterns emerge that really deflate the experience, but I definitely chuckled multiple times.
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[+] [-] poulpy123|3 years ago|reply
* You omitted hist point X.
* You misunderstand point Y.
* Here's point Z you didn't account for.
[+] [-] mv9|3 years ago|reply
I'm honestly really curious about this. Could you elaborate?
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[+] [-] coxomb|3 years ago|reply
It randomly generates Hackernews headlines. You get new results each time you refresh the page. I spent about 4 days making this, and learned a lot in the process, and it was my first open source side project in a long time.
It was inspired by This Person Does Not Exist and other 'Does Not Exist' projects which you can find here: https://thisxdoesnotexist.com/
If you spot any bugs or have any ideas on maybe how to improve it, post your thoughts here.
The source code can be found on GitHub, where it's hosted:
https://github.com/coxomb/This-Hacker-News-Does-Not-Exist/tr...
I hope you enjoy the project :)
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this one got me laughing: "Chicken version 5.0 Alpha Released"
[+] [-] A4ET8a8uTh0|3 years ago|reply
I chuckled. Thank you:D
[+] [-] merb|3 years ago|reply
Edit: I anticipated the potential questions and added more information. Add some graphs and this could be a master's thesis.
[+] [-] burtekd|3 years ago|reply
Here's how it really works. I'll write a couple paragraphs on all the exceptions I can think of, explaining how you should have said "often" instead of "almost always".
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I'd like to join the party with some fantasy..
1- Twitter files for bankruptcy (twitter.com/elonmusk)
2- Apple's new M3 chip outperforms Nvidia H100 (geekbench.com)
3- India to surpass China's GDP by 2025 (scmp.com)
4- Tell HN: I am quitting Hacker News
5- Google to revive Stadia (theverge.com)
6- Japan wins the 2022 FIFA World Cup (espn.com)
7- Hacker News to be acquired by Reddit (twitter.com/paulg)
8- Tesla Roadster hits 1.1 sec acceleration in early tests (electrek.co)
9- Microsoft outbid Adobe and offers $43.6B to acquire Figma
10- Facebook had died at 19 :)
Just imagine if one (or some) of the above comes true.. who knows? The world is changing fast ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
[+] [-] pleb_nz|3 years ago|reply
Now there's a dream and headline
[+] [-] churchill|3 years ago|reply
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
[+] [-] coletonodonnell|3 years ago|reply
I ask this everyday.
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- Olive Considered Dangerous (techcrunch.com)
- Profound 4th Generation Hardware -- an all-time nothing headline
- Ask HN: What Happened to Keyboard?
- FTX owes $445.61 to Coinbase -- four hundred dollars
- I'll Program The Auxiliary RAM Program, That Should Circuit The THX Circuit (washingtonpost.com)
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https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-secret-life-of-videoc...
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[+] [-] TobTobXX|3 years ago|reply
> Generate 10 typical Hacker News headlines.
IMHO it's a bit too clichée (there are rather few "10 tips to..." or "top XXX in 2021" on HN), but other than that, quite accurate.EDIT: It seems like ChatGPT agreees:
> Can you do the same but less clichée?
These seem like exactly what I'd expect from HN.[+] [-] benj111|3 years ago|reply
(Come to think of it, that would make more sense).
[+] [-] Jensson|3 years ago|reply
"Sperm Counts Worldwide Are Plummeting Faster Than We Thought"
We saw that thread just 2 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33816861
I guess HN titles doesn't have enough data for this.
[+] [-] xg15|3 years ago|reply
The world is truly coming to an end.
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AI is gonna win, y'all.
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This, and many more, are more than believable. This one is actually quite sad.
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