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- ninjaranterA comment complaining this was obviously written by an AI, and the standard template is a tell. A philosophical observation about what that says about the state on online discourse. Link to the Dead Internet Wikipedia page.
- wavemodeA comment dismissing the author's problem as irrelevant since AI agents will soon be able to solve it for us.
- jasongA poor attempt at joining the convo too late because I don't browse /new like everyone else. No one upvotes, and I question my intelligence for the 3rd time today.
- joshstrange> Cherry-picked quote from the article cut off too earlyBad faith argument that could only be made by not reading further into the article or cutting the quote off before it answers the exact question/argument posed here.
- EduardA comment at Hacker News which provides a nuanced critique and which gains plenty of upvotes as a lot of users agree to the comment's sentiment.
- zirkonitA comment based on the reading of the title that could only be conceived if the commenter didn't bother to click the article at all.
- mellosouls"A Technical Blog Post by a Big Name Expert" (2013)http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/Discussion (589 points, 189 comments):https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5326511
- CephalopodMDA link to the HN discussion from when this was already posted here 6 months ago, possibly to be helpful, but also possibly as an attempt to admonish others for not knowing this is a repost.
- cpercivaA complaint about the quality of posts and the comments they elicit here, followed by an allegation that Hacker News is turning into Reddit.
- Karrot_KreamA comment making a subtle point about something discussed in the middle of the article that languishes near the bottom of the page because nobody read the full article.
- stevekempAn obvious attempt to insert a link into my own vibe-coded project, in the pretense it is either relevant or related.
- saaaaaamA schtick that is at least as old as the internet, revitalised for new audiences who think it is brilliantly original, to make the author look clever.
- econRepeat the title 3 times in the first 3 lines then again as the start of the next paragraph.Fill the rest of the article assuming this is the readers first day on planet earth. Like, an article about a CPU architecture should start with the early history of mathematics.
- JoeboyAn opinion about the design of the website.
- brandonmensingA note of gratitude from a first time poster who tries to take some credit by saying they have always felt the same way
- ramon156A niche reference almost no one gets, except one.
- HeadwigA comment going along with the joke of the article, but in a meta way. Thusly creating a meta context loop that needs to be addressed.
- danhonThis should be read in conjunction with a think piece[0][0] https://medium.com/@hondanhon/this-is-a-think-piece-78618692...
- gabeyawA question that was addressed in the 3rd paragraph of the article
- salomon812A sentence remarking this concept was implemented in a different media.----Title of the songNaive expression of loveReluctance to accept that you are goneRequest to turn back time and rectify my wrongsRepetition of the title of the song
- olivia-banks"If Educational Videos Were Filmed Like Music Videos" - Tom Scotthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G025oxyWv0E
- r721Reminds me of Schizopolis movie (by Steven Soderbergh):>Fletcher Munson: [sunnily, on homecoming] Generic greeting!>Mrs. Munson: [warmly] Generic greeting returned!>[they kiss and chuckle at each other]>Fletcher Munson: Imminent sustenance.>Mrs. Munson: Overly dramatic statement regarding upcoming meal.>Fletcher Munson: Oooh! False reaction indicating hunger and excitement!https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117561/quotes/
- mhbAn expression of surprise and appreciation that the author, an expert in his field, is actually a HN participant.
- abstractbillA complaint asking what this has to do with hackers or hacking.
- AnimatsIn other words, clickbait.Fox News used to be awful in this respect, with ledes such as "(Important thing) happens in (unnamed city)". Now they name the city. So that trick apparently backfired. It seems to have died out, along with "One weird trick..." articles.New York Times opinion articles, though, have become worse. Today, "This May Be the Most Important Medical Story of the Decade". It's not.
- nkmnzA comment about how this could be achieved using rsync instead.
- j2kunA comment not about the article, but rather about the perceived quality of the HN comments.
- vivid242Can I also post a question that is actually answering itself?
- cpfohlAnyone struggle with the large font size? I can only consume about 2 lines, maybe three lines at that size before I struggle with tracking.The article itself was in fact delightful once I zoomed out a bunch.
- TZubiriDeranged comment that has only a vague connection to the article topic, but allows me to explore a thought that I had beforehand, poorly formatted and stream-of-consciousnessy because this is not a blog post or even a linkedin article, it's a random comment buried in the depths of the internet and I wrote it for myself.Continuation of the thoughts from the first paragraph and repetition, because either I forgot what I had and had not written, but also because the flow of the thought naturally brings me back to the main thesis, as if solving a mathematical problem and then going backwards to the original problem statement with a different technique for verification. Deranged poorly formatted comment that only barely connects to the topic at hand, which I only read the first part of anyways.
- NevermarkA weak argument which suggests there is a strong parallel to a famous 20th century expansionist totalitarian.
- boznzI guess I am too honest to go down the click-bait title stuff. I would love to get more traffic too my web site, but not this way. I prefer to write up interesting hardware of software projects, but i'm in the middle of writing another sci-fi epic and there are only so many projects you can juggle :-)
- nuslThis seems like a useful reference when asking AI to create content for you, despite the irony
- NevermarkA thoughtful witty self-effacing on point comment. Which for some reason gets no upvotes. No downvotes. No follow up comments.
- seamossfetA false dichotomy that segments typical replies into one of two groups.Group 1: A thinly veiled straw man that buckets everyone I disagree with, along with an attempt to appear as if I'm being unbiasedGroup 2: The group I put myself in and provide better arguments for why this perspective is correct.Vague motte and bailey statement that gives me plausible deniability when someone criticizes my analysis.
- NevermarkA link to a web archived version of the paywalled original.
- wizardforhireA simple statement of acknowledgement.> a quote from the articleA link to something relevant or interesting to add or support a point [1]An opinionated comment or personal anecdote.[1] the link from above
- nothinkjustaiA comment pointing out that this submission and/or comment section break the HN rules, which are selectively ignored by the VC mods.
- erelong"titlemaxxing" / "clickbaitmaxxing"
- throwpoasterA comment that takes a second to realize it’s a troll.
- smitty1eFull-throated denunciation of anyone who can't see the marionette strings of Big Conspiracy behind all of this.
- _doctor_loveTu caca, Derrida?
- ajkjkI for one am not playing alongI did enjoy this, though. Even the title worked.
- anonundefined
- throwanem...sheesh.
- stephbook[dead]
- throw_47720827A heavily downvoted comment from a new account registered specifically to comment on this link.
- tomi_devFeels similar with cold email.I used to think it was mostly about better copy or subject lines, but lately it feels like timing matters way more. Same message, different moment, completely different outcome.Have you seen cases where timing mattered more than the message itself?