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Side topic: how is the hn dupe-detector not catching this?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8183230


Seems we a lot of people coming here from Canada. Not sure if they're permanent residents, or just snowbirds. Ontario plates are pretty common (as are Illinois).


Is this necessarily?

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HN is a crap shoot and we're not going to organize an upvote ring. So yes, it's necessary.

https://camoji.com/c/LxHJwWfxy9qL


Two wrongs don't make a right.

And no, spamming submissions does not increase your odds at all.


Interestingly, this is the first time I've seen such a hedge bet so blatant.


Making it too good. Sounds silly, but as a self-funded indie developer there was no one to tell us to stop, or not to add that feature. You get caught in a loop of “if I add this feature it will be more awesome, and more awesome games sell”.

I learned this the hard way. My business partner at the time summed it up as, "Every feature is a support call."

More stuff, even if you think it good, is more stuff that can go wrong, or introduce a subtle bug, or just not work correctly for someone, somewhere,


A large part of the issue comes down to funding, and a lack of resources to do the kinds of studies that would help answer some of our most pressing questions. Our insistence on making recommendations — without having the proper research to back them up — has unintended, harmful effects.

This seems sort of crazy. Properly understanding what makes for a healthy diet would go a long way in reducing health issues.

I imagine that nutrition research just isn't as sexy as, say, mapping the human brain.


To clarify: These are from 19th-century medical books, not anyone's current medical records.


Nowadays that would probably mean a blue sky.

That may have been what Gibson actually intended it to mean.

http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/08/05/negative-creativity/#co...


No. Static was the intention: a grey mottled sky, rife with noir-insinuation. Can you possibly envision Chiba City as being anything but grey and filthy at all times? A blue sky completely changes the meaning of the line, and the tone of the setting.


Vernor Vinge's True Names should be on that list as well.

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1280983.True_Names


I really liked Mirrorshades, if for no other reason that it showcased a variety of styles. It's been a while since I read it but I recall thinking it pretty good. It might have been what got me to read Rudy Rucker's stuff.

You can read all of Rucker's short stories (which I find to be better than his novels) here:

http://www.rudyrucker.com/transrealbooks/completestories/


There are more comments on this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8156303


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