You needn't use your real name, of course, but for HN to be a community, users need some identity for other users to relate to. Otherwise we may as well have no usernames and no community, and that would be a different kind of forum. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&dateRange=all&type=comme...
So, it puts me at risk to participate like that even under a pseudonym. But, if you really think people like me are why HN isn't what it used to be then I'll step aside. I wish this place had the community it used to have, too.
Personally, I do not read usernames and have never had the experience on H.N. of recognizing a username as I have on some other fora that have signatures, avatars, profile pages, and other such facilities to create an identity.
The culture of H.N. also favors giving technical, impersonal comments, which consequently leave out even more of a personal identity.
I have really never felt on H.N. that I was responded to in a way that connected me to anything I said prior; no one brought such a thing up.
For another point of reference, I do. Reading comments, I also see people refer to and recognize community members such as 'tptacek, 'rayiner, 'dragonwriter, 'DoreenMichele, and many others. For what it's worth, I also recognize your username. Given the number of people on HN, I'm sure there are others that really don't pay much attention, but I know for a fact that there are also those that do.
The reason I wondered was because I never had anyone reference anything I said prior to me, whereas I've had this happen on 4chan to me, a forum sans usernames because someone recognized my writing style or opinions.
I probably know where 50-100 hn posters work without even having to think about it hard. People have been posting here for a decade and do recognize each other.
I always bookmark these idea mining threads, has anyone ever made use of them?
My though, because I haven't, is that if you want to essentially work on someone else's idea then go be an employee, otherwise the first actually passionate person will steal the show as soon as they show up.
Thanks for the information. Does dark matter ever enter the discussion in terms of "there isn't even close to enough asymmetry to explain the amount of matter and the lack of antimatter we observe."
We don’t know a ton about dark matter. Basically (and I’m simplifying a bit) you need CP violation (and more than is explained by the standard model) to account for the asymmetry. If your dark matter model of choice can generate CP asymmetry, then it could enter the discussion.
I'm pretty sure dark matter just represents the part of the universe that respects the privacy rights of matter, compared to the intrusive light emitting matter the blasts its details out into the light spectrum for all the universe to see. Think of dark matter as an effective equivalent of the GDPR for matter.
I'm not really an expert on that so I can't comment definitively, I think the answer is a tentative "yes" but I don't think theres really enough evidence to favour any proposals there.
Well, living in a highly militarized US city that sees vendors come in for various presentations regularly, not only is "lethality" a word that businesses use to sell, but also one everyone gets excited to hear. It's definitely weird at first as a civilian. But I see how it quickly becomes CAC/LTV.
Problems may not exist, or be less obvious at least, if their bodies adapted to eating soy over generations. Even differences in gut biome can explain this.
> How do you address this issue? I think it's cheaper and better for everyone to address unfairness than to try to fix people after they come to feel abused by the world.
Yes, but somehow forward thinking isn't a common phenomenon in our society.
> Dear downvoter, I'd be interested in reading why I deserved it.
Undoubtedly you didn't "deserve" it. The voting system is just a way for the prevailing cliques to signify who's present. This thread is ripe with the hateful and helpless young men referred to in the article, evident by many of the comments. The worse part is that growing trend in this direction on HN. I'd say HN is currently experiencing max Q and I'm not sure it will make it to the other side without succumbing to the pressure(ie decent people leaving the site for good).
The experience here is worse than before, but still better than elsewhere. I think that means HN is ripe for innovation!
I was wondering that too and think it is this aerospace term[0] as metaphor. Q can describe the sharpness/resonance of a signal filter, too, which was my first thought, but makes less sense, although they seem like related terms[1].
