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Comment by keltecp11 | Hacker News Reader

I've been on Hackernews now for over a year. Very early on I got cited for submissions that were 'not good content.' Please note... the video opens with Toboggan 'ass sliding'. Reallllly?

I watched this video for 30 seconds and it is not good content.

I would rather read an article about the sequential subset of Erlang oppose to this garbage.

Apparently, I am not alone.

God knows how it got to the top of HackerNews - slow Sunday night maybe?

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This should be flagged.

I think it is a good idea to invest some part of your attention budget into avoiding to become too narrow minded.

Incidentally I looked up the word for German "Fachidiot", and the dictionary said "nerd" :-/ ("Fachidiot" in German is someone who is very good in his chosen profession, but completely clueless about everything else - to the point of making idiotic decisions for lack of broader vision).

Alright... I just sat thru the entire vid... I'll admit. Not bad - maybe he needs to do a little better job of relevance in the beginning... first 10 seconds scared me - not excite me.

I'm absolutely certain you are missing the context of the videos. The Show ran every weekday for a year. The series is a conversation with the viewer and can't easily be jumped into in the middle. There was no "ass sledding" -- the term was "ass-slappin' awesome" which was coined in a previous video.

In short: There's no need to "do a little better job of relevance in the beginning" because a.) the video is almost thee years old and b.) people liked it that way.

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