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CarolineWon Karma on HN

That's fair enough, and I've now clicked the "upvote" arrow, but I don't see any increase in your karma. Votes don't always match karma - there are other forces as work - so you may have to wait till some more important people actually upvote your post or comments.

CarolineWon Karma on HN

That's a fair reason why they might not be submitting, but is still not a reason why they should be given karma.

Also, they say they've been here a couple of years, and their account is nearly six months old. Then the first post is asking for karma.

So still, perhaps it's harsh, perhaps you're willing to upvote the submission to give them that karma - no doubt others will - but I still ask the question.

CarolineWon Why switching jobs is almost always a great idea

Significant discussion when you first submitted this three years ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8779799

But since then you've submitted it multiple times to no discussion at all:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14701448 (6 days ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14635723 (15 days ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14586115 (21 days ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14487049 (35 days ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14434003 (43 days ago)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14409248 (47 days ago)

So I'm interested to know - why are you submitting this repeatedly?

CarolineWon Karma on HN

Do you really think so? I've been at community events where nearly everyone has mucked in and done stuff, from litter clearing to clearing ground, building sheds, erecting fences, and more. Usually at the end of the day there's then a barbecue or similar to reward everyone and enhance to sense of community.

If someone comes along, sits on one side, drinks beer, watches the work, and contributes nothing, should they get a free meal? Are they part of the community? Should they be welcomed and accepted despite not contributing at all?

That's an interesting question - your reply has prompted me to think more about that. That's valuable to me, and worth an upvote.

CarolineWon [dead]

So in other words, let's ignore everything other people have done, create our own definitions, derive dubious results, call them the same name, and then declare the other, longer standing results as wrong.

It appears that his "definition" of pi depends on each circle drawn. In other words, he has no single definition, and "the" value depends on the measurement taken in each case. So again, in other words, he doesn't actually have a single value.

So it's a diverting philosophical ramble, but for me it's been pretty close to a complete waste of time. I'd be interested to know if anyone here on HN thinks otherwise, and in particular, why anyone would think it's worth upvoting.

CarolineWon Karma on HN

If you never post, and never comment, why should you get any karma?

Give me a good reason and I'll consider upvoting you.

Provide value.

CarolineWon Opening articles in new tabs. Hard to upvote/downvote submissions later.

I right click first on "Discuss" and then on the article itself. Then I can refresh the discussion later and flip between them.

Alternatively, as masonic says, open the discussion in the new tab and click through from there.

CarolineWon World clock, when?

We already have a "World Clock" - you can adopt it too. Just always work by Zulu time.

So if someone asks you what time it is, give them the answer in Zulu time. When they look confused, explain.

Then you'll have to work out what time - Zulu time - you have your breakfast, and your lunch, and your evening meal. So suddenly you'll be having breakfast at, say, 12:00 Zulu. Does that help? How does it help?

So I want to phone you - how do I know what time to call? Any time after breakfast? Cool - what time do you have breakfast?

So, are you instead going to synchronise your day to mine? I sure as heck aren't going to go to bed when the Sun is at its peak and get up a little after it has set. Would you do that?

This comes up every year or so on HN and I honestly just don't understand the mind-set of people who suggest it. I'd seriously like to know how you would address the above, and how you can see this possibly working.

CarolineWon Engineering a Sort Function (1993) [pdf]

This is a superbly readable, detailed account of careful coding. If you ever write code that might be subtle - and we all do from time to time - it is an excellent example.

CarolineWon New TSA Policy May Lead to Increased Scrutiny of Reading Material

You claim that people are not avoiding the country because of treatment received at immigration. I'm telling you that I know people who are avoiding the country, and I'm one of them.

Don't tell me what I am and am not allowed to feel based on my experience.

CarolineWon New TSA Policy May Lead to Increased Scrutiny of Reading Material

Well I have some anecdata for you. I personally know three people who have cancelled subsequent trips to the USA after their treatment on entry, and I personally will not be coming back after the way I was treated. I've travelled on business to over 30 countries, and thus is the first time I've decided that a particular one is just not worth the hassle.

So you keep believing everything is ok, I'm sure it makes you feel better, rather than actually listening to other people's stories.

CarolineWon Ask HN: USB cable, laptop, phone, how can I take a photo?

Thanks for those - I'll chase them down and see what happens. At the very least it will give me more specific terms to search for.

Other hints still welcome.

CarolineWon Sniper shatters record, kills ISIS fighter from 2 miles away

A somewhat better report was posted here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14613658

CarolineWon I moved my kids out of America. It was the best parenting decision Ive ever made

Is it just me? I visited the site and within seconds my CPU fan was pegged at max, the screen was dipping into grey, and response times were laughably.

So I read it in lynx.

To make this genuinely appropriate to the HN audience, do you think carefully about the performance of your site? I now have deliberately avoided "theweek.com" and all its ads, etc, for the text only browsing experience, where I could read the article cleanly and simply. I'm sure that's not what their site developers intended.

Then again, maybe it's just me.

CarolineWon Nearly 200M US voter records leaked

Pick your source for this story:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14586833 (upguard.com) : 314 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14594770 (upguard.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14592289 (wired.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14590707 (washingtonpost.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14589285 (forbes.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14589096 (mashable.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14587195 (thehill.com)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14587124 (gizmo.do)

CarolineWon European Parliament and End-2-End Encryption

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14567832

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14571050

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14577828 <- The discussion is here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14579915

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14582418 <- Another 5 comments here

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14585536

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14585725

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14585730

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14586271

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14592745

CarolineWon [dead]

Vast and sprawling discussion here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14560042

I've read a of of that discussion, and I'm deeply disappointed at the quality. There's pretty much nothing there that actually addresses the issues and questions.

Very disappointing.

CarolineWon Connection requests from strangers on LinkedIn: accepting them the right way

Useful - thank you.

CarolineWon Photographer Shoots Formula 1 with 104-Year-Old Camera, and Here’s the Result

I need to learn to take a snapshot of sites before submitting them ...

CarolineWon Connection requests from strangers on LinkedIn: accepting them the right way

Having accepted a connection, sent a message, and received no reply, is it possible then to "unconnect" from them?

Isn't "connecting" on LinkedIn irrevocable?

CarolineWon Quantum Mechanics Without Maths or Philosophy

I suspect that was a typo, and mablap meant:

> "Mozart without sound OR music notation."

CarolineWon The Sleeping Beauty Problem

It's a genuinely fascinating question, and if you haven't seen t before then I can recommend taking 10 minutes to understand the question and form an opinion.

The Reddit discussion is not necessarily all that deep, it has a lot of people arguing past each other without defining their terms, but it will introduce you to other points of view.

Here is a useful write-up:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem#Operat...

If you want to read more about it, here's a bibliography:

https://philpapers.org/browse/sleeping-beauty/

CarolineWon Chess.com stopped working on 32-bit iPads after it passed 2^31 games played

Open the top level submission[0]. If it's possible to delete it then there is a "delete" link. But when there are replies and upvotes - as this has - that link sometimes disappears.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14553860

CarolineWon Chess.com stopped working on 32-bit iPads after it passed 2^31 games played

There are 315 comments in the discussion of this story (from a different source) over here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14539770

CarolineWon Ask HN: What's up with the black table row at the top of HN now?

If you search for "black bar"[0] then you will see why it appears every now and again. Here's a link for this occasion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14548030

[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=black%20bar&sort=byDate&prefix...

CarolineWon Ask HN: Why is there a black bar on top of https://news.ycombinator.com

If you search for "black bar"[0] then you will see why it appears every now and again. Here's a link for this occasion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14548030

[0] https://hn.algolia.com/?query=black%20bar&sort=byDate&prefix...

CarolineWon Tagsistant: semantic filesystem for Linux

I suspect the site is suffering the HN "Hug of Death".

As linked elsewhere[0], on github:

https://github.com/StrumentiResistenti/Tagsistant

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14537805

CarolineWon Madrid cracks down on 'manspreading' on public transport

I have seen people sit next to a manspreader, said "Excuse me," and been completely ignored, thereby being forced either to push them physically, or shrink away from them.

Would you believe that?

Not everyone is happy with asking someone who is encroaching on their space to move. You may feel this isn't a problem. My observations tell me it is.

Would you believe that?

CarolineWon Madrid cracks down on 'manspreading' on public transport

> Even if manspreading would be an issue, which it is my belief that it is absolutely not, ...

This leads me to believe that you haven't actually see it in action, and I wonder how much you travel on public transport. Absolutely it is a problem - I can't tell you how often my physical space has been unnecessarily "spread into" by this sort of thing.

> ... it would affect men more than women since men are generally speaking physically larger than women.

My observation is that men simply don't "manspread" into another man's space. It's very much a dominance thing. It's ugly, it's obnoxious, and it's borderline threatening.

I have no faith that this initiative will have any effect, but it most definitely is an issue.

CarolineWon The Wikipedia adventure

Right, so it was specifically your intention to link to the comment. Thank you - fwiw I agree.