planarhobbit

Just seeing the thread frequency of anti-SPA stuff on HN makes me shake my head. I don’t get the viscerally negative reaction. I think people are pidgeonholed in their jobs to whatever framework someone picked and they feel powerless to change it and it’s the wrong tool for the job, I don’t know. I’ve done everything from manually crafting http packets to SSR to SPAs. Our current apps are spread out between basic SSR stuff, Blazor, Angular, React/Node, and so on. I’ve yet to sit down and have a (pardon the word usage) temper tantrum over any of these. I’ve had to poke my head in and maintain each thing at least a little bit. Nothing is going to be perfect, and requirements changing means every N years you need to re-evaluate not just the FE, but the architecture and inter-app communication strategy, caching mechanisms, etc etc.

Not only will you not own anything, but from an early age we’ll enslave your mind and control your attention span. We have industries of people working day in, day out to perfect this formula. We will blame any concern or problem you have on a regular rotation of mental health issues that we devise and concept, and that doctors will prescribe you a rotation of pills for in tandem. If you have a problem, we will have an answer, prepackaged and ready to go, agreed upon by the most trusted expert minds today. When you get out of line, we will shun you, and concern troll you until you either fall in line, or commit suicide. We will take away religion and community and substitute it with goals, myths, ambitions, and narratives of our own making. We will tell you what to believe and who your God is. We will put role models in front of you to follow, and you will do so even when you think you’re breaking the mould.

In the end, you will be happy, you can be sure of that.

To put it in crass words, it’s been amusing to see discussions on “sensitive” topics on HN always use the same formulaic modes of thinking because people are either conditioned or explicitly withholding controversial viewpoints because they think they’ll be punished for it, all the while there’s ego-stroking around the supposed high quality of discussion. It’s like Groundhog Day.

Yes, r/conspiracy is true, as are 4chan and a number of websites that have been banned/taken offline over the years. You’re basically not allowed to question whether or not any of their members’ posts had valid points, lest you become an outcast like them.

The boogeyman for us all is that if we allow all modes of thinking, then the clever trolls will usurp the discussion and drive their own narrative. So we wink and look the other way, unaware that the same outcome has occurred regardless.

Not to derail this thread but what’s two faced and charlatan about JF/DHH? Or are you referring to someone else?

It’s perfectly well within the rights of this individual to resign, without Reddit/HN getting into a spat about whether the individual’s justification meets some loose standard.

I do think this particular tweet is very concerning. See if you can follow this train of thought:

> While I empathize with any ex-felon's right reintegration, I empathize more with past or potential victim's right to do their jobs amongst people who haven't fallen short of one of the lowest moral bars in society. Choosing one side must exclude the other.

How does this make you feel? Do you agree that “Choosing one side must exclude the other”? Is this an applicable statement to make in this context?

Is Novara Media a reputable source?

Intelligence gives you a choice. You can choose to walk away from this as best as you can and go about your life on your own terms. You aren't guaranteed or given anything else.

You may also participate, if you choose.

This seems to be a sticking point among high achievers, but you really need to dial back any societal expectations you may have. You’re here for a short time, and you’re given the option of watching the spectacle at your leisure. Enjoy it while it lasts.

The core difference is that von Neumann was a genius and did many, many things single handedly. I feel Musk is a businessman who would take credit for the work done by someone like von Neumann.

I had something very strange occur to me. I realized one of my eyes was weaker than the other; specifically my right eye (I’m right handed, right footed I suppose). I would every so often close one eye, then the other, just to compare and to see if I can help strengthen the weaker eye. I was aware of EndMyopia, Hormesis theory etc.

I went in to get an endoscopy done one day. They put me under for it for about 15 minutes or so. Not sure which sedative they used. Did the usual “count to three” trick where you’re out in less than a second.

After I woke up, some hours later I noticed that my weak eye had cleared up and the other one was now the weak one.

This effect went away some hours thereafter. Since then, I’ve often wondered what in the world could have caused that reversal.

When I use something like “active focus” (consciously and voluntarily shifting the focal plane) I can get the weak eye to clear up a bit. Sunlight helps immensely as well.

Your dad was right, you know.

I love it when people who have no idea about our profession start doing this race baiting bullshit. I’m really hoping (too optimistic, I know) that HN will collectively one day start flagging articles written by clueless people who spend an awful lot of words to say less than nothing.

Embarrassing.

Only if you haven’t been paying attention to how upvoting rings control HN, against all the behind the scenes work to thwart them.

Very good article. I disagree with the comments here that it’s too theoretical/high brow. From time to time I discuss these topics in a circle of friends and the language we use isn’t much different from the language of this article. There isn’t much “new” thinking here, but if it’s your first time then you’re exposed to a big question mark. It’s a fairly benign introduction to the genre of post-competent societal literature that has yet to have a name. Knut Hamsun is long gone, so we’ll need a new champion.

An argument can be made that the pessimism exhibited in this article is pointing its finger at the HN comments that are saying it’s too difficult to follow. Yes, the article is right on the money.

To paraphrase: due to social forces we have an inkling of capability left to actually do the things that our ancestors have done that brought us here. Yes, we have technology, but without the means to rebuild it, we are fucked. There is no next step because we haven’t completed this one yet, and already we’ve lost competency. This isn’t a new concept, plenty of books games etc discuss it - Fallout, Warhammer 40k both deal directly with tech that is no longer understood.

I would say we need more over-all rounded people. Your job where you sit in front of a computer writing code is great, but you should really know a variety of things and be able to piece together the gaps. Another good article earlier had an HN comment about how an “unqualified” customer analyzed damaged o-rings by the vibration of a motor. At the very least, learn how to grow some vegetables. Forget automated hydroponic irrigation systems. Just don’t be a complete idiot and this article will make complete sense to you.

Oh, and ignore people saying this is some right-wing dog whistle sponsored by Peter Thiel. These people live in a hell of their own making.