The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More ‘Meta-Ignorant’

Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by shouldbworking on Saturday April 22, 2017 @03:33PM (#14174296)

This happens on HN within our field too :) . I see stuff hit the front page all the time, only to be ripped to pieces a few hours later when someone that knows what they're doing appears.

Do you remember the "super fast hash algorithm" from a few weeks ago that turned out to be rubbish? What about the "high performance TCP proxy" on the front page right now that's not proxying correctly or with unusual speed?

People seem to upvote on title alone

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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by krapp on Saturday April 22, 2017 @04:41PM (#14174648)

>Do you remember the "super fast hash algorithm" from a few weeks ago that turned out to be rubbish? What about the "high performance TCP proxy" on the front page right now that's not proxying correctly or with unusual speed?

Seems like debunking Hacker News stories might make for a fun project.

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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by pavel_lishin on Saturday April 22, 2017 @08:27PM (#14175705)

I suspect your definition of "fun" may align with a very small percentage of the population.

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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by krapp on Monday April 24, 2017 @06:32AM (#14183185)

I can confirm this to be the case.

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Re:The Internet Isn’t Making Us Dumber – It’s Making Us More... by deathhand on Saturday April 22, 2017 @07:24PM (#14175469)

Double points if it can be automated!

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