Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file system to macOS, Linux

Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by doublerebel on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:54PM (#15725452)

Yes the latest crowd has created some memes for themselves. I agree we need to extinguish them for the sake of continued quality HN discussion. Including:

- X software package name reminds/confuses me of Y product with similar name

- X title is garbage. Here is the title I would write...

- I don't understand [basic concept available on Wikipedia]. Someone explain it to me (aka lazyweb)

- I'm not an expert on this, but [completely unqualified and uncited conjecture]

- I also once did X from TFA and [unrelated personal anecdote with no insight] (aka long form "me too" comment)

I come to HN so that I can read informed discussion from people who work in the field of TFA. To read discussion of basic topics between the uninformed, there is everywhere else on the internet.

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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by awakeasleep on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:35PM (#15726553)

That meme of "I don't understand [basic concept from wikipedia, googleable phrase, dictionary word] can you explain it?"

Has infected the hell out of our company Slack. It's considered very rude to not answer.

I feel like when I was coming up, where IRC or mailing lists were a thing, having done all possible research before asking humans was an absolute cultural requirement.

It sucked at first, but I definitely miss that and long for the old days. It was so much more respectful and efficient.

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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by Yen on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:07PM (#15725568)

I mean, unlike a lot of aggregation sites, HN has a specific policy about link titles, which is generally sensible and does the right thing. (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)

Sure, in some cases, implementation of this policy fails, and something is rewritten that shouldn't be, or something should be rewritten that isn't. But, I'd estimate maybe 80% of all discussions about titles, that I've seen, have been valid concerns, and typically resulted in a rewrite.

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Re:Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file sys... by doublerebel on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:15PM (#15725619)

I have long been familiar with HN's policies. OP did not suggest a new title, they instead posted a long quote from TFA and added an oversimplified summary -- which I'm not sure adds to quality discussion. Articles which are only clickbait should be flagged. Correcting the title on a good article is different from complaining.

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