"Passion … makes all things alive and significant"

Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by skore on Sunday December 11, 2011 @10:11AM (#3340187)

The urge to not read the article after reading that paragraph was so strong, I felt that THAT was worth sharing. It is probably the best comment I’ve written to date, maybe not in terms of technique or artistry, but it is the single comment that is fueled by an intensity that did not wane at any point.

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by skore on Sunday December 11, 2011 @01:08PM (#3340560)

[after a couple of downvotes]

Alright Mr. and Ms. Snark Police, so I did give the article a chance. This time from the top and made it until I read this sentence:

"In recent memory, I distinctly remember: it was past 2am, I was listening to 杨宗纬 with my amazing, noise-canceling Shures in the background of doing something that required minimal mental processing power."

Yes, this text is so well written and worth my time that the author didn't even bother to proof read and see that he forgot to fill in a placeholder.

And just in case anybody wonders - yes, I did continue to read it all the way down, but it was really hard not to go into skipping mode. The rest of the article is more of the above - contrived, rambling sentences and touches of delusion of grandeur. Very little value apart from boilerplate mock-inspiration. No thanks.

I know that snark is sometimes too easily fired out here on HN, but I was merely stating my opinion on giving the article an honest shot. I don't think that is worthy of a downvote.

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by rl1987 on Sunday December 11, 2011 @03:34PM (#3340991)

What placeholder?

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by skore on Sunday December 11, 2011 @05:53PM (#3341401)

"I was listening to 杨宗纬[here] with my amazing..."

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by Mz on Sunday December 11, 2011 @03:38PM (#3341001)

I suspect he means: 杨宗纬

Can anyone translate that to English? I know a smidgeon of German and French, can count to ten in Russian...etc...but there is no Chinese/Japanese in there (my brain, I mean).

Thanks.

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by ckcheng on Thursday December 15, 2011 @02:41AM (#3355355)

"杨宗纬" is probably "Aska Yang", a Taiwanese Mandopop singer.

So the original might read: "I was listening to [Aska Yang] with my amazing..."

Not sure how that is a placeholder though.

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Re:"Passion … makes all things alive and significant" by Mz on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:54AM (#3355569)

Thank you!

He apparently translated it differently: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3341401

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