Re:Show HN: I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run prog...
by bobboies on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:32PM
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Well—it could go either way but I do think it is notable that the author is young and helping peers. Based on original post seems important to them. But the exact number 17 not important either way!
I might click through and read an article to see what the youth of today are creating, but not so much care about an adult writing something on CPUs haha
The "I'm 17" part just felt irrelevant to me in a technical work. I.e. it's either technically correct or it's not. However, I can see a strong argument about why it should be in the title. If you care about meta details of the work, it's certainly different and interesting to be produced by someone so young. I suppose part of this is my own life experience talking, and very likely means I'm projecting. When I was a teenager I hated divulging that to others on the internet because they treated me differently when they found out how old I was.