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Re:Show HN: Count lines of code in public GitHub repos on Sunday July 16, 2023 @11:50PM (#36753837)
Why?
Those last two, I pretty much avoid at all cost.
I think these go together; and make a lot of sense. I think this is the best answer to the 'why', and at least I understand it.

I still don't like it.... but....

I think the explained simply is what I prefer (or maybe expect?). I think another comment mentioned the 'safety' of being vague, and I can see that being very likely.
Not in 'Merica
In all fairness I provided that as a possible reason; I respect that it's a legitimate possibility.

The other comments though ensure that they _do_ exist - but they could be in the same scenario, or other people have just come happen to across the ones I have as well.

Not much of the initial conversation but I do think I have respect for marketing work, but I've a preference for different methods in that work. I would assume the versions I don't care much of come more from people far from the tool/service itself and higher up in the chain. But that's an educated guess.

imho - I would just imagine clear, concise, and direct explanation of features and specifications would be much more beneficial for the marketing team, sales teams, and overall company/group.

The funny part is, VMWares site is what sparked this conversation when I heard an ad on their VMWare Cloud service, and went to their site to see what it was about.

To this day I have zero idea.

Ask HN: Does anyone else get more confused with marketing buzz-word hell?

I’m not sure how many times I’ve come across a site or looked into a service/product I’ve heard about; only to read paragraph after paragraph of buzz-word hell to realize I still have no idea what it/they even do/does.I’m wondering if it’s 1) Some ADHD lack of absorbing from just not caring 2) I’m legit dumb and I guess need to memorize more key words or get over myself 3) this is a relatively...

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Also - the excessive use of quotes has real shadowlands vibes
^ this.

Value does not always equal right/healthy/good.

I get a lot of value out of drinking that is doing significantly more harm than good

Ask HN: What's your programmable mouse profile(s) (if any)?

Do you stick to primarily using the keyboard instead? Do you use special hotkeys/profiles/buttons/etc on it?Are you an 'old-school' mouse user, and don't even bother with the fancy stuff?For those that do get a mouse with extra buttons - what do you program them to? Do you use different profiles for terminals vs. ides?

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Re:Learn Exponentially on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:51AM (#33141721)
I don’t disagree, but from their reply the request is community based. And any community based product is just a good as… well, their community.

So how would a different community tool provide better content? What tactics could be used to increase quality?

Re:Learn Exponentially on Sunday October 09, 2022 @10:38AM (#33141580)
Is anki the solution you imagine? https://apps.ankiweb.net/ Or is there a use case that anki doesn’t solve?
Re:Best command-line-only video games (2019) on Friday September 16, 2022 @10:41PM (#32874306)
It’s all I use but you can call it the “word window” for all I give a shit, nitpicking is just a synonym for argumentative+stubborn.

Inb4 you nitpick the definitions.

Re:Ask HN: Who acquires big macOS apps? on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:30PM (#32624292)
Also interested in knowing