Hacker News: jackconnor

New comment by jackconnor in "Ramanujan Surprises Again (2015)"

jackconnor — Sun, 16 Feb 2020 21:20:19 +0000

Fantastic article that explains the math (and physics) very clearly.

The Linguistic Moment of Clarity

jackconnor — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 19:21:44 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@jack.connor/the-linguistic-moment-of-clarity-4c250bbc55a8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21994778

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by jackconnor in "Show HN: Mandarin Tone Trainer – A ‘Helping Ear’ for Mandarin Pronunciation"

jackconnor — Sat, 21 Dec 2019 18:31:05 +0000

This is incredible. As a native english speaker, tones were by far the hardest part when living in China and speaking Mandarin. Good on you for coming up with a clever way to teach this effectively, bravo.

New comment by jackconnor in "Switch from Chrome to Firefox"

jackconnor — Fri, 31 May 2019 00:12:38 +0000

I get why someone might want Safari, what I'm asking is why the download link is on the front page of HN when there's no opinion nor perspective. I keep hearing "it's not an ad" but then...what is it?

New comment by jackconnor in "Switch from Chrome to Firefox"

jackconnor — Thu, 30 May 2019 16:28:49 +0000

What opinion? It's just an ad by firefox to download firefox. Do you have an opinion why I should download this you want to share?

New comment by jackconnor in "Switch from Chrome to Firefox"

jackconnor — Thu, 30 May 2019 16:27:22 +0000

It just feels like an ad. No mention of that other article, and it's a REAL stretch to say that these are related. No more ad spam on Hacker News, it's one of the few good sites left.

New comment by jackconnor in "Switch from Chrome to Firefox"

jackconnor — Thu, 30 May 2019 16:25:14 +0000

Why is this on here?

New comment by jackconnor in "Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Search"

jackconnor — Wed, 29 May 2019 21:48:12 +0000

"Once setup, search will work the same way forever" - I don't know a single programmer who believes this about any software.

New comment by jackconnor in "Software Projects and Heroes: Lessons Learned from GitHub Projects"

jackconnor — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:40:38 +0000

What if you have three groups: One with a small software startup team that, by some criteria, is judged super passionate about the product. Another from a corporation where at least one lead programmer is super passionate about the product (usually the "owner" in agile talk), and another corporate project with a shit ton of programmers, but no clear passionate programmer in love with the project.

New comment by jackconnor in "Software Projects and Heroes: Lessons Learned from GitHub Projects"

jackconnor — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 04:36:52 +0000

Absolutely. I'm sure there are many reasons for this, but a big one i always see is attention to detail. People who really care are obsessed with getting all the details right, and hate bugginess, bad ux, and other issues typical of crappy software. Big projects with no real owner may have lots of programmers, but none of them care so much that they want to get in the really deep weeds to make the thing a truly amazing software experience.

New comment by jackconnor in "Software Projects and Heroes: Lessons Learned from GitHub Projects"

jackconnor — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 20:58:14 +0000

Having worked on many, many software projects myself, this is 100% accurate. One good programmer who is intensely focused and interested in a project is worth 20 - 50 (or more) programmers who are just code monkeying it without really giving a shit. This is why a small, passionate startup team can consistently build better products than large corporations. Much better products.

New comment by jackconnor in "Two L.A. universities quarantine hundreds students and staff in measles outbreak"

jackconnor — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 04:38:48 +0000

If you're going to say measels is less deadly than the flu you gotta back it up. "ebola is less deadly than a sprained ankle, believe me."

New comment by jackconnor in "A Small Town in the Philippines Banned Gossip"

jackconnor — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 01:41:03 +0000

"At a small enough level", though you didn't seem to read the actual comment before you spit out this statement.

New comment by jackconnor in "Audible and audiobooks, the fastest growing part of publishing"

jackconnor — Sun, 28 Apr 2019 01:35:30 +0000

Why do you think people won't want the traditional book format any longer? I'm asking because i love podcasts, i love short stories, and i love books, and these all feel completely different to me, and i enjoy them much differently. To me it feels like publishing the business has changed, but that to us there's more great content of all these formats than ever before. I'm into it, i hope this trend continues.

New comment by jackconnor in "Two L.A. universities quarantine hundreds students and staff in measles outbreak"

jackconnor — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:33:08 +0000

Not illegal and definitely necessary for deadly virulent diseases. How do you think we're supposed to handle a deadly outbreak, wishful thinking?

Robert Durst’s Infamous “Confession” on the Jinx Was Edited Out of Order

jackconnor — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 13:12:13 +0000

Article URL: https://www.spin.com/2019/04/robert-durst-the-jinx-confession-murder-trial-evidence/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19747680

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by jackconnor in "“Be yourself” is terrible advice"

jackconnor — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 22:43:04 +0000

This is a great point, and one I think could make more sense if I (clumsily) update the saying to "Be true to yourself". I agree with the writer that most of us probably don't need to express every thought, no matter how negative or insulting, as it doesn't usually add a lot of benefit to our lives or others. However, I believe knowing what you want out of life, whether it's career, family, or hobbies, is definitely an important way to be happy. But, usually this doesn't negatively affect others.

New comment by jackconnor in "Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake"

jackconnor — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 05:12:34 +0000

I also hate it, but maybe it’s like music and it’s totally subjective.

New comment by jackconnor in "Netflix: only 35 of IMDB top 250 available to stream (2018)"

jackconnor — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 05:06:25 +0000

Lucky!

New comment by jackconnor in "Netflix: only 35 of IMDB top 250 available to stream (2018)"

jackconnor — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 22:56:54 +0000

You don't license the good stuff with the rest of the slop, that you want to rent out a la carte.

It's also why you don't see certain prestige shows on streaming such as Fargo, Twin Peaks: The Return, Preacher, or Legion. They know that people will pay top dollar to rent/buy the really good stuff.