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New comment by lavajava in "Rogue editors started a competing Wikipedia that's only about roads"

lavajava — Sat, 02 Mar 2024 18:17:45 +0000

I think the difficulty arises from finding a balance between a baseline that appeals to a general audience and an extensive repository for expert reference. Sifting through large Wikis can be daunting and discourage viewership. There is even an acronym for this: TL;DR

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_long%3B_didn%2...

New comment by lavajava in "Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Military Drone Project"

lavajava — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 15:07:04 +0000

This comment appears insincere in the context of your additional comments. Please keep the conversation civil.

New comment by lavajava in "Lee Sun-Kyun, 'Parasite' Actor, Dies at 48"

lavajava — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 17:55:24 +0000

“If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful. Note this: Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

New comment by lavajava in "US Steel, once the largest corporation, agrees to sell to Nippon Steel"

lavajava — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:56:16 +0000

Can you please explain how Warren Buffett has IBM’ed See’s Candy over the long-term?

New comment by lavajava in "The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo"

lavajava — Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:56:07 +0000

It's wise to already be in the shovel business during a gold rush. It's harder to figure out what the next big thing will be.