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Wow, this is so good. One of the best things I've read via HN.

Wisdom: "The best way to get a correct answer on the internet is to post an obviously wrong answer and wait for someone to correct you."



And in a self fulfilling way... that's actually known as Cunningham's Law: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham

Which possibly is your joke as well, in which case I believe the kids would say "r/whoosh".


I kinda applied this for my thesis. Advisor got really mad, rejected my draft and gave me an annotated version using a red pen (first time, it was blue til then).

I couldn't be happier : he caught way too many little details I didn't have time for, and explained the important details I didn't have interest in.

I submitted the new version around a month after that and it went smoothly.

Guess who saved a lot of work :)


The top comments in this tread are testiment to that bit of wisdom


Your comment should be the #1 in this entire thread.




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