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0 pointsdsr_4y ago0 comments

Things that eat your data, your time, your money, your attention.

Fads.

Unicorns (but they probably don't exist).

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I wouldn’t be so sure…

> the report says that they have "recently reconfirmed" the lair of one of the unicorns ridden by the ancient Korean King Tongmyong, founder of a kingdom which ruled parts of China and the Korean peninsula from the the 3rd century BC to 7th century AD. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/30/unicorn-lair-d...

^a joke

blunte4y ago

I had no idea that terminals and Rust projects were such highly charged emotional territory, nor that either were danger zones which commonly ate your time, your money, or your attention.

Kind of seemed to me like just another project.

I guess the kids these days have to start at volume 10 with "hard no!" or "best ever!" to be heard. THAT is a fad.

goodpoint4y ago

THIS. Chasing after shiny things ignores means wasting the opportunity to become truly expert about something.

EDIT: silent downvotes for saying this?

blunte4y ago

I didn't downvote you, but it's certainly fine to pass on something you think is a fad. It's another thing to jump directly to the end of the emotion spectrum by saying "hard no". My comment wasn't about skipping shiny things, it was about being so vocally firm about the negative. That doesn't leave much room for reconsideration later.

What if the project turns out to not be a fad, and a month or six later more people are using it and loving it? How does a "hard no" person back down from their bold rejection? This is what I was talking about.

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imwillofficial4y ago

I wouldn’t be so sure…

^a joke

blunte4y ago

I had no idea that terminals and Rust projects were such highly charged emotional territory, nor that either were danger zones which commonly ate your time, your money, or your attention.

Kind of seemed to me like just another project.

I guess the kids these days have to start at volume 10 with "hard no!" or "best ever!" to be heard. THAT is a fad.

goodpoint4y ago

THIS. Chasing after shiny things ignores means wasting the opportunity to become truly expert about something.

EDIT: silent downvotes for saying this?

blunte4y ago

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