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0 pointsbonoboTP7mo ago0 comments

HN is usually negative, cynical, skeptical, eyerolling, regardless of topic.

Just the other day someone posted the ImageNet 2012 thread (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4611830), which was basically the threshold moment that kickstarted deep learning for computer vision. Commenters claimed it doesn't prove anything, it's sensational, it's just one challenge with a few teams, etc. Then there is the famous comment when Dropbox was created that it could be replaced by a few shell scripts and an ftp server.

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AlecSchueler7mo ago

My general rule is thumb now is that if HN takes the time to deride it then there's probably something to it, if it gets completely ignored then there's probably not.

Matthyze7mo ago

Thanks for linking that thread. Really puts things in perspective.

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0 pointsbonoboTP7mo ago0 comments

HN is usually negative, cynical, skeptical, eyerolling, regardless of topic.

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AlecSchueler7mo ago

My general rule is thumb now is that if HN takes the time to deride it then there's probably something to it, if it gets completely ignored then there's probably not.

Matthyze7mo ago

Thanks for linking that thread. Really puts things in perspective.

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