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Ask HN: Interesting HN Threads or Responses

HN responses are top quality and sometimes the comments offer more than the original submission. I am sure you would have some threads or particular individual comments saved up somewhere or favorited.

Sometimes those comments teach you something or recommend something that helped you or they were just very interesting. Work wise, it will be a slow week with Thanksgiving around the corner (Happy Thanksgiving to all those you celebrate!) and I am hoping to read up on things that this community has found interesting or helped you over the years.

Here are some of mine which offered a new perspective into things and I am glad I came across them here on HN:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19701783

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29978258

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32935934

2boca2y ago1

Ask HN: Something that you learnt and made you go Wow

Any concepts, videos, articles, books, movies, business that opened up a whole new world for you - something that you didn't know earlier or knew little of but then had this WOW / Ah-ha moment for you.

10boca2y ago17

Ask HN: Books that you have re-read

In the "How do you read" Ask HN thread from a couple of days ago, there were quite a few mentions on the lines of "Great books should be re-read again and again". Thought it'd be great to know what those books are for everyone. Something that you have read more than once and would likely read again.

2boca6y ago0

Ask HN: Anything that you pay for but are unhappy with?

Are there any products or services that you are paying for and are not happy with but either have no other choice or the alternatives don't work for you for some reason?

1boca7y ago1

Ask HN: Why did you quit your last job?

79boca7y ago96

Betting on the Blind Side (2010) (opens in new tab)

(vanityfair.com)

2boca10y ago0

Ask HN: Your favorite startup(s)?

Which startups are you closely following or are inspired by and why?

For me it's Watsi because of what they are doing in healthcare in such a transparent way. An excerpt from their About page:

While serving in the Peace Corps in Central America, a woman boarded a bus Chase was on and asked for donations to pay for her son's healthcare. She inspired him to start Watsi, and name it after the town he was traveling through at the time.

6boca11y ago0