lavajava's comments

On: Rogue editors started a competing Wikipedia that's only about roads

[lavajava]

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...

[kortilla → lavajava]

Wikipedia supports more than one article. It’s dumb to not have related articles about specific details.

On: Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt Is Working on a Secret Military Drone Project

[lavajava]

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

[4gotunameagain → lavajava]

It was very sincere. Please keep your directives to yourself, if they do not add anything to the discussion.

On: Lee Sun-Kyun, 'Parasite' Actor, Dies at 48

[lavajava]

“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."

On: US Steel, once the largest corporation, agrees to sell to Nippon Steel

[lavajava]

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

[FredPret → lavajava]

I meant the opposite.

Warren Buffett is letting See's Candy is happily chug along, staying true to their identity (as far I hear, I'm not a customer), whereas another investor might have insisted on quick quarterly results and ended up IBMing them.

On: The Economics of OnlyFans: Most accounts make less than $145/mo

[lavajava]

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.