> Michael O’Kelly in the Google+ comments pointed out that the scheme was also in conflict with option-value/learning
I miss Google+ (and even more Google Buzz that came before it, and FriendFeed before that).
It's true that it was mostly a failure, but the fact that 2011 Google engineers were encouraged to participate in public on it meant there was a great seed for lots of really interesting technical discussions.
HN (and ML Twitter, and maybe a few sub-Reddits) are the closest substitutes now, but not really the same.
IshKebab 1 days ago [-]
I didn't know who this is but it seems to be some guy who writes about bitcoin and dark web markets and was sort of trying to stay anonymous but put a doxxing bounty on himself (of like $39). He was discovered thusly:
> At this link ([]), in the comments, you messed up by having your real name next to the Gwern avatar.
I kind of like the weird inline inflation calculator thing but ultimately I think it's more distracting than useful. That's definitely true of the "years ago" thing. Neat idea, but not a good one.
joeyagreco 1 days ago [-]
> He replied with another malformed PGP-encrypted message
Rendered at 21:00:27 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) with Vercel.
I miss Google+ (and even more Google Buzz that came before it, and FriendFeed before that).
It's true that it was mostly a failure, but the fact that 2011 Google engineers were encouraged to participate in public on it meant there was a great seed for lots of really interesting technical discussions.
HN (and ML Twitter, and maybe a few sub-Reddits) are the closest substitutes now, but not really the same.
> At this link ([]), in the comments, you messed up by having your real name next to the Gwern avatar.
I kind of like the weird inline inflation calculator thing but ultimately I think it's more distracting than useful. That's definitely true of the "years ago" thing. Neat idea, but not a good one.