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a3w | on: Mario Meets Pareto
I did not understand https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49096439, but I understood this.
prvc | parent | next
I am the complete opposite of that. My attention wanes when someone fails to get to the point, instead dwelling in irrelevant details which are not intrinsically interesting. Have to muster the motivation to concentrate in such circumstances, and doing so is not enjoyable.
pavel_lishin | root | parent | next
What's the Pareto front of "get to the point" vs. "attempt to tell a compelling story"?
woodrowbarlow | root | parent
is this also true when the irrelevant details are (by coincidence) interesting (to you)? it sounds to me like GP is interested in mario kart and you simply aren't, so this is a perfectly natural result.
kelvinjps10 | root | parent
I’m not interested on Mario kart at all and still found the article to be interesting.
loading story #49200357
caxco93 | parent | next
I can only imagine the guy that made Mario Meets Pareto waiting for some Pareto related post to hit the front page before sharing his
darkwater | root | parent
I remember seeing this on HN frontpage already in the past, and indeed here it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39936246
fl4regun | parent | next
wiki is usually not great at teaching new concepts, better as a reference for someone who already learned something.
applfanboysbgon | parent
It turns out a lot of things are extremely accessible to a lot more people when you teach them as concrete, relatable scenarios in simple language with useful visualizations instead of abstract X, Y foos and bars described with an unfamiliar jargon term every 3rd word. We really need to do better when it comes to pedagogy.