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Alan Kay has agreed to do an AMA today

1401 points alankay | 1 comments | 20 Jun 16 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

This request originated via recent discussions on HN, and the forming of HARC! at YC Research. I'll be around for most of the day today (though the early evening).
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alankay1 ◴[20 Jun 16 18:16 UTC] No.11939957[source]▶
-- I was surprised that the HN list page didn't automatically refresh in my browser (seems as though it should be live and not have to be prompted ...)
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projectramo ◴[20 Jun 16 19:08 UTC] No.11940472[source]▶
Imagine: 1. trying to read something long, or 2. going off to a follow a link and to come back and respond, only to find that the page has been refreshing while you looked away. Now you have to scroll about to find the place you were at in order to respond or to continue reading the comments.
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alankay1 ◴[20 Jun 16 19:23 UTC] No.11940611[source]▶
How about a little model of time in a GUI?
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1. justinpombrio ◴[20 Jun 16 20:08 UTC] No.11941081[source]▶
That sounds like a feature. HN doesn't have features, only necessities.