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Comment by ds_opseeker | original | Grieving the loss of details
[−]ds_opseeker · 2026-10-10 Sat 22:07 UTC · link
> What determines the flight level of understanding you need to function?

The level where r and fl are seen as different letters?

Look, I know this comes off like I'm being an ass, which means I am being an ass, and I'm sorry. I also make many mistakes and need much forgiveness.

I'm also seeing many more innocent typos such as yours on HN. Does it matter? I don't know. Every other response to your question seemed to understand that you meant "right" instead of "flight", but that's also the kind of error, i.e. `if x=1` instead of `if x==1` which is easy to make but not always easy to catch visually when you are looking at the logic internal to the loop.

[−]lolc · 2026-10-10 Sat 23:07 UTC · link
To me, bending "right" to "flight" reads like a fun way to clarify that the question is not about proficiency but about depth. Not a typo the way I read it.
[−]halper · 2026-10-11 Sun 04:43 UTC · link
This was actually helpful: I thought "flight level" was some new hip expression that I had not seen before. I was pondering what "flight" added there; is it like the hexagonal architecture that is not actually hexagonal?

But sure, "right" makes sense in the circumstances.

[−]gblargg · 2026-10-11 Sun 09:28 UTC · link
Same I assumed parent meant "flight level", like a plane flying over terrain at different altitudes, the closer the more detail you see.