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To an outsider that doesn't know much about phone architecture: 1) I can easily envision a scenario where he really is an expert but is not necessarily allowed

To an outsider that doesn't know much about phone architecture: 1) I can easily envision a scenario where he really is an expert but is not necessarily allowed to come out and say "I am a senior embedded systems engineer working for XYZ Mobile Devices" and has years of experience and is sitting there laughing at you. I should know because there are a couple of completely unrelated subjects that get widely discussed on the internet where I am an expert but can't just flat out state all my qualifications. I try to contribute sometimes in discussions about these subjects but often people say I have no idea what I'm talking about. 2) You seem to believe that he cannot possibly be an expert. He disagrees, and offers no absolute proof (and really, does he have to do that? Why can't we just be nice to each other). 3) I am embarrassed for you because you have seemed to be very mean and dismissive. Even if you're right, using phrases like "You are a Hacker News "Expert" and a bore" and "Save the world from your ignorance" just makes me feel that you're being rude.

inversionOf 11y ago
"You seem to believe that he cannot possibly be an expert." Bringing up writing a compiler in relation to SoC design is, in itself, absurd. It undermines the expert claim to begin with. Waving one's hands at "industry mumbo jumbo" (even ARM reference architectures) and alluding to your own claims of knowledge is...incredibly ignorant. It is so far below what HN aspires to be it boggles. It is what they said that discounts the mere possibility that they have even a basic layman knowledge of the topic, much less are an expert. "I am embarrassed for you because you have seemed to be very mean and dismissive." Did you read what DannyBee was saying at all? In response to empirically proven, well backed statements they disagreed, did the knowing wink and patronizing pat on the back, and pretended to have more knowledge based upon a growing volume of claims (first "write compilers", then "toolchain", then "toolchain bringup", none of which have anything to do with SoC-targeted schedulers). I didn't fire the first shot in being "mean and dismissive", and considering how profoundly ignorant this whole discussion is I was being as kind as possible. It's actually interesting: You have no idea what my qualifications are, or my interest in this topic. Nor do I expect anyone, which is exactly why I cite actual data and information, not just my wink-wink/trust me/"don't believe those SoC fatcats" knowledge.

inversionOf 11y ago

"You seem to believe that he cannot possibly be an expert." Bringing up writing a compiler in relation to SoC design is, in itself, absurd. It undermines the expert claim to begin with. Waving one's hands at "industry mumbo jumbo" (even ARM reference architectures) and alluding to your own claims of knowledge is...incredibly ignorant. It is so far below what HN aspires to be it boggles. It is what they said that discounts the mere possibility that they have even a basic layman knowledge of the topic, much less are an expert. "I am embarrassed for you because you have seemed to be very mean and dismissive." Did you read what DannyBee was saying at all? In response to empirically proven, well backed statements they disagreed, did the knowing wink and patronizing pat on the back, and pretended to have more knowledge based upon a growing volume of claims (first "write compilers", then "toolchain", then "toolchain bringup", none of which have anything to do with SoC-targeted schedulers). I didn't fire the first shot in being "mean and dismissive", and considering how profoundly ignorant this whole discussion is I was being as kind as possible. It's actually interesting: You have no idea what my qualifications are, or my interest in this topic. Nor do I expect anyone, which is exactly why I cite actual data and information, not just my wink-wink/trust me/"don't believe those SoC fatcats" knowledge.