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Unfortunately, these endless tangents are becoming increasingly common on HN. I guess these are people who want to show off how smart they are but really don't
by tmalsburg2 10y ago
Unfortunately, these endless tangents are becoming increasingly common on HN. I guess these are people who want to show off how smart they are but really don't have anything interesting to say about the topic at hand, so they go for the low-hanging fruits like spelling, layout, titles, and so on.
- GavinMcG 10y agoI don't think that's it. Sure, the name is low-hanging fruit, but it's important low-hanging fruit. Criticizing a name is hardly something that "shows off" smarts. Dismissing everyone for having nothing interesting to say, on the other hand...
- tmalsburg2 10y agoA comment about the name is ok, but an endless discussion about it hardly.
- unimpressive 10y agoThe name is an actual show stopper, and the author is being intransigent about changing it so it's only natural for it to be the lions share of the discussion.
- cyphar 10y agoCalling a "user friendly" encryption program "felony" feels like an attack on encryption. Yes it will evoke a reaction, because if the author didn't do it deliberately to sabotage the PR of the crypto community then they need to be made aware of their mistake. Of course, there are other concerns (why PGP and not Axolotl or OTR, how on earth does "your key is your username" work without causing other CAP-like issues, etc). But I'm not going to spend any time trying to improve a project that is working against encryption for everyone.