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Well he makes a really good point, did we really get to the point where we have so many unskilled workers in the force that recommendations about NOT doing some

Well he makes a really good point, did we really get to the point where we have so many unskilled workers in the force that recommendations about NOT doing something because it requires skilled labor to do is legitimate? I share the sentiment that amazon & co are way too expensive beyond a simple proof of concept for example, even though for widely varying workload you may still need a public cloud.

davidjgraph 10y ago
I'm not talking about his point, I'm talking about the kind of tone calling a stranger an idiot.
- cyberpunk 10y ago
  Should I have danced around my view of his post to more subtly imply how I view it without actually using the words instead of just straight out saying it like I did? I'm not attacking the person; calling someone an idiot does appear to be a personal attack, but it was asked as a question -- I was trying to convey my bewilderment at how anyone could share his views ("you like pepsi over coke?! what are you some kind of hippy?! -- etc!) Come on, we're grown up and this is our area of expertise, why should we censor ourselves -- I'm not sure how else I could have expressed my view on the whole thing so succinctly tbh. You knew what I meant right off didn't you? Are you offended on the authors behalf? Do you think that person, who is clearly an experienced technologist and who appears to have spoken at a conference, who has views on what is a pretty insider issue and has spawned a debate on the whole thing on hackernews is going to be offended because someone on the internet thinks it's stupid? If he is; then I'd like him to know that it wasn't my intention to offend but also -- this is the internet and we all benefit from frank honest discussions, which I'd like to have and if you have issues with people questioning what you've written a bit aggressively then perhaps you shouldn't have written it. It's not like I'm going full youtube or /b/ here... This is a forum, and no personal attacks happened.

davidjgraph 10y ago

I'm not talking about his point, I'm talking about the kind of tone calling a stranger an idiot.

cyberpunk 10y ago
Should I have danced around my view of his post to more subtly imply how I view it without actually using the words instead of just straight out saying it like I did? I'm not attacking the person; calling someone an idiot does appear to be a personal attack, but it was asked as a question -- I was trying to convey my bewilderment at how anyone could share his views ("you like pepsi over coke?! what are you some kind of hippy?! -- etc!) Come on, we're grown up and this is our area of expertise, why should we censor ourselves -- I'm not sure how else I could have expressed my view on the whole thing so succinctly tbh. You knew what I meant right off didn't you? Are you offended on the authors behalf? Do you think that person, who is clearly an experienced technologist and who appears to have spoken at a conference, who has views on what is a pretty insider issue and has spawned a debate on the whole thing on hackernews is going to be offended because someone on the internet thinks it's stupid? If he is; then I'd like him to know that it wasn't my intention to offend but also -- this is the internet and we all benefit from frank honest discussions, which I'd like to have and if you have issues with people questioning what you've written a bit aggressively then perhaps you shouldn't have written it. It's not like I'm going full youtube or /b/ here... This is a forum, and no personal attacks happened.