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What's with the hostility? I'm pointing out something factual that some users (especially new users) may not be aware of.

• grzm 10y ago
  There's no hostility. There are plenty of comments from mods, including the discussion on Political Detox Week, that discuss politics on HN, which are actually helpful rather than just observations. Here's one such comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522433 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13522433
  • wallace_f 10y ago
    What? Well I'm sorry my comment was not helpful to you. In the future should we judge everyone's comments with respect to someone in a position to offer better information? For example, here is a comment by you: >Disclaimer: I don't have a comp sci degree. >I've found having an understanding of the underlying theories supporting the tools (that includes languages and libraries) I use makes me use them better, understand their strengths, weaknesses, and how to improve them. It also helps me look at problems from various perspectives and see how other solutions may fit, including those that don't already have a tutorial or library. >I suspect that if you're an effective programmer, you're doing more than copying and pasting and growing in experience, and you're actually absorbing and apply more computer science than you realize. You also post observations without being an authority. That is fine. You need to relax with the, yes, hostility.
    • grzm 10y ago
      I'm sorry you're reading so much hostility and negativity into my replies. It's very much not intended.