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"The Reasonable Person Principle is part of the unwritten culture of CMU computer science" Hmmmm.
by Isamu 10y ago
"The Reasonable Person Principle is part of the unwritten culture of CMU computer science"
Hmmmm.
- pc86 10y agoCare to expand on that?
- rboyd 10y agoIt's quite literally written.
- pc86 10y agoI meant the "Hmmm" - it's a useless comment unless there's some deeper context to having an unwritten culture that I am missing.
- JadeNB 10y agoI think rboyd (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13670491 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13670491) was suggesting that Isamu's (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13670371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13670371) "Hmmmm" is simply a witty comment on the idea that this thing that is written is part of an unwritten culture, rather than any judgement regarding the existence or value of such a culture.
- dang 10y agoBut the unwritten culture is not.
- RawData 10y agoLooks quite written to me...I just read it.
- libria 10y agoHow apt. Here is a principle that tries to define sane communication within a community and espouses flexibility and understanding. A hyperliteral reading of a statement that has a very reasonable interpretation (i.e., that it has been implicitly understood up to the point it was put to writing) is precisely why things like this exist. We are not debuggers and are expected to look beyond words and grasp intent.
- Isamu 10y agoHey, I didn't even get into the dissonance between "Everyone will be reasonable" but then "Do not be offended if someone suggests you are not being reasonable."
- libria 10y agoTo be clear, I'm not addressing you specifically since you're clearly posting out of humor. When someone composes a message with errors, we can engage 1) the erroneous message or 2) the message without errors or 3) the meaning behind the message. It's unfortunate how news aggregation boards with short-lived posts - reddit, HN included - tend to reward slams at levels 1 & 2 when the conversation should really start at level 3.