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Here's a start: "Here’s a website (made in a couple of minutes with a tiny piece of Wolfram Language code)". He's bragging about his coding prowess, selling his

Here's a start: "Here’s a website (made in a couple of minutes with a tiny piece of Wolfram Language code)". He's bragging about his coding prowess, selling his product and basking in the pleasure of writing his own name, all at once. :)

albeva 9y ago
If I had a language that could do a cool microsite in just few lines of my language code I'd be pretty proud of it too.
johnfn 9y ago
This intrigues me because I never see the self-aggrandizement. > bragging I got that he was saying how easy it was for anyone, not just him. Not bragging. > selling his product To be fair it wouldn't show a lot of confidence if he never used it > writing his own name It's the name of the language. What do you want him to say, "a certain language who's name I will not disclose"? :)
- Retra 9y ago
  The issue is why bring up the language at all? Why even mention that it was written "in a few lines of Wolfram", rather than just pointing people to the source? Because that's how advertisers speak. They don't say "this coffee is delicious" they say "This single-source Starbucks coffee is delicious." You can speak the truth and be informative while still maintaining your dignity and respecting other people's right to objectivity. He's not doing that. He's asking you to sacrifice your objectivity because it serves him. The self-aggrandizing tone he takes is an affront to the objective simplicity of truth -- that even if he wasn't here to do the things he does, they would still be doable. He writes as though this is not true. He doesn't just say "Rule 30 is one of those rules that has an 'organic' feel to it." He says something like "This Rule 30 that I discovered, is what I call a 'class 4' rule -- one that has an organic feel." It's like he has a compulsive inability to separate plain facts from his own brand. He has to constantly remind you that he is the god who made these things possible.
DonHopkins 9y ago
I wouldn't say so -- for a professional programmer, rule 30 is pretty fucking easy to implement in a few minutes, especially in Wolfram Language. It's trivial, not rocket science, nor much to brag about. But if you take him as bragging about implementing Mathematica / Alpha / Wolfram Language itself, well at least that's something worth bragging about.

albeva 9y ago

If I had a language that could do a cool microsite in just few lines of my language code I'd be pretty proud of it too.

johnfn 9y ago

This intrigues me because I never see the self-aggrandizement. > bragging I got that he was saying how easy it was for anyone, not just him. Not bragging. > selling his product To be fair it wouldn't show a lot of confidence if he never used it > writing his own name It's the name of the language. What do you want him to say, "a certain language who's name I will not disclose"? :)

Retra 9y ago
The issue is why bring up the language at all? Why even mention that it was written "in a few lines of Wolfram", rather than just pointing people to the source? Because that's how advertisers speak. They don't say "this coffee is delicious" they say "This single-source Starbucks coffee is delicious." You can speak the truth and be informative while still maintaining your dignity and respecting other people's right to objectivity. He's not doing that. He's asking you to sacrifice your objectivity because it serves him. The self-aggrandizing tone he takes is an affront to the objective simplicity of truth -- that even if he wasn't here to do the things he does, they would still be doable. He writes as though this is not true. He doesn't just say "Rule 30 is one of those rules that has an 'organic' feel to it." He says something like "This Rule 30 that I discovered, is what I call a 'class 4' rule -- one that has an organic feel." It's like he has a compulsive inability to separate plain facts from his own brand. He has to constantly remind you that he is the god who made these things possible.

DonHopkins 9y ago

I wouldn't say so -- for a professional programmer, rule 30 is pretty fucking easy to implement in a few minutes, especially in Wolfram Language. It's trivial, not rocket science, nor much to brag about. But if you take him as bragging about implementing Mathematica / Alpha / Wolfram Language itself, well at least that's something worth bragging about.