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There was a huge spike in pseudo-perfectionists after Steve Jobs died, people seemed to think that if they are picky enough they will be perceived as geniuses.
by Grustaf 9y ago
There was a huge spike in pseudo-perfectionists after Steve Jobs died, people seemed to think that if they are picky enough they will be perceived as geniuses.
- quickthrower2 9y agoSource?
- yvhhjbb 9y agoWhat's it with all the idiots replying "Source?" to every I-just-pulled-this-out-of-my-ass-but-I-like-sounding-authoritative comment on the internet? Please stop. Thanks.
- ams6110 9y agoWhen someone makes a statement that sounds potentially plausible-and-interesting but could also be pulled-out-of-ass then asking for some evidence isn't unreasonable.
- quickthrower2 9y agoWhat's with all the clowns replying "please stop" to unsubstantive comments. Everyone thinks they're a "dan-g" nowadays.
- yvhhjbb 9y agoSurely you mean dang? He's not that blunt, thank goodness. If you're looking for a faux-moderator, there's a guy around going by gzrm or something like that.
- quickthrower2 9y agoI didn't want to ambiguate with dang as in "damn!" which is sometimes exclaimed on HN. dang is polite, he does say "please stop" sometimes which is fair enough.
- Grustaf 9y agoYou can use me as a source if you want to include it in an academic paper.
- quickthrower2 9y agoThen you could cite the paper. But my reference checker robot will throw a stack overflow exception.