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> Whoa whoa whoa, your painting with really broad strokes here! Slow your roll a bit there, Mac laptops are definitely not the number one laptop at all Linux ev
by jamesrcole 9y ago
> Whoa whoa whoa, your painting with really broad strokes here! Slow your roll a bit there, Mac laptops are definitely not the number one laptop at all Linux events.
Umm, aren't you arguing precisely over what the "broad strokes" are?
- StudentStuff 9y agoNo, purely pointing out that what @baldfat said was a broad claim that is plainly false. > For the last 10 years at all Linux events the number one laptop is a Mac. If you go to any of the linux fests in the Pacific Northwest, you'll see a low percentage of Macs. Thinkpads vastly outnumber Macs at these events, where you'll have a room of 300 people with 100+ Thinkpads and perhaps a dozen Macs, if that.
- jamesrcole 9y ago> No, purely pointing out that what @baldfat said was a broad claim that is plainly false. I get that you're saying it's false. But what you and them are talking about is a broad claim. Any answer to "what is the most commonly used type of laptop at these events?" is by definition a broad claim. Even if your answer is "there is no one single type, because it varies" you're still making a broad claim about overall usage patterns.
- StudentStuff 9y agoI've aimed to stay within my area of knowledge, eg: conferences I have attended. Not making any broad claims here FYI, merely stating what I've seen firsthand.
- jamesrcole 9y ago"what @baldfat said ... is plainly false" is a broad claim
- StudentStuff 9y agoIt only takes one event not being as he described for that to be false. I've been to dozens.
- jamesrcole 9y agoI.e. you're generalising about all events, thus making a broad claim. You can't say the other person is wrong without yourself making a broad claim.