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I hate to be critical in a terribly ad hominem way, but I find programming/tech articles written in that '13 year old boy who has had a little too much fizzy po
by singular 16y ago
I hate to be critical in a terribly ad hominem way, but I find programming/tech articles written in that '13 year old boy who has had a little too much fizzy pop to drink' style with the 'hilarious' l33t-speak aren't really helping eliminate some of the more negative preconceptions of us hackers out there.
- pgbovine 16y agoyep, agreed ... especially because it sounds so artificial, like they're trying to make AT&T engineering seem hip and cool. if you read just the conclusion, it sounds like a normal article, so clearly someone made a concerted effort to sound 1337 in the rest of the article. if the author had really been a 13-year-old kid, the conclusion wouldn't sound so 'formal'
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- tenderlove 16y agoI wrote this article like I am every day. Please read my personal blog or my twitter if you don't believe me: http://tenderlovemaking.com/ http://tenderlovemaking.com/ http://twitter.com/tenderlove http://twitter.com/tenderlove I'm sorry. I will try to sound less artificial in the future. :-(
- xinuc 16y agoactually, I love your writing style
- vegansxe 16y agoIt's totally not artificial. That's just how Aaron (yc user tenderlove and author of the article) talks and writes. It's totally sincere. See his blog and twitter for further evidence. http://tenderlovemaking.com http://tenderlovemaking.com http://twitter.com/tenderlove http://twitter.com/tenderlove
- rue 16y agoI think it is more than sincere, it is earnest.
- artpop 16y agoI don't care, I've seen Aaron present with ninjas on stage.
- pgbovine 16y agoEDIT: sorry tenderlove ... that was just my gut first reaction. perhaps it was cognitive dissonance from seeing an AT&T Engineering banner mixed with an ultra-casual blog post :)
- tenderlove 16y agoNo problem! It's strange even to me!