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too late: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680
by eb 18y ago
too late: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162680
- aswanson 18y agoYeah, I bit too. That actually inspired this submittal.
- Jesin 18y agoYes, it is a blatant troll, but it's also an interesting question. As long as a troll brings interesting discussion and not flame wars, it's not necessarily a bad thing.
- eb 18y agoAsking why someone is special is not a thoughtful question. This is a rare case where a troll has managed to spawn coherent anecdotes. If you read over the comments, there is no real discussion, there isn't even a topic. It's just a bunch of biographies from people professing pg to be their personal jesus. It reads like an infomercial. Ignore the trolls. Start a proper discussion because topics like this get killed, like this one just did.
- Jesin 18y agoMeh. Good points. I and probably a lot of other people are probably feeling pretty stupid right now for falling for this. I think I have a certain combination of gullibility and skepticism that makes me a perfect target for these things. I'm a skeptic in that I am quick to consider that someone could be just wrong, but I'm gullible in that I'm slow to consider the possibility that someone is lying.
- tsetse-fly 18y agopg hath spoken: "This is such a classic troll. Not even a subtle new variant, but practically a 1980s Usenet troll. I was going to ask if people minded if I killed it, but a forum just can't let itself be pwned by trolls this blatant. So..." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=162876
- fallentimes 18y agosometimes telling the difference between a troll (usually bad) and a devil's advocate (sometimes good, sometimes annoying) can be difficult
- davidw 18y agoDamn. I go sleep for a few hours, and look what happens...
- mixmax 18y agoyeah you're right. Didn't notice it until too late...