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More frustratingly, at least for me, is that some of us have been warning about these things for absolutely years without many paying any mind, only for them to
by fold_left 8y ago
More frustratingly, at least for me, is that some of us have been warning about these things for absolutely years without many paying any mind, only for them to keep in happening again. Eg. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16090120 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16090120
- irrational 8y agoThe problem is, how do we know that those shouting warnings are not false prophets?
- lgas 8y agoPresumably by reading and understanding their arguments.
- irrational 8y agoBut, how do we know which ones we should be reading and understanding their arguments?
- Retra 8y agoI've found that some people tend to take a ton of pride in the assumption that they have to make mistakes to learn from them, but you almost always want to learn from other peoples' mistakes first. Probably overlaps quite heavily with those people who desperately want to tread on new paths.