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That last sentence does not belong here. EDIT: "...completely sidestepped hard questions" is a perfectly understandable sentence that does not require an analo
by niyazpk 16y ago
That last sentence does not belong here.
EDIT: "...completely sidestepped hard questions" is a perfectly understandable sentence that does not require an analogy to explain its meaning. The last sentence does not add any value. Taking it out will only increase the quality of the comment.
- benreesman 16y agocare to elaborate? nothing is sacred to a hacker.
- riffraff 16y agowhy not? Anyway, I guess the point was that by adding wording that may be offensive to some readers you are not improving the quality of the message, unless you want _that_ to be the message, which is in fact the (wanted or not) result of the OP. (nonetheless a decent analogy)
- DrJokepu 16y agoBecause unnecessarily offending people is not the best way to win friends.
- bambax 16y agoIs commenting about making friends? Isn't finding the truth more important? Strong analogies are a way (not the only way, but a way) to do that.
- DrJokepu 16y agoI believe making friends (and not making enemies) is simply the most important skill you can have. More important than being clever or hardworking. And I also don't think that analogies are a very good way to discover truth as they often oversimplify a situation and take things out of context, hence implying the wrong conclusions.
- alextgordon 16y agoAnalogies help understanding. There's a reason math textbooks have worked examples, instead of merely a list of definitions and proofs. Understanding is considerably more difficult in a vacuum.
- points 16y ago> "I believe making friends (and not making enemies) is simply the most important skill you can have. More important than being clever or hardworking." Reminds me of an old boss of mine. He was hiring for the team, and when asked what the main skillset needed was for the new positions, he answered "They must get on well with the team". So, lo and behold, few months later we had a few new employees who were nice people, good fun even, but absolutely incompetent at their jobs.
- swombat 16y agoI don't think he was trying to win friends.
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- dingle_thunk 16y ago"nothing is sacred to a hacker." Except, apparently, recursion.
- Torn 16y agoIt's a little heavy-handed, but a pretty good analogy.