According to the guidelines [1]: > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, n

According to the guidelines [1]: > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3. > Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. > Please don't use uppercase for emphasis. If you want to emphasize a word or phrase, put asterisks around it and it will get italicized. (so put asterisks around the words critical and aka) --- I only cited the guidelines that I believe you're in violation of. Your comment does show substance and it'd be more of a joy to read if you show that substance through editing your post so these guidelines violations aren't applicable anymore. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html