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This is not ad hominem, this is me calling out a person's shallow criticism of a technical detail with no attempt to understand the history and background of on
by tomxor 7y ago
This is not ad hominem, this is me calling out a person's shallow criticism of a technical detail with no attempt to understand the history and background of one of the most unobscure features of networking, and the audacity to proclaim to the world how shocking and terrible it is.
It's essentially 2nd order ignorance, it's not personal, it's relevant to the validity of their argument.
- dang 7y agoUsers need to follow the site guidelines regardless of how ignorant someone else is or how strongly you disagree. Maybe you don't owe the author better, but you owe this community better if you want to post here. The online calling-out and shaming culture is particularly unwanted on HN. It has a degrading effect on the community.