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>Boom. Roughly the same message. Most people will get the same amount of edification from this as Linus' original letter. You could go in to more detail if you
by buzzkillington 7y ago
>Boom. Roughly the same message. Most people will get the same amount of edification from this as Linus' original letter. You could go in to more detail if you want but it's not really necessary. Smart people will figure it out if you just point out the general shape of the error. No need for calling code "garbage."
People should be shamed for being ignorant. It stops ignorance from spreading.
- dochtman 7y agoI guess we should shame you for being ignorant about human beings and the value of being kind. There are plenty of ways to point out ignorance without being unkind (and the grandfather comment is a nice attempt).
- buzzkillington 7y agoYou just did, and got to pretend you didn't.
- simias 7y agoIgnorance is the lack of knowledge, it doesn't "spread" like a disease. Misconceptions can, but without the original author's mistakes we wouldn't have this rebuttal by a very knowledgeable actor, so overall this is a net positive including for you and me.
- celticmusic 7y agomisconception is a form of ignorance.
- simias 7y agoAnd so is not reading the second half of comments.
- celticmusic 7y agoYour "correction" literally explained the comment it was correcting as being true. reacting in a haughty manner doesn't stop you from being wrong, it just makes you a dick.