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"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." "Please
by joyfulmantis 7y ago
"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."
"Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That destroys the curiosity this site exists for."
- DonHopkins 7y agoWhat, we can't talk about JavaScript?! At least I didn't mention Brendan Eich's deep and tragic mistaken misunderstanding of equality. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Comparison_Operators https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
- joyfulmantis 7y agoI was not referring to what you said about JavaScript, but rather your inclusion of a unrelated, unnecessary and highly polarizing political tangent.
- DonHopkins 7y agoI'm sorry, I didn't think it was controversial that Trump did that kind of stuff, and it made a perfect metaphor. But even if you disagree about Trump, I think you can still understand the metaphor about JavaScript fat arrow functions. Can you think of a better metaphor? Edit: I added "(or Obama)" for people who are offended by me pointing out what everyone knows about Trump.
- at_a_remove 7y agoMany of us are trying to escape "Trump Derangement Syndrome" which has become infectious almost everywhere else.
- saagarjha 7y ago> Can you think of a better metaphor? One that doesn’t involve politics?
- DonHopkins 7y agoProgramming language design IS politics. Especially JavaScript. How do you think it got its name?
- saagarjha 7y agoNot that kind of politics.