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What does writing in Markdown have to do with the complexity of the topic? Heather Miller is an assistant professor at CMU and well respected and certainly an e

by bruth 7y ago

What does writing in Markdown have to do with the complexity of the topic? Heather Miller is an assistant professor at CMU and well respected and certainly an expert in this context. Clearly she believed Markdown was sufficient for her purpose and/or wanted to leverage the other benefits beyond just its simplicity. Did you see that book is being rendered on a site? http://dist-prog-book.com/chapter/2/futures.html http://dist-prog-book.com/chapter/2/futures.html

throwqwerty 7y ago
>What does writing in Markdown have to do with the complexity of the topic? nothing. the person you're responding to just wants to feel very good about themselves without actually engaging with the material.
- dang 7y ago
  Reacting to a bad comment with an even worse comment is not ok here. It's against the site guidelines, and you've been doing it a lot. We've had to ban you before for that, so would you please stop? If you're posting to HN, you're responsible for helping to take care of this place, to the best of your ability and awareness. If others are wrong, correct them respectfully. If they are ignorant, teach them. If you know more, share some of what you know so the rest of us can learn. Tearing others down helps no one, and worsens the very things you're complaining about. I'm sure you wouldn't litter in a city park just because others do, nor would you fail to put out a campfire just because you were mad at other campers. Please bring those values here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - throwqwerty 7y ago
    >We've had to ban you before for that, so would you please stop? you seem to be oblivious to the fact that i don't care (hence the throwaway).
    - dang 7y ago
      I'm hoping to persuade you!
      - throwqwerty 7y ago
        >I'm hoping to persuade you! you can't because i fundamentally disagree with you and i have zero incentive to abide
        dang 7y ago
        In that case I'll settle for persuading others.

by bruth 7y ago

throwqwerty 7y ago

>What does writing in Markdown have to do with the complexity of the topic? nothing. the person you're responding to just wants to feel very good about themselves without actually engaging with the material.

dang 7y ago
Reacting to a bad comment with an even worse comment is not ok here. It's against the site guidelines, and you've been doing it a lot. We've had to ban you before for that, so would you please stop? If you're posting to HN, you're responsible for helping to take care of this place, to the best of your ability and awareness. If others are wrong, correct them respectfully. If they are ignorant, teach them. If you know more, share some of what you know so the rest of us can learn. Tearing others down helps no one, and worsens the very things you're complaining about. I'm sure you wouldn't litter in a city park just because others do, nor would you fail to put out a campfire just because you were mad at other campers. Please bring those values here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- throwqwerty 7y ago
  >We've had to ban you before for that, so would you please stop? you seem to be oblivious to the fact that i don't care (hence the throwaway).
  - dang 7y ago
    I'm hoping to persuade you!
    - throwqwerty 7y ago
      >I'm hoping to persuade you! you can't because i fundamentally disagree with you and i have zero incentive to abide
      - dang 7y ago
        In that case I'll settle for persuading others.