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It teaches readers not to trust a brand's PR jobs and brands to not mislead. Comedy is intricate, and yes I find the situation having to perform at higher stan

by kev009 6y ago

It teaches readers not to trust a brand's PR jobs and brands to not mislead. Comedy is intricate, and yes I find the situation having to perform at higher standards than a $2B company in opining on here during my lunch break to be quite funny. A 747 is not comparable to a Cessna. The later is cute but not comparable and it doesn't require a dissertation to comment on the quality among other computing professionals.

dang 6y ago
Attempts to make comedy by putting others and their work down on the internet are rarely funny, and in any case the HN guidelines specifically ask commenters not to do that. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful. Note "Don't be snarky." and "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." "A 747 is not comparable to a Cessna" doesn't help because it's really still just calling names. What would help is an explanation of why you're saying that. What are the significant differences and why do they matter? Lots of readers here would find that interesting. If you don't want to spend your lunch break writing an explanation to help people learn, that's totally fine. But at least please don't post empty comments that make HN worse and break the rules. Not posting is always an option. You may be overestimating the extent to which readers here will already understand the details of what you mean. No doubt some do, but I'm pretty sure the majority don't. Even most computing professionals aren't specialists in this area. That's why the opportunity to share information that readers find interesting and can learn from is such a good one. You can certainly (indeed, you should) make a strong critique of inflated and misleading claims, but do it with solid information, not shallow putdowns that any internet snarker can write whether they know anything or not.
- kev009 6y ago
  ack. I disagree that pointing out juxtapositions is name calling but understand the meta intentions.
  - dang 6y ago
    Thanks. It's true that the term 'name calling' is used a bit differently in the HN guidelines than in general circulation, so I can see why that sounds a bit weird.

by kev009 6y ago

dang 6y ago

Attempts to make comedy by putting others and their work down on the internet are rarely funny, and in any case the HN guidelines specifically ask commenters not to do that. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful. Note "Don't be snarky." and "Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." "A 747 is not comparable to a Cessna" doesn't help because it's really still just calling names. What would help is an explanation of why you're saying that. What are the significant differences and why do they matter? Lots of readers here would find that interesting. If you don't want to spend your lunch break writing an explanation to help people learn, that's totally fine. But at least please don't post empty comments that make HN worse and break the rules. Not posting is always an option. You may be overestimating the extent to which readers here will already understand the details of what you mean. No doubt some do, but I'm pretty sure the majority don't. Even most computing professionals aren't specialists in this area. That's why the opportunity to share information that readers find interesting and can learn from is such a good one. You can certainly (indeed, you should) make a strong critique of inflated and misleading claims, but do it with solid information, not shallow putdowns that any internet snarker can write whether they know anything or not.

kev009 6y ago
ack. I disagree that pointing out juxtapositions is name calling but understand the meta intentions.
- dang 6y ago
  Thanks. It's true that the term 'name calling' is used a bit differently in the HN guidelines than in general circulation, so I can see why that sounds a bit weird.