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To be clear: the scenario outlined above is one where I'm filing a bug report against a software project that I do not use and do not ever intend to use. I thi

To be clear: the scenario outlined above is one where I'm filing a bug report against a software project that I do not use and do not ever intend to use. I think your premise is specious. Who files detailed bug reports on a piece of software that they have never and will never use? What is the scenario where someone would bother doing this? What is the scenario where they even have the knowledge to file this detailed bug report since they lack any context on the software in question?

cxr 6y ago
I already answered this, but maybe you missed it: https://hyp.is/cS034gX1EeutOzMchaO06A/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24673839 https://hyp.is/cS034gX1EeutOzMchaO06A/news.ycombinator.com/i... That you're here having trouble grappling with the suggestion that such a scenario is even plausible is evidence of the cynical depths we've reached. Even in the case that you're unable to understand why, does the "why" really matter? It happens, and that's what matters.
- aaronbrethorst 6y ago
  That seems unnecessarily rude. Also, you still haven’t offered up a plausible scenario of why you would magnanimously look at my OSS project that you have no intention of ever using, find a bug, and submit a bug report, exhortations of circa 2008 Clay Shirky notwithstanding.
  - cxr 6y ago
    > That seems unnecessarily rude. Am I supposed to refrain from being seen as unkind to someone tacitly accusing me of lying? I gave an answer before you ever even asked the question. I don't know what you want, I don't know why you think you deserve my time and energy in light of the incoming rudeness directed my way, and I don't know how you can't see that expecting it is in stark contradiction to the position you're taking.
    - aaronbrethorst 6y ago
      I don’t think I’d want to receive one of your magnanimous bug reports. Hope you have a good night.
      - cxr 6y ago
        "So I'm afraid that I am going to have to break up with you". Really seized the upper hand there, Costanza. https://hyp.is/9rn9dhDOEeum9XvjucTYqw/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24673839 https://hyp.is/9rn9dhDOEeum9XvjucTYqw/news.ycombinator.com/i... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887bIe0hXyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887bIe0hXyc > Hope you have a good night. I somehow doubt your sincerity. Go fuck yourself. Sincerely, from me to you.
saagarjha 6y ago
I do this all the time. Sometimes I even send in patches too.

cxr 6y ago

I already answered this, but maybe you missed it: https://hyp.is/cS034gX1EeutOzMchaO06A/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24673839 https://hyp.is/cS034gX1EeutOzMchaO06A/news.ycombinator.com/i... That you're here having trouble grappling with the suggestion that such a scenario is even plausible is evidence of the cynical depths we've reached. Even in the case that you're unable to understand why, does the "why" really matter? It happens, and that's what matters.

aaronbrethorst 6y ago
That seems unnecessarily rude. Also, you still haven’t offered up a plausible scenario of why you would magnanimously look at my OSS project that you have no intention of ever using, find a bug, and submit a bug report, exhortations of circa 2008 Clay Shirky notwithstanding.
- cxr 6y ago
  > That seems unnecessarily rude. Am I supposed to refrain from being seen as unkind to someone tacitly accusing me of lying? I gave an answer before you ever even asked the question. I don't know what you want, I don't know why you think you deserve my time and energy in light of the incoming rudeness directed my way, and I don't know how you can't see that expecting it is in stark contradiction to the position you're taking.
  - aaronbrethorst 6y ago
    I don’t think I’d want to receive one of your magnanimous bug reports. Hope you have a good night.
    - cxr 6y ago
      "So I'm afraid that I am going to have to break up with you". Really seized the upper hand there, Costanza. https://hyp.is/9rn9dhDOEeum9XvjucTYqw/news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24673839 https://hyp.is/9rn9dhDOEeum9XvjucTYqw/news.ycombinator.com/i... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887bIe0hXyc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=887bIe0hXyc > Hope you have a good night. I somehow doubt your sincerity. Go fuck yourself. Sincerely, from me to you.

saagarjha 6y ago

I do this all the time. Sometimes I even send in patches too.