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Occam's razor. You are likely more educated than he is. But why be a douchebag about it? If your goal is to convince people of your point of view, then pissing
by palish 15y ago
Occam's razor. You are likely more educated than he is. But why be a douchebag about it? If your goal is to convince people of your point of view, then pissing them off is directly contrary to that.
On the other hand, if your goal is to make fun of the dimwits that surround you...
It's a fact that the world consists mostly of dimwits. I'm a dimwit about virtually everything, except programming. But it would be much more satisfying for me to teach you something programming-related, rather than to point out how stupid you are for [X programming mistake due to lack of knowledge], don't you think?
- onan_barbarian 15y agoPerhaps you make a good point, but cheesy Internet libertarianism gets on my nerves, and politely correcting people that are actively celebrating increasing inequality is beyond me. Sometimes, as the old USENET saying goes, we must retract the foreskin of ignorance and apply the wirebrush of enlightenment. I will instead ponder the strange default assumption of everyone on Hacker News that they have Much To Teach Me about Programming. Maybe the screenname "Onan the Barbarian" fails to convey gravitas...