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You speak like if you were any kind of authority. Nowadays anybody can be an Android developer, India is full of teenagers doing it.

maxmalysh 6y ago
http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html
- ladyanita22 6y ago
  TL;DR
  - Qub3d 6y ago
    The part of pg's comments that relates to your comments is this part: "Saying that an author lacks the authority to write about a topic is a variant of ad hominem—and a particularly useless sort, because good ideas often come from outsiders. The question is whether the author is correct or not. If his lack of authority caused him to make mistakes, point those out. And if it didn't, it's not a problem." But in general, Paul Graham isn't saying anything that is novel to this site's comment guidelines: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments
  - craftinator 6y ago
    "Don't be a dick, because plenty of people are smarter than you, and even people who are not smarter than you can come up with really good ideas and perspectives."
rxhernandez 6y ago
I was a teenager doing Android Development in 2010. What difference does age make in this discussion?
- ladyanita22 6y ago
  What I mean is that it's not a valid argument to establish the authority of the speaker.
  - the_jeremy 6y ago
    Why isn't it? Teenagers in India can have authority on a subject and more experience in certain areas than I do. I'm not taking their post completely on faith. It matches up with my previous experiences, including the article we're currently talking about and related articles I've read. Is there a specific issue you have with their point, or did you just want to point out that they're not special for making apps?

maxmalysh 6y ago

http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

ladyanita22 6y ago
TL;DR
- Qub3d 6y ago
  The part of pg's comments that relates to your comments is this part: "Saying that an author lacks the authority to write about a topic is a variant of ad hominem—and a particularly useless sort, because good ideas often come from outsiders. The question is whether the author is correct or not. If his lack of authority caused him to make mistakes, point those out. And if it didn't, it's not a problem." But in general, Paul Graham isn't saying anything that is novel to this site's comment guidelines: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Have curious conversation; don't cross-examine. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments
- craftinator 6y ago
  "Don't be a dick, because plenty of people are smarter than you, and even people who are not smarter than you can come up with really good ideas and perspectives."

rxhernandez 6y ago

I was a teenager doing Android Development in 2010. What difference does age make in this discussion?

ladyanita22 6y ago
What I mean is that it's not a valid argument to establish the authority of the speaker.
- the_jeremy 6y ago
  Why isn't it? Teenagers in India can have authority on a subject and more experience in certain areas than I do. I'm not taking their post completely on faith. It matches up with my previous experiences, including the article we're currently talking about and related articles I've read. Is there a specific issue you have with their point, or did you just want to point out that they're not special for making apps?