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To be fair, Seeking Alpha is a (great) Stock Market & Finance website. That would be like criticizing the CLANG at Google post that's currently on the front pag
by encoderer 15y ago
To be fair, Seeking Alpha is a (great) Stock Market & Finance website. That would be like criticizing the CLANG at Google post that's currently on the front page because the average person that stumbled on it wouldn't have a clue what it all meant.
The only problem was that it was submitted to HN, which is not a finance-oriented website.
- jasonkester 15y agoNot true. I don't know anything about compilers or C++ in general, but I was able to read that entire CLANG post and understand what it was talking about. It's actually a good example of a technical article intended for a technical audience yet written to be understandable by a lay person.
- encoderer 15y agoYou're a programmer. In discussions about programming--even an unfamiliar language--you are not a "Lay Person." I hope you can see the flaw in your analogy here. The CLANG article didn't include a sentence at the top telling you what a compiler is, what a pointer is, etc. You knew because you were part of the target audeience: people with programming knowledge. The Seeking Alpha article target audience was: People who are active investors and interested/knowledgeable wrt finance. Normally I wouldn't waste my time with comments like this but you said it's the worst submission to HN all year! And in reality, it's a very informative article that just happened to be using jargon you're unfamiliar with.