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Well okay, who is he addressing? That’s pretty much the only question I had reading it. Surely it isn’t the modern blogger or clickbait ‘journalists’, since the
by runawaybottle 6y ago
Well okay, who is he addressing? That’s pretty much the only question I had reading it. Surely it isn’t the modern blogger or clickbait ‘journalists’, since they know what they are doing and we know what they are doing.
It’s possible he simply said nothing.
- geofft 6y agoIt reads very much like it's a response to this not-even-particularly-upvoted comment on his last essay, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26377185 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26377185 "Why does he write like an SAT reading comprehension passage" Kind of incredible.
- serverholic 6y agoTry to not be autistic for a second. Paul Graham is in the tech scene. PERHAPS he's talking about things like coding tutorials, technical blogs, press releases, documentaiton, etc. I'd argue that simple writing is great in that domain.
- runawaybottle 6y agoLol you think he’s critiquing press releases and documentation? Let’s be friends, you’re particularly my kind of dumb.
- khimaros 6y ago"Be kind. Don't be snarky." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- dang 6y agoYou've also crossed into bannable territory. That's not cool, regardless of how bad another comment is. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when posting here (all of them, please—you broke several).
- dang 6y ago> Try to not be autistic for a second. Whoa, you can't do that here—that's bannable territory. Please see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26428045 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26428045. (Also, please don't be snarky and please don't use allcaps for emphasis. Your "PERHAPS" breaks both of those guidelines in one go.)