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Agreed. I was trying to find the words for what I was so put off by the article, but you nailed it. The tone made me want to disagree with it just by default. L

Agreed. I was trying to find the words for what I was so put off by the article, but you nailed it. The tone made me want to disagree with it just by default. Luckily I 1) recognize that I am not qualified to have an opinion on the technical details and 2) Ruthlessly crush instinctual responses until I've thought them through with less emotion. (most of the time... I'm not robot, or perfect) Someone in a sibling thread said it's not bad to write like that for catharsis... I guess to blow off steam or something. But if the method of blowing off steam is belittling other smart people that don't always make perfect decisions then it's probably not a great way to go. If you need to write it for catharsis, go for it, but there's no need to publish it. Otherwise, my questions on the technical side: Would this performance hit and the alternative option have been obvious at the time? If so, was there a reasonable trade off for why this approach was taken? Or was this choice only wrong in retrospect?

galangalalgol 5y ago
I read it as a way to make a tedious topic more entertaining. It didn't seem combative at all. I do identify with your desire to disagree with people whose tone I dislike, even if I intellectually think they are right. I wish I could turn that off.
- CyberRabbi 5y ago
  That’s interesting, I have the opposite instinct. I have an urge to agree with and support people who have a more combative or opinionated tone. Strange!
phibz 5y ago
I read the tone as insecurity. Hey look at me, I figured this out. Aren't I smart? All these previous people are dumb. Right? Right!? RIGHT!?!
rjzzleep 5y ago
Wow, it must be a cultural thing. I reread it again trying to find this emotion, arrogance or condescending tone different people have read into this, and I really can't see it. It's just very direct. This is an old engineering decision, why shouldn't it be direct?
- gradschoolfail 5y ago
  Were you reading the facebook post or the forum post? The moderator switched the url; you and GP might be talking about different things?
  - rjzzleep 5y ago
    Yeah I don't know anything about the Facebook post. But it's not really clear to me why people bragging on their Facebook wall is worth a discussion.

galangalalgol 5y ago

I read it as a way to make a tedious topic more entertaining. It didn't seem combative at all. I do identify with your desire to disagree with people whose tone I dislike, even if I intellectually think they are right. I wish I could turn that off.

CyberRabbi 5y ago
That’s interesting, I have the opposite instinct. I have an urge to agree with and support people who have a more combative or opinionated tone. Strange!

phibz 5y ago

I read the tone as insecurity. Hey look at me, I figured this out. Aren't I smart? All these previous people are dumb. Right? Right!? RIGHT!?!

rjzzleep 5y ago

Wow, it must be a cultural thing. I reread it again trying to find this emotion, arrogance or condescending tone different people have read into this, and I really can't see it. It's just very direct. This is an old engineering decision, why shouldn't it be direct?

gradschoolfail 5y ago
Were you reading the facebook post or the forum post? The moderator switched the url; you and GP might be talking about different things?
- rjzzleep 5y ago
  Yeah I don't know anything about the Facebook post. But it's not really clear to me why people bragging on their Facebook wall is worth a discussion.