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"it flushes out the people who would have supported Turing's ultimately fatal prosecution [...]" That's possibly the most hyperbolic thing I've ever
by avar 5y ago
"it flushes out the people who would
have supported Turing's ultimately
fatal prosecution [...]"
That's possibly the most hyperbolic thing I've ever read on HN (from someone who looks as though they're just a bit idiosyncratic, and not intentionally trolling) :)
- kragen 5y agoIt's not hyperbole. I explained the reasoning in more detail in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507179 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30507179. I'm interested to hear what you think.
- edgyquant 5y agoI’m not convinced that person isn’t trolling after the comment you replied to
- kragen 5y agoFlushing out vicious people who are here to launch personal attacks, by offering them a target for obviously indefensible personal attacks, is indeed trolling, in the sense of "posting something to get a reaction", but it's a kind of trolling that doesn't involve cruelty or dishonesty—unlike the responses it gets! See, for example, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30506275.
- retrocryptid 5y agoalan turing died for my sins. yes, i am a member of the church of christ, computer scientist.