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As far as I can tell, promoting the longnow movement is the sole purpose of using that confusing and distracting date format. So critiques of the movement you'r
by sequoia 5y ago
As far as I can tell, promoting the longnow movement is the sole purpose of using that confusing and distracting date format. So critiques of the movement you're promoting seem completely germane.
- kragen 5y agoIf you're fundamentally driven by anger and hatred, looking for a target, sure. But if you're driven by curiosity and goodwill, it's just an unwanted distraction from the discussion of the history of operating systems.
- sequoia 5y agoYou chose to use your comment to promote longnow movement (there's no other reason to use that esoteric and confusing date format), and the conversation turned to the longnow movement. If you don't want to discuss the longnow movement in the future, don't bring it up.
- kragen 5y agoHacker News exists for curious, open-minded discussion of ideas, whether they're esoteric and confusing date formats, the history of operating systems, or the future of work in the wake of the pandemic. It does not exist for partisan struggles in which people compete to most vehemently condemn whoever they consider to be the other side, which is what mattl was doing. If you're looking for that, go back to Twitter; don't try to turn Hacker News into yet another wasteland of content-free dunking and ultimatums.