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Author seems to have missed that node-fib is a joke. Ted Dziuba is clearly a person suffering from profound intellectual insecurity, and a lack of technical ac

Author seems to have missed that node-fib is a joke. Ted Dziuba is clearly a person suffering from profound intellectual insecurity, and a lack of technical acumen. We should offer him our sympathy rather than enable his self-destructive behavior by praising his "previous trolling" activities. This article, like the poor sad unfortunate Mr. Dziuba himself, seems to be combatting a strawman: the idea that Node.js users and developers are advocating that it be used for everything. It's a fun platform to use, and pretty good for a lot of tasks, but any grownups close to the project (and there are a few of us) are quite vocal about the fact that it is targeted at a very specific use case: IO-bound network programs. People get excited about the programs they use, and want to see how well it can do things. When your hammer is fun to swing, you want to see what happens with you hit stuff with it. Ted Dziuba has previously advocated using xargs instead of Hadoop for parallel map-reduce, so I would have thought he might understand that sometimes you use the tool that you understand (if it works) rather than something else, even if that other thing might be objectively better for that particular task. I don't know what node users articles like this or Ted's are talking about. I've been using node almost as long as Ryan, and totally love it. I don't know how we could be more clear about what node is and isn't good for. At NodeConf, in the Committer Panel, someone asked, "What isn't node good for?" We all rattled off a variety of things. The node community is actually pretty sane. We just laugh at stuff like this, since it's so ridiculous, and make jokes like node-fib.

justin_vanw 15y ago
> Ted Dziuba is clearly a person suffering from profound intellectual insecurity, and a lack of technical acumen. Perhaps, as the one responding to a criticism of a piece of software with personal attacks, you are the one that is insecure? I can understand how, as a fanboy of something that was criticized, you would now take it upon yourself to hurl insults on the person who has wronged you so. This is the internet after all! > We just laugh at stuff like this, since it's so ridiculous, and make jokes like node-fib. Actually, you opened this comment by personally attacking Ted, because he insulted some software you happen to be a fan of. I think the most likely reason that you would contradict in such an obvious way something you just wrote is that you don't have a great deal of working memory. Looking at your code on github (https://github.com/isaacs https://github.com/isaacs) seems to confirm that theory.
- CyruzDraxs 15y ago
  Your sarcasm sensors are failing. Might want to get those checked.
- IsaacSchlueter 15y ago
  > I can understand how, as a fanboy of something that was criticized Can you define "fanboy" for me, please? I don't know what it means. > Actually, you opened this comment by personally attacking Ted I wasn't attacking Ted. Actually, my heart really does go out to him. I mean, he's a human being, right? Could you imagine living with such a crippling psychological disorder? Just think of it. The pain, the emptiness. The worst part is that he's almost certainly too proud to ask for help. It's tragic. > I think the most likely reason that you would contradict in such an obvious way something you just wrote is that you don't have a great deal of working memory. Sorry, I lost you like a third of the way through that sentence.
  - rubyinghana 15y ago
    You write node that go so fast. Why spend time on site that load so slow?
  - justin_vanw 15y ago
    How is saying that someone has a psychological disorder not attacking them?
    - IsaacSchlueter 15y ago
      Your comment is indicative of the anti-mental-health sentiment in our society: that diagnosing or treating mental health issues is an admission of failure, rather than a sign of courage and responsibility. You should check your priors, and maybe help create an atmosphere where people with these problems don't feel like their only options are denial or self-destruction.
      - justin_vanw 15y ago
        Since you're giving out free diagnosis over the internet, would you mind doing me?

justin_vanw 15y ago

> Ted Dziuba is clearly a person suffering from profound intellectual insecurity, and a lack of technical acumen. Perhaps, as the one responding to a criticism of a piece of software with personal attacks, you are the one that is insecure? I can understand how, as a fanboy of something that was criticized, you would now take it upon yourself to hurl insults on the person who has wronged you so. This is the internet after all! > We just laugh at stuff like this, since it's so ridiculous, and make jokes like node-fib. Actually, you opened this comment by personally attacking Ted, because he insulted some software you happen to be a fan of. I think the most likely reason that you would contradict in such an obvious way something you just wrote is that you don't have a great deal of working memory. Looking at your code on github (https://github.com/isaacs https://github.com/isaacs) seems to confirm that theory.

CyruzDraxs 15y ago
Your sarcasm sensors are failing. Might want to get those checked.
IsaacSchlueter 15y ago
> I can understand how, as a fanboy of something that was criticized Can you define "fanboy" for me, please? I don't know what it means. > Actually, you opened this comment by personally attacking Ted I wasn't attacking Ted. Actually, my heart really does go out to him. I mean, he's a human being, right? Could you imagine living with such a crippling psychological disorder? Just think of it. The pain, the emptiness. The worst part is that he's almost certainly too proud to ask for help. It's tragic. > I think the most likely reason that you would contradict in such an obvious way something you just wrote is that you don't have a great deal of working memory. Sorry, I lost you like a third of the way through that sentence.
- rubyinghana 15y ago
  You write node that go so fast. Why spend time on site that load so slow?
- justin_vanw 15y ago
  How is saying that someone has a psychological disorder not attacking them?
  - IsaacSchlueter 15y ago
    Your comment is indicative of the anti-mental-health sentiment in our society: that diagnosing or treating mental health issues is an admission of failure, rather than a sign of courage and responsibility. You should check your priors, and maybe help create an atmosphere where people with these problems don't feel like their only options are denial or self-destruction.
    - justin_vanw 15y ago
      Since you're giving out free diagnosis over the internet, would you mind doing me?