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One of the weirder HN tropes is being upset that new software continues to be released, or that languages get updated with new features. I've so rarely seen tr

by TillE 4y ago

One of the weirder HN tropes is being upset that new software continues to be released, or that languages get updated with new features. I've so rarely seen truly major breaking changes that require substantial effort in updating your own code. Like, the Python 2->3 transition is notable because it's unusual.

SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
What I'm finding the weird trope is the pattern of: "I don't know anything about X, anyway why doesn't X do (thing that X has been doing for ages)" ignorance is no problem, I am ignorant of the details of most popular programming languages, and I know that. it's another thing to show awareness of ignorance, and then lose that awareness before the end of the paragraph. Whatever happened to "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."