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Yes, I only listen to people with handle like "ThePhysicist" or "theMaterialPhyisicist" at hackernews.
by mkagenius 3y ago
Yes, I only listen to people with handle like "ThePhysicist" or "theMaterialPhyisicist" at hackernews.
- jldugger 3y agoI think the point is you can probably ignore everyone who isn't giving a Nobel acceptance speech.
- ElFitz 3y agoThat’s why I personally only listen to the opinions of people with handles like "Planck54", "The1965PhysicsNobel" or "EconNobel94" on hackernews. Sorry, I couldn’t resist. N.B. I also tried to find some noteworthy Fields medal winner, but refrained since it appears I don’t know any of them, and that the committee’s choices and motivations have been subject to controversy [0]. [0]: https://www.science.org/content/article/fields-medal-was-never-meant-greatest-mathematical-genius https://www.science.org/content/article/fields-medal-was-nev...
- jacquesm 3y agoSure, but every now and then people get into an argument with a Putnam prize winner or the inventor of some Internet Protocol details and find themselves caught out...
- JacobAldridge 3y agoI would bet picodollars that rarely happens here…
- jeltz 3y agoIt happens more often than you think. For example it has happened a bunch of times that people have argued against PostgreSQL core developers about the internals of PostgreSQL. I know most of their usernames so it is always a great laugh for me.
- jacquesm 3y agoI think you missed the GPs subtle point.
- jacquesm 3y agoHehe. Nice one.
- hliyan 3y ago[flagged]
- ThePhysicist 3y agoFWIW I prefer to not use my real name in discussion threads here, although it is linked in my bio. So if you don't mind please remove it, thanks :)
- hliyan 3y agoApologies, by the time I saw this, the edit button had been disabled. Please feel free to flag the message so that dang can remove it.