I understand and largely agree with your general concerns. I'm having a hard time getting a read on your intended tone here. I hope you are getting something o

I understand and largely agree with your general concerns. I'm having a hard time getting a read on your intended tone here. I hope you are getting something out of the conversation, since you are responding. However, some of your word choice seems to indicate irritation (e.g. saying my comments are pedantic and so on). Regarding my intended tone... First, I'm genuinely curious about your strong reactions. Any guesses I have as to your deeper causes are, like I say, guesses. They are based on imperfect pattern matching. Second, logically speaking, some of the supporting details, as you state them, are unpersuasive to me, but I appreciate where they are coming from. I also recognize I'm not getting the full context. I sometimes engage in longer threads of discussion here on HN not only out of curiosity but also because I'm exploring various ways to communicate and connect. As such, I'm very aware of the non-textual human factors.