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Well, the simple mental hack for yourself is just to prepend all blog content, if not all content in general, with #include <general_disclaimers> and you'
by jerf 2y ago
Well, the simple mental hack for yourself is just to prepend all blog content, if not all content in general, with
#include <general_disclaimers>
and you'll find yourself much happier in life.
Speaking as one who actually produces blogs on rare occasions, I have to say starting every post with "This is just my experience and may not apply to you this is not a claim of global applicability this is just applicable to this circumstance you're the one who chose to read this I didn't force you" and so on isn't exactly the most compelling way to open a post.
Though I have to admit now I'm really tempted to add that into my post template in like 2pt font or something, just so when people on HN complain I can point them at it.
- justin66 2y agoBut that's all beside the point - we're not talking about a "general disclaimer." (I am intrigued by how blurry the lens you look at the world must be, if you live by that "#include <general_disclaimers>" nonsense) People interested in the blogger's rather specific Markdown use case would be better served by a more specific title, as would the nine out of ten Markdown users who are not.
- jerf 2y agoNo, I was just recommending it to you since you seem to be perturbed. I just give people a general measure of grace in their writing and it all seems to work out fairly well. You can try that as well, if you like.
- justin66 2y agoYour comment was quite condescending, and it's disingenuous of you to suggest otherwise. If this is all your idea of grace, I'd hate to see less than graceful. By contrast, I was careful to criticize the title as clickbait, not the post, which is useful (or the book, which sounds genuinely interesting). I wasn't perturbed by the title. By your comments, sure, but that's your doing, not Hillel's.