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> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interest

by piva00 2y ago

> Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting. I suggest you re-read this list: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Rendello 2y ago
Is the overall quality tangential?
- piva00 2y ago
  I'd say so, it doesn't develop any discussion or conversation, it's bike shedding. Even more that overall quality is a question of judgment, I read the article perfectly fine and the writing style wasn't a distraction. What do you think we gain in the discussion by debating the quality of writing (which was entirely passable) instead of the substance of it? To me it's quite clear: absolutely nothing.
  - theodric 2y ago
    'Bike shedding', in the context of the current Irish bike shed controversy - heh
    - LinuxAmbulance 2y ago
      What is the Irish bike shed controversy?
      - KineticLensman 2y ago
        https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/09/06/its-not-even-a-shed-a-summary-of-the-leinster-house-bike-shelter-controversy/ https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/09/06/its-not-eve...
      - talideon 2y ago
        Oof! Too soon!
stetrain 2y ago
I wouldn't call the quality and readability of the written text "tangential", it's not about the CSS styling. I don't think it's quite as bad as the above commenter seems to think it is, but they're welcome to that opinion.
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
  > I wouldn't call the quality and readability of the written text "tangential" The topic in this comment section is the "transition year" in Irish secondary schools. The format of the website which introduces that topic is tangential to that topic. I don't know where one would get the idea that a tangent that's not about CSS styling is not a tangent.
  - stetrain 2y ago
    The topic is also a specific article about that transition year. I don't think that commenting about an article being particularly well-written, easy to understand, or having nice examples would be against the guidelines here. If discussion of anything but the underlying subject of the link - including references to the writer, quality, and content of the writing - were considered tangential to the point of being against the guidelines to discuss, then surely so would commenting that another comment is against the guidelines.

by piva00 2y ago

Rendello 2y ago

Is the overall quality tangential?

piva00 2y ago
I'd say so, it doesn't develop any discussion or conversation, it's bike shedding. Even more that overall quality is a question of judgment, I read the article perfectly fine and the writing style wasn't a distraction. What do you think we gain in the discussion by debating the quality of writing (which was entirely passable) instead of the substance of it? To me it's quite clear: absolutely nothing.
- theodric 2y ago
  'Bike shedding', in the context of the current Irish bike shed controversy - heh
  - LinuxAmbulance 2y ago
    What is the Irish bike shed controversy?
    - KineticLensman 2y ago
      https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/09/06/its-not-even-a-shed-a-summary-of-the-leinster-house-bike-shelter-controversy/ https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2024/09/06/its-not-eve...
    - talideon 2y ago
      Oof! Too soon!

stetrain 2y ago

I wouldn't call the quality and readability of the written text "tangential", it's not about the CSS styling. I don't think it's quite as bad as the above commenter seems to think it is, but they're welcome to that opinion.

lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago
> I wouldn't call the quality and readability of the written text "tangential" The topic in this comment section is the "transition year" in Irish secondary schools. The format of the website which introduces that topic is tangential to that topic. I don't know where one would get the idea that a tangent that's not about CSS styling is not a tangent.
- stetrain 2y ago
  The topic is also a specific article about that transition year. I don't think that commenting about an article being particularly well-written, easy to understand, or having nice examples would be against the guidelines here. If discussion of anything but the underlying subject of the link - including references to the writer, quality, and content of the writing - were considered tangential to the point of being against the guidelines to discuss, then surely so would commenting that another comment is against the guidelines.