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Notch knocking down a strawman frontpages on HN.

• gruseom 14y ago
  This isn't even close to being a strawman. The argument put forward by Ric Richardson, Inventor is a bad one but that doesn't mean he intended it to be. On the contrary, Ric Richardson, Inventor intended it to justify predatory action against a real inventor and belittle anyone who has a problem with that. It gets my goat to hear people like this talk about others "stealing" technology they "invented". What these parasites invent is paperwork, the purpose of which is legalized extortion from people who really do invent things. They brazenly label themselves The Innovators to win the sympathy of a public (especially legislators and juries) who don't know enough to tell that they are frauds.
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• noonespecial 14y ago
  It's one thing to set up your own straw man and then knock him down, it's quite another when your enemy is actually made of straw.
• mikeash 14y ago
  "Strawman" means to make up a silly opposing position and then attack it, rather than attacking your actual opponent. It does not apply when your actual opponent is silly.
• zaroth 14y ago
  It does seems a bit ironic that we have a link to PG's original article on the front page, which talks about how to keep fluff pieces off the front page, at the same time as this piece from notch.