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>It is a truly revolting submission. This is the problem. The MSM is full of hyperbole. One nice thing about HN is that it is rarely rewarded here. You could
by markkat 14y ago
>It is a truly revolting submission.
This is the problem. The MSM is full of hyperbole. One nice thing about HN is that it is rarely rewarded here.
You could have said:
People are hostile to that posting because it talks down to its readers by being a gigantic infographic. It could have been explained in a few paragraphs of text. Also, the idea appears to be made by people with a preference for form over function. Therefore it has little practical merit.
It would have made the same point, without the hostility or hyperbole.
Personally, I found the overall idea unrealistic, but it was interesting to see Wikipedia mocked up in another way. Their schematic using the color bars for languages gave me some ideas.
- debacle 14y agoBut to anyone who understands the dichotomy between those people and the people who get real work done, "revolting" is the right word.
- markkat 14y agoIMO so readily putting people into groups of 'approval' and 'disapproval' based upon such limited information is a mistake. Quickly writing off others as those people seems close-minded, and you can miss out on a lot of opportunities with such an attitude.
- debacle 14y agoThe nice thing about opinions is that you can change them more often than you change your underwear.
- markkat 14y agoSure, but inconsistency of opinion isn't a very admirable trait.
- debacle 14y agoI'd rather be right than consistent.
- jeremyarussell 14y agoI'd rather be consistently right.
- debacle 14y agoNot everyone can be tptacek.
- iamben 14y agoBut surely this depends on your perspective of 'real work'? The guy that spends 13 hours a day shovelling fish heads probably thinks that my 9 hours in a chair in front of a screen doesn't really consist of 'real work'.
- debacle 14y ago> The guy that spends 13 hours a day shovelling fish heads probably thinks that my 9 hours in a chair in front of a screen doesn't really consist of 'real work'. You can't tell me that you've never wondered if he was right.
- shrughes 14y agoHyperbole is part of communication and so is "tone". Hacker News does not run on Lojban.