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Hacker News title should have (mac) in it somewhere. I was very disappointed after opening it up :P

incision 14y ago
For future reference, Marco Arment (marco.org) is a notorious Apple fanboy (I hate to use the word, but in this case it's apt) and troll. Anything he writes is guaranteed to include smug Apple boasting and/or jabs at all things which are not. For example, I wrote the above statement before finding this in the article: "Chocolat: Very young, active development. It has the most modern Mac interface, but it also bears a creepy, uncomfortable, Samsung-like resemblance to TextMate: it’s effectively a TextMate clone with a few new features added." Never fails.
- kennywinker 14y ago
  > For future reference, Marco Arment (marco.org) is an iOS developer, and Apple enthusiast. He's also fairly opinionated. Anything he writes is guaranteed to include a strongly stated opinion, usually backed up with facts or at least a rationale for why he holds that viewpoint. Fixed.
  - incision 14y ago
    > Fixed. Cute. You must really be fan because that's another thing Arment likes to do. He writes snarky "fixed" versions of quotes from people saying remotely positive things about Android or anything that can be construed as negative about Apple. Opinionated, certainly, but I've found next to nothing in the way of facts in his arguments and rarely even a stated rationale. Face it, Arment is exactly what I described, even he knows it. He demonstrates it with pride: http://www.marco.org/2011/04/10/fanoboy-fan-boi http://www.marco.org/2011/04/10/fanoboy-fan-boi
    - swah 14y ago
      Meh. What if the Android phones he picked up weren't satisfactory to a guy used to Apple products? He recently praised the new Google 7" tablet.
    - kennywinker 14y ago
      "Fixed", or more popularly "Fixed That For You" (FTFY). Is a common internet-ism, found on message boards, reddit, blogs, etc. definitely not exclusive to Marco, though now that you mention it I do recall seeing him use it.
    - kennywinker 14y ago
      He sure hates when people are critical: http://www.marco.org/2012/07/26/mac-app-store-future http://www.marco.org/2012/07/26/mac-app-store-future of: http://www.marco.org/2011/03/03/a-rare-disagreement http://www.marco.org/2011/03/03/a-rare-disagreement Apple: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-hona... sources: google "marco arment critical apple"
      - incision 14y ago
        Three posts over the course of a year and a half from a guy who posts 70+ times a month. So he's a whole 0.23% critical of Apple? Great point! Seriously now, we both know the truth, stop grasping.
        kennywinker 14y ago
        Of course, because when I'm trying to argue on HN comments I always do comprehensive statistical analysis. I cited three articles, found in a couple of seconds, not the entire corpus of Marco's on-record statements regarding Apple.
  - smackfu 14y ago
    IMHO, his major failing is when he shares opinions on things he doesn't know much about. Saying "well, I haven't really looked into this much" should be the end of the sentence, not the beginning.
- batista 14y ago
  Troll? We're not 15 year olds, than you very much. Marco rights his opinion. He's pro-Apple to a degree I don't much like, but troll is a stupid accusation. He's not some teenage 4channer linkbaiting....

For future reference, Marco Arment (marco.org) is a notorious Apple fanboy (I hate to use the word, but in this case it's apt) and troll. Anything he writes is guaranteed to include smug Apple boasting and/or jabs at all things which are not. For example, I wrote the above statement before finding this in the article: "Chocolat: Very young, active development. It has the most modern Mac interface, but it also bears a creepy, uncomfortable, Samsung-like resemblance to TextMate: it’s effectively a TextMate clone with a few new features added." Never fails.

kennywinker 14y ago
> For future reference, Marco Arment (marco.org) is an iOS developer, and Apple enthusiast. He's also fairly opinionated. Anything he writes is guaranteed to include a strongly stated opinion, usually backed up with facts or at least a rationale for why he holds that viewpoint. Fixed.
- incision 14y ago
  > Fixed. Cute. You must really be fan because that's another thing Arment likes to do. He writes snarky "fixed" versions of quotes from people saying remotely positive things about Android or anything that can be construed as negative about Apple. Opinionated, certainly, but I've found next to nothing in the way of facts in his arguments and rarely even a stated rationale. Face it, Arment is exactly what I described, even he knows it. He demonstrates it with pride: http://www.marco.org/2011/04/10/fanoboy-fan-boi http://www.marco.org/2011/04/10/fanoboy-fan-boi
  - swah 14y ago
    Meh. What if the Android phones he picked up weren't satisfactory to a guy used to Apple products? He recently praised the new Google 7" tablet.
  - kennywinker 14y ago
    "Fixed", or more popularly "Fixed That For You" (FTFY). Is a common internet-ism, found on message boards, reddit, blogs, etc. definitely not exclusive to Marco, though now that you mention it I do recall seeing him use it.
  - kennywinker 14y ago
    He sure hates when people are critical: http://www.marco.org/2012/07/26/mac-app-store-future http://www.marco.org/2012/07/26/mac-app-store-future of: http://www.marco.org/2011/03/03/a-rare-disagreement http://www.marco.org/2011/03/03/a-rare-disagreement Apple: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/ http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-hona... sources: google "marco arment critical apple"
    - incision 14y ago
      Three posts over the course of a year and a half from a guy who posts 70+ times a month. So he's a whole 0.23% critical of Apple? Great point! Seriously now, we both know the truth, stop grasping.
      - kennywinker 14y ago
        Of course, because when I'm trying to argue on HN comments I always do comprehensive statistical analysis. I cited three articles, found in a couple of seconds, not the entire corpus of Marco's on-record statements regarding Apple.
- smackfu 14y ago
  IMHO, his major failing is when he shares opinions on things he doesn't know much about. Saying "well, I haven't really looked into this much" should be the end of the sentence, not the beginning.
batista 14y ago
Troll? We're not 15 year olds, than you very much. Marco rights his opinion. He's pro-Apple to a degree I don't much like, but troll is a stupid accusation. He's not some teenage 4channer linkbaiting....