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Wikipedia isn’t as prominent as it was in my day, and Google isn’t as good.
by rusk 1y ago
Wikipedia isn’t as prominent as it was in my day, and Google isn’t as good.
- jibal 1y agoEven if true this isn't relevant.
- rusk 1y ago[flagged]
- jibal 1y agoTotally false things are clear to you? Ah well. I'm not hating on anyone, fundamentally dishonest person. P.S. I helped develop the ARPANET and my name is mentioned in RFC 57. P.P.S. My comment included the Wikipedia link ... so much for having something useful to add ... I did, you apparently don't. The whole idea that asking HN--a form of social media with all of its problems--is asking experts but reading Wikipedia (not a "conventional communication channel")--written/curated/edited by experts isn't is completely nuts.
- rusk 1y ago> I'm not hating on anyone, fundamentally dishonest person. Quite. Wikipedia link is fine. Condescending snark is not. But you seem to be just “that kind of person” so maybe you just don’t really know you’re doing it and in your quieter moments wonder why your friends talk over you all the time.
- aizk 1y agoWikipedia is fine, I just wanted to start a conversation on this site because many users here were around when usenet was big.
- rusk 1y agoWikipedia is indeed fine, but it’s been pushed way down the search rankings. In my day the answers Google would give you would be one and the same with Wikipedia pretty much. Wikipedia has had its credibility attacked unfairly in my opinion, probably because it flies in the face of post truth. Anyway, Wikipedia link is a perfectly appropriate response in my opinion but the snark is not.