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> No, it still causes confusion from new programmers, HR, execs who thinks JavaScript === writing Java Scripts. Anyone that stupid in 2025 is hopeless.

latexr 1y ago
Intelligence has nothing to do with it. You can’t deduce JavaScript and Java aren’t related, you have to be told/read that.
- javcasas 1y ago
  Neither you can deduce that car and carpet aren't related. For god's sake, even cars have carpets inside to add to the confusion!
  - latexr 1y ago
    Please don’t strawman. It’s that kind of exaggerated bad faith argument that propagates anti-intellectualism in society. I can’t believe I’m having to explain this, but you can show people a car and a carpet and they’ll understand how they differ. But if you show them two different programming languages, most people won’t be able to tell the difference. Just like most people see Chinese and Japanese, Swedish and Finnish, Portuguese and Spanish, and don’t know enough to distinguish one from the other, despite them having different names. They’re just similar-looking symbols organised in different ways.
    - javcasas 1y ago
      > Please don’t strawman. It’s that kind of exaggerated bad faith argument that propagates anti-intellectualism in society. Sure. Now I'm guilty of all the anti-intellectualism we are seeing, and the propagandists get to walk free, but ok.
    - dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
      [flagged]
      - ddtaylor 1y ago
        > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. and > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." HN Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - ddtaylor 1y ago
      Why is someone who has no understanding of anything related to the material running HR at this fictional company?
- ddtaylor 1y ago
  You can if you work in this industry and care about anything you do.
- brazukadev 1y ago
  It takes 30 seconds to learn it for life
Cheer2171 1y ago
And yet they are everywhere. I really wish I was allowed to do my own resume screening. Instead HR tells me who to interview.

latexr 1y ago

Intelligence has nothing to do with it. You can’t deduce JavaScript and Java aren’t related, you have to be told/read that.

javcasas 1y ago
Neither you can deduce that car and carpet aren't related. For god's sake, even cars have carpets inside to add to the confusion!
- latexr 1y ago
  Please don’t strawman. It’s that kind of exaggerated bad faith argument that propagates anti-intellectualism in society. I can’t believe I’m having to explain this, but you can show people a car and a carpet and they’ll understand how they differ. But if you show them two different programming languages, most people won’t be able to tell the difference. Just like most people see Chinese and Japanese, Swedish and Finnish, Portuguese and Spanish, and don’t know enough to distinguish one from the other, despite them having different names. They’re just similar-looking symbols organised in different ways.
  - javcasas 1y ago
    > Please don’t strawman. It’s that kind of exaggerated bad faith argument that propagates anti-intellectualism in society. Sure. Now I'm guilty of all the anti-intellectualism we are seeing, and the propagandists get to walk free, but ok.
  - dennis_jeeves2 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - ddtaylor 1y ago
      > Please don't post insinuations about astroturfing, shilling, brigading, foreign agents, and the like. It degrades discussion and is usually mistaken. and > When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." HN Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - ddtaylor 1y ago
    Why is someone who has no understanding of anything related to the material running HR at this fictional company?
ddtaylor 1y ago
You can if you work in this industry and care about anything you do.
brazukadev 1y ago
It takes 30 seconds to learn it for life

Cheer2171 1y ago

And yet they are everywhere. I really wish I was allowed to do my own resume screening. Instead HR tells me who to interview.