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Where by "self promotion" you mean "sharing his thoughts"?
by tptacek 11mo ago
Where by "self promotion" you mean "sharing his thoughts"?
- NaOH 11mo agoI have no issue with simonw's work/comments; I've never gone near it because it's far afield from my non-tech world. He is, though, someone who breaks one HN guideline: >Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity. His submissions here are usually to his own work. Admittedly, that HN guideline is like an obscure 19th-century law which is still on the books that few know of and is never enforced. Even so, he's clearly well-regarded based on the amount of conversation his blog posts elicit.
- tptacek 11mo agoI don't know why he would bother submitting any of his own pieces --- they're all going to get submitted anyways.
- nsagent 11mo ago[flagged]
- tptacek 11mo agoHis LLM tool rules. I cite it too. Used it a bunch earlier this year for the municipal data work I was donig. Why wouldn't he cite it? Avoiding these kinds of mean-spirited criticisms would require him to twist himself into a pretzel. I'd rather we just all agree not to say shit like this.
- cindyllm 11mo ago[dead]
- matsemann 11mo agoWhy can't the thoughts be shared here, though, instead of always a link "to read more" somewhere else? To read my full comment to you, visit my webpage.