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> Well my disappearance is because you're a pain to talk to Hey, honestly I'd love to refine my comments with an LLM to make them easier to read and follow, bu

by 9rx 7mo ago

> Well my disappearance is because you're a pain to talk to Hey, honestly I'd love to refine my comments with an LLM to make them easier to read and follow, but that isn't allowed. I'd ask you to do it but you've already indicated that would be a pain, and I haven't asked as I already assumed the same. So, the best I can offer is my best-effort to contend with the language. I can empathize with you having to deal with my poor fluency, but English can't be everyone's native tongue, and you did understand that going into this. If it was that bothersome to you, why would you have replied at all? Actions speak louder than words. > I could go into how referring to a nonspecific person by their job title is not dehumanizing them the way you claim If you could, you would have already. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversation that will never happen is the epitome of bad faith participation. What are you trying to accomplish with that? > and acting like nobody uses the upvote button... I'm sure in the history of HN someone has pressed it accidentally, if that's what you mean? Nobody had pressed it on the specific comment you are referring to at the time of writing. And I am not sure why they would have. Was there something about that comment that would make you think someone would purposefully go out of their way press a button that does nothing for? I thought that would go without saying, but I will point out that it wasn't stated as an absolute. I did pose it as a question to open the opportunity for someone acting in good faith to provide an alternative perspective. That said, we now have proof it was read and an alternative perspective never came, so, unless I was being trolled again, my assumption held up.

Dylan16807 7mo ago
> If you could, you would have already. I don't have infinite time. It's such a basic concept and it's so hard to argue with someone so stubborn. I can't stop you from thinking you're right anyway, but someone walking away from an argument doesn't mean you out-logiced them. And the problem isn't fluency. > Was there something about that comment that would make you think someone would purposefully go out of their way press a button that does nothing for? It's really simple. I downvoted it, and it still had a positive score. So someone had upvoted it. > in the history of HN someone has pressed it accidentally > it wasn't stated as an absolute Even as a non-absolute, it's really off. A big fraction of comments on this site get upvotes. I'd bet money it's more than 25%.
- 9rx 7mo ago
  > I don't have infinite time. If it requires infinite time to get into it, you can't get into it. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversation that will never happen is the epitome of bad faith participation. What are you trying to accomplish with that? > I downvoted it, and it still had a positive score. So someone had upvoted it. Again, why would someone upvote it? Where did you even get this idea that your vote counts? It is well documented across a number of moderator posts and elsewhere that HN's voting system isn't a simple 1:1 algorithm. Even one of the first few entires in the FAQ explains that not all votes count. It remains that there is no logical explanation for as to why someone would read the comment you refer to and then press a button that does absolutely nothing. You claim to have pressed a button that does nothing and you still have been unable to explain why you would take time out of your day to do it. If true, presumably it was accidental. It goes without saying that nobody would read the comment and then (purposefully) press a button that does nothing, no?

by 9rx 7mo ago

Dylan16807 7mo ago

> If you could, you would have already. I don't have infinite time. It's such a basic concept and it's so hard to argue with someone so stubborn. I can't stop you from thinking you're right anyway, but someone walking away from an argument doesn't mean you out-logiced them. And the problem isn't fluency. > Was there something about that comment that would make you think someone would purposefully go out of their way press a button that does nothing for? It's really simple. I downvoted it, and it still had a positive score. So someone had upvoted it. > in the history of HN someone has pressed it accidentally > it wasn't stated as an absolute Even as a non-absolute, it's really off. A big fraction of comments on this site get upvotes. I'd bet money it's more than 25%.

9rx 7mo ago
> I don't have infinite time. If it requires infinite time to get into it, you can't get into it. Trying to tantalize us with the prospect of engaging conversation that will never happen is the epitome of bad faith participation. What are you trying to accomplish with that? > I downvoted it, and it still had a positive score. So someone had upvoted it. Again, why would someone upvote it? Where did you even get this idea that your vote counts? It is well documented across a number of moderator posts and elsewhere that HN's voting system isn't a simple 1:1 algorithm. Even one of the first few entires in the FAQ explains that not all votes count. It remains that there is no logical explanation for as to why someone would read the comment you refer to and then press a button that does absolutely nothing. You claim to have pressed a button that does nothing and you still have been unable to explain why you would take time out of your day to do it. If true, presumably it was accidental. It goes without saying that nobody would read the comment and then (purposefully) press a button that does nothing, no?