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> Nobody is inconvenienced by a 3.5s startup time of an application meant to run for hours or days. For the record, I measure acceptable latency in millisecond

> Nobody is inconvenienced by a 3.5s startup time of an application meant to run for hours or days. For the record, I measure acceptable latency in milliseconds. I think it has something to do with my brain. > which is literally admitting to being reflexively contrarian. They’re very clearly stating that they’re expressing their opinion because it is underrepresented. > Did you forget to make a point here? No.

throw10920 2mo ago
> For the record, I measure acceptable latency in milliseconds. I think it has something to do with my brain. That's a personal preference thing. You're not really being inconvenienced. > They’re very clearly stating that they’re expressing their opinion because it is underrepresented. That's literally the dictionary definition of being contrarian: "A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contrarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contrari... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrarian https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrarian I suggest consulting the dictionary before using terms you're not familiar with. > No. If you're going to copy-paste random pieces of text without making a point, you probably shouldn't be on HN. HN is for intellectual curiosity and debate, not Reddit-esque expressions of randomness conflated wuth humor.
- throwuxiytayq 2mo ago
  > you probably shouldn't be on HN. HN is for intellectual curiosity and debate, not Reddit-esque expressions of randomness conflated wuth humor. Thank you for this beautiful insight. Just to clarify, you consider yourself an intellectually curious, HN-worthy individual?

throw10920 2mo ago

> For the record, I measure acceptable latency in milliseconds. I think it has something to do with my brain. That's a personal preference thing. You're not really being inconvenienced. > They’re very clearly stating that they’re expressing their opinion because it is underrepresented. That's literally the dictionary definition of being contrarian: "A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite." https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contrarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contrarian https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/contrari... https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrarian https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/contrarian I suggest consulting the dictionary before using terms you're not familiar with. > No. If you're going to copy-paste random pieces of text without making a point, you probably shouldn't be on HN. HN is for intellectual curiosity and debate, not Reddit-esque expressions of randomness conflated wuth humor.

throwuxiytayq 2mo ago
> you probably shouldn't be on HN. HN is for intellectual curiosity and debate, not Reddit-esque expressions of randomness conflated wuth humor. Thank you for this beautiful insight. Just to clarify, you consider yourself an intellectually curious, HN-worthy individual?