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Yikes, guys/girls. I got downvoted to -4 points for a misunderstanding or something. Because the author of the website would probably agree with my simple point

Yikes, guys/girls. I got downvoted to -4 points for a misunderstanding or something. Because the author of the website would probably agree with my simple point that although the Principia Mathematica tried to do the impossible, there is still utility for its value as a programming self-teaching resource for serious students of computer science. Wow. Yeah. You guys ironically didn't just throw out the baby with the bath water thing. You burned me at the stake like a witch for heresy. Due to your cognitive biases and distortions. You guys are Imperium of Mankind coded or something?

gjm11 2mo ago
> I got downvoted to -4 points > You burned me at the stake like a witch for heresy. I think you should try to get a better sense of proportion. Also: > my simple point that although the Principia Mathematica tried to do the impossible, there is still utility for its value as a programming self-teaching resource I don't know what your original intention actually was, but your comment read to me very much as (1) implying that the OP was claiming that PM is useful for making people into better Typescript programmers (which OP very much does not claim) and (2) making fun of the OP for making such a claim while (3) calling the enterprise of which PM was a part "childish". All of which seems to me like rather the sort of thing that does deserve downvoting to -4, though for what it's worth I didn't downvote you.
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asimpletune 2mo ago
Sometimes it's worth revisiting the site guidelines on comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments I'm guessing people downvoted you for snark.
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bulbar 2mo ago
That would have made more sense as a reply to your own posting, because it doesn't bring the discussion forward or address my points (if any).
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gjm11 2mo ago

> I got downvoted to -4 points > You burned me at the stake like a witch for heresy. I think you should try to get a better sense of proportion. Also: > my simple point that although the Principia Mathematica tried to do the impossible, there is still utility for its value as a programming self-teaching resource I don't know what your original intention actually was, but your comment read to me very much as (1) implying that the OP was claiming that PM is useful for making people into better Typescript programmers (which OP very much does not claim) and (2) making fun of the OP for making such a claim while (3) calling the enterprise of which PM was a part "childish". All of which seems to me like rather the sort of thing that does deserve downvoting to -4, though for what it's worth I didn't downvote you.

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asimpletune 2mo ago

Sometimes it's worth revisiting the site guidelines on comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#comments I'm guessing people downvoted you for snark.

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bulbar 2mo ago

That would have made more sense as a reply to your own posting, because it doesn't bring the discussion forward or address my points (if any).

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