3 ms·

Does your back hurt from moving those goalposts?

• hosay123 14y ago
  Are you objecting to the removal of "overpriced" (irrelevant opinion) or the addition of specific examples?
  • jfb 14y ago
    You made a claim ("It would take an immensely ballsy release engineer to approve switching from GCC to clang even for a modestly sized, mature codebase"); people pointed out counter-examples (Apple and Google); you move the goalposts. Would it have killed you to admit that you were wrong in the post as written?
    • hosay123 14y ago
      There is little motivation in commenting unless in the process I can enhance or validate my understanding. Often this naturally means arguing details until out of breath, or my diatribe is so sufficiently beaten back that I'm too exasperated to continue – at which point the topic will sink in, until reiterated at some later date in some later argument – with a level of belief that cannot be attained unless all alternatives have first been eliminated. I'd much rather die fierce yet wrong than live a life shrouded in vagueness.
      • jfb 14y ago
        So, no.
        • deleted 14y ago
          [deleted]
      • hugbox 14y ago
        Well, your post definitely was "fierce, yet wrong." So mission accomplished, I guess!
      • vor_ 14y ago
        > I'd much rather die fierce yet wrong than live a life shrouded in vagueness. You'd rather be loudly wrong than humbly corrected. A strange sentiment to hold.