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The comment could be out of a genuine desire to understand what makes the code interesting. The brevity makes it a bit ambiguous.

• coldtea 14y ago
  No, the comment seems like the author being a jackass. A genuine desire to understand would have used different questions altogether.
  • zerr 14y ago
    It is actually a pretty neutral and dry comment, which is not necessary a "jackassness". Also, this is not a one-to-one conversation, other people read these threads as well. So some of them, which are genuinely interested, could benefit from detailed answers.
    • coldtea 14y ago
      >It is actually a pretty neutral and dry comment, which is not necessary a "jackassness". Not really convinced. Even something like "In what ways is this interesting? Can you explain?" would be way more neutral than the current one. If he was perplexed by something on the article he would ask more specific questions. As it stands, it's identical to tons of other dismissive comments that follow every announcement. It wants to imply the author is "too technical" for this, e.g "hmm, a yet another 3D engine just done on some new language this time? who cares" or "why is this on top of HN".