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The true story isn't anything more than I think your writing would be a whole lot more effective if you weren't so impressed by yourself. Your blog reads like a

The true story isn't anything more than I think your writing would be a whole lot more effective if you weren't so impressed by yourself. Your blog reads like an ongoing hagiography of the sort the North Koreans would write. While that vanity gets tiring, it's not a crime. What's maddening is your lack of intellectually honest engagement of critique on that or any other matter. And your position, implied by your comments, that others cannot disagree unless their accomplishments somehow match yours is frankly stomach-turning from the perspective of a hacker culture that's all about upsetting the status quo. I went on at great length here if that's interesting to you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5744686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5744686

takluyver 13y ago
I've just gone and read through a few recent entries from Dave's blog. I can see some name dropping, but I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. It's not a self-serving hagiography, at least from my sample. He's proud of what he's done, but I expect a degree of that in a blog. If you don't like his style of writing, you don't have to read it. You accuse him of refusing to engage with criticism, which is quite a serious claim in a community that prides itself on rational discourse. Other commenters have also alluded to this, though I've not seen evidence for it. There's a fine line between critical responses that you should engage with and personal attacks that can be ignored. Your comment here doesn't read like constructive criticism to me.
- davewiner 13y ago
  It's a blog for crying out loud! I've written in other contexts where it's a different tone. But that's how blogs are.
davewiner 13y ago
Daniel, you need to understand something -- it's a blog. That's what blogs are about. One person's view of things. It's not intended to be objective. Now, you don't engage in "intellectually honest critiques." If you think that's what you're doing, try getting a second opinion on that. You're a flamer. I don't engage with people who do that. Sorry. I don't like your style -- I don't imagine you care about that, just as I don't care whether you like the way I write.
davewiner 13y ago
Can I suggest if you find it tiring that you save yourself a lot of trouble and just don't read it? You know that's what most people do with stuff they don't like. Not questioning your sanity Daniel, but come on -- really, that's much of an excuse! :-)
davewiner 13y ago
So now we know you don't respond to critics either! :-)

takluyver 13y ago

I've just gone and read through a few recent entries from Dave's blog. I can see some name dropping, but I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. It's not a self-serving hagiography, at least from my sample. He's proud of what he's done, but I expect a degree of that in a blog. If you don't like his style of writing, you don't have to read it. You accuse him of refusing to engage with criticism, which is quite a serious claim in a community that prides itself on rational discourse. Other commenters have also alluded to this, though I've not seen evidence for it. There's a fine line between critical responses that you should engage with and personal attacks that can be ignored. Your comment here doesn't read like constructive criticism to me.

davewiner 13y ago
It's a blog for crying out loud! I've written in other contexts where it's a different tone. But that's how blogs are.

davewiner 13y ago

Daniel, you need to understand something -- it's a blog. That's what blogs are about. One person's view of things. It's not intended to be objective. Now, you don't engage in "intellectually honest critiques." If you think that's what you're doing, try getting a second opinion on that. You're a flamer. I don't engage with people who do that. Sorry. I don't like your style -- I don't imagine you care about that, just as I don't care whether you like the way I write.

davewiner 13y ago

Can I suggest if you find it tiring that you save yourself a lot of trouble and just don't read it? You know that's what most people do with stuff they don't like. Not questioning your sanity Daniel, but come on -- really, that's much of an excuse! :-)

davewiner 13y ago

So now we know you don't respond to critics either! :-)