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(I'm sure there's going to be a plethora of commenters in the near future roundly criticizing the author for his tone) I strongly agree with the author on the

by akanet 13y ago

(I'm sure there's going to be a plethora of commenters in the near future roundly criticizing the author for his tone) I strongly agree with the author on the rampant disconnect between Mongo's actual quality and its marketed quality.

chris_wot 13y ago
Allow me to be the first. The tone is appalling.
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- coldtea 13y ago
  And since when do hackers care about "the tone"?
  - Jare 13y ago
    If you don't then you are a dumbass. :)
    - coldtea 13y ago
      So Linus Torvalds, widely known for his snarky retorts and offensive remarks, is a dumbass? I'm in good company then. But I'd rather think that being a dumbass is orthogonal to caring for tone.
      - Semiapies 13y ago
        Besides the obvious point of neither you nor the bug poster being Linux Torvalds, his famous excerpts are generally taken out of context after long arguments, and they're still more socially functional than this infantile bug report.
  - chris_wot 13y ago
    Since forever. Who are you to stereotype all hackers as uncaring, blunt, socially awkward and mean?
    - coldtea 13y ago
      >Since forever. Who are you to stereotype all hackers as uncaring, blunt, socially awkward and mean? Who's Paul Graham to stereotype hackers as socially awkward and blunt? http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html Who's Miguel De Icaza to do it?http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html As for me, I'm someone who's a geek and has been around geeks and/or hackers for ages. And you has read and seen most of the hacker folklore, from the dictionary, to Pirates of the Silicon Valley, to blogs to HN. I also don't like the "all" qualifier you used. That can make any (otherwise totally valid) generalisation appear wrong. A "stereotype" is not something that necessarily applies to ALL members of a group. It's just something that the statistical majority of some group holds. (Or course it can also not hold at all. But the hackers I know at least, would agree it holds for hackers, especially the more absorbed and technical ones -- e.g think Torvalds and Wozniak not DHH or some random startup coder who does some front end work and is otherwise a total hipster).

by akanet 13y ago

chris_wot 13y ago

Allow me to be the first. The tone is appalling.

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coldtea 13y ago
And since when do hackers care about "the tone"?
- Jare 13y ago
  If you don't then you are a dumbass. :)
  - coldtea 13y ago
    So Linus Torvalds, widely known for his snarky retorts and offensive remarks, is a dumbass? I'm in good company then. But I'd rather think that being a dumbass is orthogonal to caring for tone.
    - Semiapies 13y ago
      Besides the obvious point of neither you nor the bug poster being Linux Torvalds, his famous excerpts are generally taken out of context after long arguments, and they're still more socially functional than this infantile bug report.
- chris_wot 13y ago
  Since forever. Who are you to stereotype all hackers as uncaring, blunt, socially awkward and mean?
  - coldtea 13y ago
    >Since forever. Who are you to stereotype all hackers as uncaring, blunt, socially awkward and mean? Who's Paul Graham to stereotype hackers as socially awkward and blunt? http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html http://www.paulgraham.com/nerds.html Who's Miguel De Icaza to do it?http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html As for me, I'm someone who's a geek and has been around geeks and/or hackers for ages. And you has read and seen most of the hacker folklore, from the dictionary, to Pirates of the Silicon Valley, to blogs to HN. I also don't like the "all" qualifier you used. That can make any (otherwise totally valid) generalisation appear wrong. A "stereotype" is not something that necessarily applies to ALL members of a group. It's just something that the statistical majority of some group holds. (Or course it can also not hold at all. But the hackers I know at least, would agree it holds for hackers, especially the more absorbed and technical ones -- e.g think Torvalds and Wozniak not DHH or some random startup coder who does some front end work and is otherwise a total hipster).