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I'm also an Atwood fan. And he may have been pretentious in this particular post, but I find that for the most part he is quick to admit when he's wrong or lac
by mshafrir 17y ago
I'm also an Atwood fan. And he may have been pretentious in this particular post, but I find that for the most part he is quick to admit when he's wrong or lacking knowledge on a topic. He seems eager to learn.
- dinkumthinkum 17y agoReally? Like when? When he blames Wikipedia for his misunderstanding of P=NP? When complains like a little school girl that it's not his fault he doesn't know what "begging the question" means? Is he that eager to learn when he constantly bemoans how pointless it is to learn C or know anything about how computers actually work, save for when he fawns over a select few Turing award winners for whom he doesn't even understand the work of? Maybe you're right.
- igorgue 17y agowell... sorry to tell you this, but you're even more a fan of Jeff, practically you read all codinghorror articles
- dinkumthinkum 17y agoWell, someone keeps posting these things on HN! This is always a weak criticism: "How can you criticize something you know a lot about." It's actually kind of silly.
- nopassrecover 17y agoEspecially when if you criticised someone you knew nothing about you would be criticised too.
- igorgue 17y agojust stop reading him if it bother you a lot... for me you're not seeing all his articles objectively, since you criticize pretty much all codinghorror articles.