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That was really really annoying and pointless. Why has this been up voted?

by mirsadm 13y ago

primelens 13y ago
I think it's a tutorial in disguise - about how not to make slideshows.
ivanbrussik 13y ago
because it has a cool title
jf 13y ago
This slideshow carries weight because it was written by the chief designer of the Ruby programming language.
clicks 13y ago
Because it's a poetic, hacker'ish celebration of something that all --err, some of us love so dearly.
- jff 13y ago
  Writing a single sentence fragment per slide for 75 slides does not make poetry.
  - pavanky 13y ago
    You have to realize he was probably talking about each of those points. Slides don't translate well into reading.
10098 13y ago
I agree. This presentation sucks because it could be written as a simple paragraph of text. There is no need for slides. It was upvoted only because it's by Yukihiro Matzumoto, the author of Ruby programming language.
_pmf_ 13y ago
> That was really really annoying and pointless. Why has this been up voted? Ruby. That's usually enough. Don't you know that no startup is a proper startup without using Ruby and then rewriting everything once they hit the magical 10 user limit (extreme scaling)? It's agile, you know.
- dschuler 13y ago
  Hey so I'm usually the first person to point out when something sucks, but this thread is soo negative. What's up with that? Is everyone on HN all about Python and Vi or what? I got into Ruby years ago, and I still think it's a lot of fun to write code in it. Sometimes I just need a break from C++ copy constructors and debugging -O3 optimized core files. Anyway, it's interesting to hear what influenced Matz in creating the language. Since you don't seem to like the machine performance of Ruby (understandable), what do you prefer? Do you find that runtime speed is an issue for your application? What are you application(s)?
awj 13y ago
Is this really the attitude you want to see in the community around you? There are pages full of other potentially interesting things just on this one site. Go find one that's interesting to you and be constructive.
unlogic 13y ago
So that some random pundit can leave an annoying and pointless comment on it. I wonder why HN users feel so entitled to getting only the articles they find interesting. I haven't seen this point in Terms & Conditions, have I missed it?

That was really really annoying and pointless. Why has this been up voted?

by mirsadm 13y ago

That was really really annoying and pointless. Why has this been up voted?

primelens 13y ago

I think it's a tutorial in disguise - about how not to make slideshows.

ivanbrussik 13y ago

because it has a cool title

jf 13y ago

This slideshow carries weight because it was written by the chief designer of the Ruby programming language.

clicks 13y ago

Because it's a poetic, hacker'ish celebration of something that all --err, some of us love so dearly.

jff 13y ago
Writing a single sentence fragment per slide for 75 slides does not make poetry.
- pavanky 13y ago
  You have to realize he was probably talking about each of those points. Slides don't translate well into reading.

10098 13y ago

I agree. This presentation sucks because it could be written as a simple paragraph of text. There is no need for slides. It was upvoted only because it's by Yukihiro Matzumoto, the author of Ruby programming language.

_pmf_ 13y ago

> That was really really annoying and pointless. Why has this been up voted? Ruby. That's usually enough. Don't you know that no startup is a proper startup without using Ruby and then rewriting everything once they hit the magical 10 user limit (extreme scaling)? It's agile, you know.

dschuler 13y ago
Hey so I'm usually the first person to point out when something sucks, but this thread is soo negative. What's up with that? Is everyone on HN all about Python and Vi or what? I got into Ruby years ago, and I still think it's a lot of fun to write code in it. Sometimes I just need a break from C++ copy constructors and debugging -O3 optimized core files. Anyway, it's interesting to hear what influenced Matz in creating the language. Since you don't seem to like the machine performance of Ruby (understandable), what do you prefer? Do you find that runtime speed is an issue for your application? What are you application(s)?

awj 13y ago

Is this really the attitude you want to see in the community around you? There are pages full of other potentially interesting things just on this one site. Go find one that's interesting to you and be constructive.

unlogic 13y ago

So that some random pundit can leave an annoying and pointless comment on it. I wonder why HN users feel so entitled to getting only the articles they find interesting. I haven't seen this point in Terms & Conditions, have I missed it?