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Have you ever had a negative karma score placed on a comment? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 ( my memor

Have you ever had a negative karma score placed on a comment? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 ( my memory is a gift and a curse ;) )

adrianwaj 17y ago
How did you find it? Well done. PG's my hero, but how would you escape the negative sign below for a Google search so it works: "-9 points by pg" site:news.ycombinator.com I haven't had much success.
- kirubakaran 17y ago
  I searched in searchyc.com for pg blue as I remembered the comment that got down-voted. Also check this out : http://searchyc.com/user/pg?only=comments&sort=by_points_r http://searchyc.com/user/pg?only=comments&sort=by_points... I didn't use this method earlier though.
  - adrianwaj 17y ago
    Yes, just saw it, thx. How bizarre, for an item about Arc it was very taxing on Paul. Perhaps it just shows how no one really gets it, and why bother explaining if you do: those who know don't tell.
    - kirubakaran 17y ago
      I think I too voted that comment down, as I felt that it was not addressing the intent/spirit of that person's question, however ill-formed it might be considered to be. From your comment : Perhaps it just shows how no one really gets it, and why bother explaining if you do: those who know don't tell. IMHO this is a dangerous attitude to have towards a disagreement, as it can cloud your thinking.
      - adrianwaj 17y ago
        Quite. It's one half of a Zen proverb: a person cannot be told the truth- they have to realize it internally.
        kirubakaran 17y ago
        So if that proverb is a truth, why are you telling it to me? :-) That is just a statement that Zen monks used when they were logically cornered, I guess. I used to use it on my sister when I was a kid: "You won't know. Even if I explain, you can't comprehend." I think I used this to get her to trade her real coins for some "wax coins" that I made.

Have you ever had a negative karma score placed on a comment? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=190451 ( my memory is a gift and a curse ;) )

adrianwaj 17y ago

How did you find it? Well done. PG's my hero, but how would you escape the negative sign below for a Google search so it works: "-9 points by pg" site:news.ycombinator.com I haven't had much success.

kirubakaran 17y ago
I searched in searchyc.com for pg blue as I remembered the comment that got down-voted. Also check this out : http://searchyc.com/user/pg?only=comments&sort=by_points_r http://searchyc.com/user/pg?only=comments&sort=by_points... I didn't use this method earlier though.
- adrianwaj 17y ago
  Yes, just saw it, thx. How bizarre, for an item about Arc it was very taxing on Paul. Perhaps it just shows how no one really gets it, and why bother explaining if you do: those who know don't tell.
  - kirubakaran 17y ago
    I think I too voted that comment down, as I felt that it was not addressing the intent/spirit of that person's question, however ill-formed it might be considered to be. From your comment : Perhaps it just shows how no one really gets it, and why bother explaining if you do: those who know don't tell. IMHO this is a dangerous attitude to have towards a disagreement, as it can cloud your thinking.
    - adrianwaj 17y ago
      Quite. It's one half of a Zen proverb: a person cannot be told the truth- they have to realize it internally.
      - kirubakaran 17y ago
        So if that proverb is a truth, why are you telling it to me? :-) That is just a statement that Zen monks used when they were logically cornered, I guess. I used to use it on my sister when I was a kid: "You won't know. Even if I explain, you can't comprehend." I think I used this to get her to trade her real coins for some "wax coins" that I made.