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It's really unfortunate though there there are people who can't resist the urge to shame others and enlighten the world with their sharp & intelligent wit, such
by shangxiao 12y ago
It's really unfortunate though there there are people who can't resist the urge to shame others and enlighten the world with their sharp & intelligent wit, such as the person who wrote:
"You have clearly not understood how the math works or why tail latencies matter in dist sys. I think we're done here."
Was the bluntness really necessary?
- pessimizer 12y agoIt's less 'blunt' than presumptive, wrong, and a dishonest, childish way to argue.
- votingprawn 12y ago> It's really unfortunate though there there are people who can't resist the urge to shame others and enlighten the world with their sharp & intelligent wit Amusingly this has now happened in another thread in these comments. The meaning of a post has been overshadowed by a conversation on how the author used word A when they really should have used word B, and then they were berated for trying to explain why they thought word A was acceptable in the context.
- seppo0010 12y agoI had to go look up that quote. https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527189222546227201 https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527189222546227201 He's saying he's quoted out of context now: https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527480854314905600 https://twitter.com/jmhodges/status/527480854314905600 Reading the full conversation I don't know how that's the case. Anyway, it doesn't change the point antirez is making on his post.
- votingprawn 12y agoAh sorry I was unclear - I was referring to an actual thread on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8526805 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8526805