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I thought it was interesting? It's not even like the author himself came here and put it in front of you. I can send you some links with much more comprehensive

by hullo 12y ago

I thought it was interesting? It's not even like the author himself came here and put it in front of you. I can send you some links with much more comprehensive displays of vacuousness on the internet if you need some solid targets.

tacos 12y ago
And it's not like the author has a comment section so I can tell him there. Call me a dick if you like, but I'd love the web to contain a little middleground between mindless listicles and sentences like "Technically, the errors above come from ksh, when execve fails because there’s no room left in the new process to copyout argv." I know what those words mean, I'm doubly-sure Ted does, and I'm sure it'd be a far better post if he spent another thirty words on the issue.
- Goronmon 12y ago
  Call me a dick if you like, but I'd love the web to contain a little middleground between mindless listicles and sentences like... And I'd love the web if people could provide criticism without overwhelming amounts of sarcasm and put downs. We can't always get what we want. You're post easily could have said something along the lines of Interesting subject matter, but I would appreciate the article more if it either contained more technical details on the issue, or provided more context around the issue itself and it's implications.
- striking 12y ago
  Feel free to email him tedu@tedunangst.com or tweet @tedunangst Just because there's a comment section doesn't mean you can't comment. You can read James Hague's thoughts on the matter here: http://prog21.dadgum.com/57.html http://prog21.dadgum.com/57.html
  - tacos 12y ago
    Or I can choose to leave a comment on HN and raise the broader issue of lack of context, something that plagues a lot of tech bloggers. If the first words I see when I arrive on a site are "guest" and "flak," and then there's a misleading headline, and the seventh through ninth word in the post itself is "OpenBSD install kernels" with no further explanation as to what that is then I reserve the right to express both a local and global observation regarding the quality of the information as presented. I'm amused that this is downvote central but turning a valid observation into a slightly lighter shade of beige isn't refuting my argument.
    - edwintorok 12y ago
      I originally read this article following a link from undeadly.org, the "OpenBSD journal", which provided enough context for me: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150209112628 http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150209112628
      - tacos 12y ago
        I truly find this fascinating. That site has what appears to be a pokemon character wearing a drum kit, adds the line "Home: :Add Story: :Archives: :About: :Create Account: :Login:" and proceeds to quote the opening of the article while providing absolutely no additional information. CmdrTaco used to provide a transitional sentence or two, and that's what made sites that look just like OpenBSD Journal actually have appeal and usefulness. Has the internet forgotten this lesson too?

by hullo 12y ago

tacos 12y ago

And it's not like the author has a comment section so I can tell him there. Call me a dick if you like, but I'd love the web to contain a little middleground between mindless listicles and sentences like "Technically, the errors above come from ksh, when execve fails because there’s no room left in the new process to copyout argv." I know what those words mean, I'm doubly-sure Ted does, and I'm sure it'd be a far better post if he spent another thirty words on the issue.

Goronmon 12y ago
Call me a dick if you like, but I'd love the web to contain a little middleground between mindless listicles and sentences like... And I'd love the web if people could provide criticism without overwhelming amounts of sarcasm and put downs. We can't always get what we want. You're post easily could have said something along the lines of Interesting subject matter, but I would appreciate the article more if it either contained more technical details on the issue, or provided more context around the issue itself and it's implications.
striking 12y ago
Feel free to email him tedu@tedunangst.com or tweet @tedunangst Just because there's a comment section doesn't mean you can't comment. You can read James Hague's thoughts on the matter here: http://prog21.dadgum.com/57.html http://prog21.dadgum.com/57.html
- tacos 12y ago
  Or I can choose to leave a comment on HN and raise the broader issue of lack of context, something that plagues a lot of tech bloggers. If the first words I see when I arrive on a site are "guest" and "flak," and then there's a misleading headline, and the seventh through ninth word in the post itself is "OpenBSD install kernels" with no further explanation as to what that is then I reserve the right to express both a local and global observation regarding the quality of the information as presented. I'm amused that this is downvote central but turning a valid observation into a slightly lighter shade of beige isn't refuting my argument.
  - edwintorok 12y ago
    I originally read this article following a link from undeadly.org, the "OpenBSD journal", which provided enough context for me: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150209112628 http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20150209112628
    - tacos 12y ago
      I truly find this fascinating. That site has what appears to be a pokemon character wearing a drum kit, adds the line "Home: :Add Story: :Archives: :About: :Create Account: :Login:" and proceeds to quote the opening of the article while providing absolutely no additional information. CmdrTaco used to provide a transitional sentence or two, and that's what made sites that look just like OpenBSD Journal actually have appeal and usefulness. Has the internet forgotten this lesson too?