I would be wary about parsing any text below the words "RANT MODE ON" all caps in bold as technical discussion.

I don't know if this is a general failing of people's critical thinking abilities, a sloppiness in their reading, or something else, but I have noticed over the past (feels like) few years a growing problem:

A lot of folks conflate personal insults ("you, ggambetta, are clearly a dunderhead when it comes to reading comments") with general sentiments about a group or abstract population ("Hacker News posters tend to be overly sensitive to the point of being crybabies").

A great deal of the flavor and comedy in writing, especially pieces that are self-identified rants, are not from personal insults but instead from hyperbolic and sometime vitriolic statements about an abstract other.

Spot on and this was firmly written with tongue in cheek! It's funny because it's true though. I harbor no ill will to anyone. Also, a nice ending to this whole thing, the original poster found the article, and halfway through reading it, realized it was about them and posted a comment!

On the other hand, I really love those personal insults. They get the point across. Maybe there's something wrong with me?

there's a difference between being angry at people and insulting them. he was definitely pissed off, but he didn't insult anyone.

I can't sympathize with a technical discussion Mandarin. Lucky it is a big internet with lots of blogs.