Re:Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?
by pmarreck on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:40AM
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Why do you think your opinion has any chance of validity on this matter unless you have existed both without and with a kid? This is like people bashing Apple without having ever used an Apple product, or who have merely played with the neighbor's Apple product
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Re:Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?
by eduren on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:03AM
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Wait, they don't have a right to an opinion? I mean, sure, call them wrong, but to say they're not allowed to express a thought?
Re:Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?
by notburnt on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:10AM
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that doesn't mean unfounded opinion has to be respected or borne just because.
Too many things people say are "just because I think so" without much thinking going into why or how they came to that conclusion. So, maybe calling out baselessly opinionated people is ok?
As an aside, seems like the response was in the same tone as the parent's comment.
Re:Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?
by eduren on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @10:21AM
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I agree that the tone is the same in both cases.
>So, maybe calling out baselessly opinionated people is ok?
Of course it's okay. But call them out by saying they're wrong/baseless/uninformed, not by dismissing their "right to an opinion".
Re:Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up?
by notburnt on Thursday March 09, 2017 @07:48AM
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I read it as: "your opinion is wrong because you don't seem to have the requisite experience".
And, in such cases, I don't think people can be allowed hide behind the "right to an opinion". If you think about it, this is the source of "alternate facts".
But, hey, that's just my opinion :)