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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by tomc1985 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @02:07PM (#15646446)
Every single one of those statements was subjective. Don't be fooled by my use of the word 'metric'. It is, frankly, amazing that people here expect one to have facts and citations for every little nitty point.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by ravitation on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @01:30PM (#15655369)
It's not about having a "fact or citation for every nitty point"... It's about having even a tiny grain of self-awareness before making a statement about the global state of software in 2017, and perhaps having the self-awareness to know that, generally speaking, your anecdote ("citation") is meaningless.

I guess at some point I need to stop being surprised that HN comments are really no better than Reddit's.

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