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Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tptacek on Monday June 16, 2008 @11:26AM (#218692)
Fuck yes it is.
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tptacek on Monday June 16, 2008 @12:14PM (#218733)
Addenda: is this perhaps the dumbest fucking question to be asked on this board? Fuckin' A right it is. Can someone draw a line between this topic and something that actually matters to a startup?
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by xlnt on Monday June 16, 2008 @12:54PM (#218788)
if it doesn't matter, why reply?
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tptacek on Monday June 16, 2008 @01:02PM (#218793)
You might ask yourself the same.
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by xlnt on Monday June 16, 2008 @02:18PM (#218905)
I replied to you because I was curious what you'd say. I am interested in human psychology.
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tptacek on Monday June 16, 2008 @02:20PM (#218908)
And you have confirmed how easy it is to bait me into snarky responses. Congratulations!
Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by xlnt on Monday June 16, 2008 @02:22PM (#218913)
Why are you getting snarky? I was perfectly serious. I think it's best to ignore silly things. Most people seem to give them a lot of attention. That's important. I want to know why they do that.

Possibly related, many people I know find it easier to think of things to say in reply to stuff that's mistaken than in reply to stuff that's accurate. So they spend more time engaging with mistakes than thinking about the good ideas they encounter. That's important too.

Re:Ask HN: Do you swear in your code? by tptacek on Monday June 16, 2008 @02:38PM (#218934)
Oh. I replied because it was fun to do so, and because I'm in an epic bout of procrastination.