Re:Israel's autonomous 'robo-snipers' and suicide drones rai...
by dang on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @03:44PM
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> This may actually win the award for most ridiculous comment ever written on HN.
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That's our version of "Please don't feed the trolls". The GP comment was egregious and deservedly flagged. Discussion can and should stop there. It's the reasonable and/or semi-reasonable replies to egregious comments that actually turn these threads into conflagrations.
In that case you broke the site guidelines by replying, and so perpetuating the flamewar, leading to hellish places like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26460291. Please note:
"Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead."
That's our version of "Please don't feed the trolls". The GP comment was egregious and deservedly flagged. Discussion can and should stop there. It's the reasonable and/or semi-reasonable replies to egregious comments that actually turn these threads into conflagrations.
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