Re:An Unbelievable Demo
by yuppiemephisto on Friday June 04, 2021 @11:30AM
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I don't agree with that phrasing. A lot of people on that thread seemed sure cperciva was some arrogant dickhead bound for failure, but tarsnap is going a lot stronger than many of them are. Also people in the thread were amazingly rude to him, while he seemed pretty polite to me.
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I think you're giving cperciva too much credit. He was just as arrogant as people thought, and he was definitely defensive.
Re:An Unbelievable Demo
by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday June 04, 2021 @12:17PM
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I wonder how many people will downvote you without looking at your username?
This thread is turning out to be better than the one from 2007...
I can't downvote, but I am glad you said something because I didn't look!
But does he refer to himself in the third-person? That's the pinnacle of arrogance.
cperciva rarely refers to himself in the third person, but it does occasionally happen.
More often, we refer to ourselves in the first person plural.
Re:An Unbelievable Demo
by yuppiemephisto on Friday June 04, 2021 @08:22PM
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TIL. Sounded reasonable to me, so quite likely I'm arrogant too.
Tarsnap's still there though, so I'd say that's a good defense.