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Re:How do transistors work, anyway? by purpleblue on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @11:57AM (#33790051)
You don't have the right to gatekeep on HN. There are plenty of people here that aren't Electrical engineers and the article will be great for them. I certainly enjoyed it. The thing I love about HN is exposure to various types of articles, even things not even remotely related to tech, and certainly YOU should not be some sort of purveyor about what belongs on HN or not.
Re:How do transistors work, anyway? by srvmshr on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @12:08PM (#33790190)
> You don't have the right to gatekeep on HN.

Absolutely not. But I have every right to point out where an article does a lot of handwaving & is plainly shallow.

> There are plenty of people here that aren't Electrical engineers and the article will be great for them.

Neither am I. Thats the best thing about being on HN. People are very passionate about the wave of information & its quality. Also if the SNR of articles weren't high & it was just another Medium, you & I won't be discussing its merits here. Thankfully HN posts manage to attract the curious minds.

> YOU should not be some sort of purveyor about what belongs on HN or not.

I dont. @dang does that. My job is to express my views constructively & debate logically without resorting to emotional barrage. You shouldn't either.

Re:How do transistors work, anyway? by purpleblue on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:00PM (#33792453)
>> You don't have the right to gatekeep on HN. >Absolutely not.

Then I suggest you stop. If you don't like an article, then you can skip it. There's nothing worse than people not liking an article and then decrying about it on the comments when all they need to do is move onto the next article.

Re:How do transistors work, anyway? by srvmshr on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:18PM (#33792676)
"And who should you be to command me that, Mi'lord?"

You are guilty of the very things you _presume_ I am doing: Gatekeeping. I have as much entitlement to expressing myself, as you, on this site if I am doing a constructive discussion. You don't like my critique of the post? Then move on - just like you suggest. Not my suggestion but yours

Trolling me is such a wasteful spending of your time. Better would be to mind your own business instead of telling me what topics I am allowed to post or not.

Re:How do transistors work, anyway? by purpleblue on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @07:14PM (#33795216)
Telling someone to stop gatekeeping is not gatekeeping.