One of the reasons I generally don't respond to responses to my comments is that so often they are along these lines.
Do you want to try and make me feel ashamed for making my comment (Something that is doomed to failure) or would you rather have a productive discussion?
Which answer do you think is better for the site?
And, for the record, I often go weeks without posting here because I have work to do.
As for hacker news not being what it could be, it is what it is and it is pretty good. Much as I try to kick the habit I keep coming back and reading.
I apologize for any offense I caused. I really like most of your stuff but the libertarian rants can get a bit much at times.
As for the vote counts, I could not care less. I'm happy they're no longer on public display since they were a great distraction.
Yes, but this happens a lot with you! There isn't a day that goes by without a post from you where you take some hook and use it to put up a wall of text (or even several walls) about the libertarian view ;).