Re:Things you didn't know about Python
by dmorgan on Friday October 05, 2012 @01:21PM
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>To imply being 19 or age in general has anything to do with being vocal or a fan is agism.
It's also true.
>What makes zalew believe those posts where made by 19 year olds? Last time I checked, HN did not require age verification or disclosed such information about its members.
Most of the pages linked touting new technologies have an "about" page or a bio of the author.
Also, older devs have enough years of experience with other people --on the job, on the web, on conferences etc--, to know that it's mostly young developers that go crazy over such things.
It's also true.
>What makes zalew believe those posts where made by 19 year olds? Last time I checked, HN did not require age verification or disclosed such information about its members.
Most of the pages linked touting new technologies have an "about" page or a bio of the author.
Also, older devs have enough years of experience with other people --on the job, on the web, on conferences etc--, to know that it's mostly young developers that go crazy over such things.