Parable of the Stones

Re:Parable of the Stones by dvt on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @01:42PM (#5602854)

Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by sbuk on Wednesday April 24, 2013 @02:12PM (#5603036)

No more that the fawning over Google, or the posting of everything Linus says in his G+ stream, or the over-the-top criticism/lack criticism of Microsoft. Here is an idea; if it bothers you that much, don't read articles about Apple or Jobs, and don't comment on them either.

Apologies for the snark, but this type of comment is lazy and pointless. Trolling at it's most insipid.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by mehwoot on Thursday April 25, 2013 @12:22AM (#5605694)

this type of comment is lazy and pointless. Trolling at it's most insipid.

Here is an idea; if it bothers you that much, don't read it and don't comment on it either.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by sbuk on Thursday April 25, 2013 @02:28AM (#5605967)

I see what you did there. Very clever. I do tend to avoid the fawning articles about the actors I mentioned, hence the free advice. You what you and the others posting the soporific "bored of the Jobs worship" nonsense, or downvoting without reply, miss in the article is the take away that the anecdote is offering. This is due to your views of an individual that lead a company you deem less than worthy, for whatever ideological reason. Take the protagonist out of the story and it remains a good story. But you keep on doing what you are doing. No, really, your counter point was insightful.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by mehwoot on Thursday April 25, 2013 @03:30AM (#5606092)

Hold your horses, I was just replying to your comment, not the article content.

If people like the article, they should comment with why. If people don't like it, they should likewise do so. That way people can have discussions. The "if you don't like it go somewhere else" line of thinking is vapid and the world would be worse off if everybody did that. People should challenge each other.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by sbuk on Thursday April 25, 2013 @05:32AM (#5606359)

When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit. It's not a particularly useful or constructive discussion and it certainly doesn't "challenge" anything or anyone. It's whining, and IMHO trolling. As I pointed out, there seems to me to be as much fawning of Linus' G+ comments. As the OP of this particular branch perhaps admires Linus, he doesn't notice it as much. Cognitive bias in action. My suggestion, which I totally stand by, yet apologised for, was actually meant constructively.

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Re:Parable of the Stones by mehwoot on Thursday April 25, 2013 @07:08AM (#5606559)

When some has commented "Maybe it's just me, but the Jobs worship on HN is getting pretty annoying.", it is vapid, as you say and without any tangible value or merit.

I disagree. It started a discussion and then you replied with how it isn't really out of line for things that people like.

Cognitive bias in action.

Yes, I agree. That's why it is good that the person commented and you replied. If they had just ignored the article, they wouldn't have received that information. How would anybody ever learn anything if we just read and discussed those things we already agree with?

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Re:Parable of the Stones by sbuk on Thursday April 25, 2013 @08:19AM (#5606725)

Nothing of merit. It's wasted the time of at least three people. If the OP had kept such a petty thought to themselves, the world would be no worse off. Nothing insightful has been shared...

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