Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone?

Re:Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone? by forgotmypasswd on Friday July 17, 2009 @04:14PM (#710684)

Lol. I just realized that the [scribd] tag was a separate link, and not a warning that the entire link was to scribd. I guess not everyone hates scribd as much as me.

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Re:Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone? by nkurz on Saturday July 18, 2009 @04:22AM (#711539)

I've had the same experience, and had been avoiding such links as well. Regarding your 'hate', though, it may be worth noting that Scribd is a Ycombinator company.

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Re:Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone? by Zak on Saturday July 18, 2009 @12:28PM (#711877)

Are you suggesting that people should not express dislike of YC-funded companies here? I don't think we really want to encourage the creation of taboos like than here.

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Re:Software Engineering: An idea whose time has come and gone? by nkurz on Sunday July 19, 2009 @03:45AM (#712732)

No, I was suggesting the presence of links to Scribd may not be intended solely a convenience to the current HN audience. I do think there is some self-suppression occurring regarding YC companies, though. This is a good thing if it encourages more thought as to phrasing, and a bad thing if it creates a taboo.

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