Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010)

Re:Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010) by hostilefork on Saturday October 04, 2014 @08:05PM (#8411013)

Of all the things, of all the sites on the Internet, loading all the plugins and advertising weighing down your browser that you can handle... you complain that left and right cursor keys let you navigate entries? Your compass is set so straight, buddy. Thanks for making my day. I hate it when stuff I write gets picked up by sites like this where people like you offer your genius unto the world.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010) by striking on Saturday October 04, 2014 @11:04PM (#8411331)

...didn't realize you disliked this site so much. Sorry for putting you on the spot, I guess? I just thought your article was interesting.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010) by hostilefork on Sunday October 05, 2014 @10:55AM (#8412417)

Well I was in an irritated mood (it happens, often). And someone texted me as "you're on hackernews"...which is another one of these "we don't deign to comment on your blog but in invisible space you can't moderate and wouldn't even know about if someone didn't tell you" sites.

It irritates me that a low-tech site run by loudmouth self-important non-philosopher startup "We're Big Business" people is worshipped so mindlessly by the madding JavaScript crowds. I guess they don't know any better. They're kids.

And the logo... it's a Y. Must have taken a long time to make that! Can I trade my "points" here for anything besides meaningless points on something that is only slightly lower tech than Reddit?

It's not your fault that these people--this rep system--this fraud exists. But sadness for me and my heart, because I care about right answers and beautiful things. "Startups" and "entrepreneurs" who don't have a soul or an original idea in their head aren't part of my world. Show me something amazing, or come to me with a question. Not the junk from these clowns.

So I'm back to answering homework questions for poor kids in India who don't know that Turbo C is long discontinued. I want to improve the world.

I wish computers hadn't gotten cool enough to get on the radar of MBA wannabe mental lightweights.

http://api.ning.com/files/7p9j8xEwRdVx32byvos40sX-7FeEGhQJ6Z...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010) by krapp on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:54AM (#8412568)

>Can I trade my "points" here for anything besides meaningless points on something that is only slightly lower tech than Reddit?

Get some, and you can change the color of the header bar. Get about 500 and you can downvote people. That's about it.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Where the Printf Rubber Meets the Road (2010) by hostilefork on Sunday October 05, 2014 @11:23AM (#8412495)

Oooh. Zero points and gray. That's bad, is it? O noes.

Business, business business. Numbers. Is this working?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIqby7f5B4

[ Parent | on HN ]