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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by dang on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:37PM (#8800959)
"Charity" as in the Principle of Charity has a specialized meaning. It isn't about being nice (though we should do that too). It's about keeping discussions substantive. Since that is the raison d'etre of Hacker News threads, I do indeed think we can expect HN commenters to be charitable in this sense.
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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by waterlesscloud on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:54PM (#8801022)
And for the most part substantive posts get substantive comments.

This just isn't a substantive post. It's full of loaded language, highly questionable assertions, and doubtful anecdotes.

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Re:Let the Other 95% of Great Programmers In by read on Saturday December 27, 2014 @12:54PM (#8803272)
(1) You objected to the term "anti-immigration". If that phrase could be changed to something else that roughly means "oppose immigration" what phrase would you have used?

(2) If a phrase that you suggest is used, would this allow you to focus on the substance of the argument?

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