The trouble with snidely expressed truth is that the snideness ends up dominating the discussion more than the truth does, and these effects compound over time. Therefore it's important to focus on simply expressing the truth as one understands it, as indeed you did in your comment here.
This is one point where the discourse on a large internet forum differs from that of smaller, more cohesive groups. We have to be vigilant about this on HN because we're more vulnerable to those compounding effects. The discussion doesn't naturally right itself and return to interesting things.
This is one point where the discourse on a large internet forum differs from that of smaller, more cohesive groups. We have to be vigilant about this on HN because we're more vulnerable to those compounding effects. The discussion doesn't naturally right itself and return to interesting things.