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You didn't quote the guidelines!

Could I get one more downvote?

Hooray, another downvote!!!1!!!

Most software engineers think about problems in bureaucratic (object-oriented) ways and not in formal ways, because they have been ruined by their "training". Once they have a job,…

Now some WP-admin will quote the HN guidelines and feel proud.

"Hacker" News is getting more and more fun. Always the same 20+ people commenting, idiotic downvotes, uninformed comments. Here is another chance for downvoting for the WP-admin ty…

What is the point? Children need to learn how to think, not how to code.

Wow, after 7 days someone has bothered to downvote this. Here, you have another chance.

Usually comments that complain about downvotes are downvoted. Have another go, perhaps you'll reach -20. If you persist, you will be eminently qualified as a Wikipedia admin.

Downvoted again by mindless mainstream. Have another go, perhaps you'll reach -10.

Perhaps don't put your system in the path of a proton beam? I've had a large test suite that consistently used 8GB running for three years without ECC RAM. Any bit flip would have …

It's an essay, not a comprehensive treatise that might fill 1000 pages. I was glad to see some of the old pg back. His startup essays tended to be bit artificial, as if he had to f…

WWII had a cohesive effect on the American society and economy that lasted approximately until the 1980s. The results were more equality and less fragmentation during that period. …

I don't see how that follows. Consultants like Bruce Eckel have moved from C++ via Java to Python.

The current design is closer to the original design. Wait a couple of years, and the design you like will be back. Everything goes in circles for the reasons other people have ment…

The process of creating cross links in one's mind that are actually still available when not staring at google.com works far better when in sitting in a library and reading actual …

I'm pretty sure it isn't, but this question could be a trap.