The day Steve Jobs dissed me in a keynote (2010)

Post by angoragoats » Mon, Jul 27, 2026, 12:29 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #100

angoragoats wrote: post #98

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What if I told you I’ve been on HN since approximately when your account was created? Would that change your opinions at all? (Hint: ideally it shouldn’t, because basing your opinion on the age of my account when you have no other information about me is sloppy argumentation.) And FWIW, your comments are full of unsupported accusations of logical fallacies and unsupported assertions like “If someone writes a detailed…

> Would that change your opinions at all? It wouldn't, I'd be saddened that you don't know how to to have a civil discussion with others on a technical site after two decades, but I'd still feel that you should know that. > unsupported accusations of logical fallacies There's no point in writing something that can be be disproven by scrolling up the thread. Where I accused the other person of a logical fallacy, I wro…

Post by nailer » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 3:11 PM UTC

angoragoats wrote: post #101

nailer wrote: post #100

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> Would that change your opinions at all? It wouldn't, I'd be saddened that you don't know how to to have a civil discussion with others on a technical site after two decades, but I'd still feel that you should know that. > unsupported accusations of logical fallacies There's no point in writing something that can be be disproven by scrolling up the thread. Where I accused the other person of a logical fallacy, I wro…

> It wouldn't, I'd be saddened that you don't know how to to have a civil discussion with others on a technical site after two decades, but I'd still feel that you should know that. Are you saying that I've been uncivil in my discussions with you? If so, please do not falsely accuse me of something I didn't do. I've been civil this entire time (and just in case you missed it, I am not @Supermancho, the user who origi…

Post by nailer » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 2:30 PM UTC

angoragoats wrote: post #104

nailer wrote: post #103

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> > It wouldn't, I'd be saddened that you don't know how to to have a civil discussion with others on a technical site after two decades, but I'd still feel that you should know that. > Are you saying that I've been uncivil in my discussions with you? no

> no > If someone writes a detailed reply, replying ‘no’ is rude. You’re an amazing caricature of an internet commenter.

Post by nailer » Thu, Jul 30, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC

angoragoats wrote: post #106

nailer wrote: post #105

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You asked me a question. I'm not arguing with your detailed reply by responding 'no' as rebuttal, I'm simply answering your question. I thought you'd be happy I wasn't accusing you of being uncivil but ok.

This is one of the many reasons why I replied "100% disagree" when you originally wrote "if someone writes a detailed reply, replying ‘no’ is rude." I wasn't even sure why you wrote that in the first place, since the other commenter you were referring to did nothing of the sort. I'm happy that you agree that your assertion, as originally written, is false. I'd encourage you to think more about nuance before making bl…