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People criticise them all the time. Have you got any pertinent criticisms or is this all you have to say?
>People criticise them all the time That is a very recent thing. And I have done enough of mine to push against the tide.
Technical folks get a bit enthusiastic about their jobs and hobbies. Surely you've noticed how many people seem overjoyed that RISC-V is overtaking ARM. They aren't all engineers who have to do embedded programming, many are just fans. Like there are fans of Sonic the Hedgehog or Darth Vader. It's therefore considered kind of nasty to diminish someone's enthusiastic nerdy pursuit. I don't agree with that, but that's how it's perceived. This social faux pas has been enshrined de facto in the rules of various sites, and HN is no exception. If you're going to rock the boat, it's best to use a lot of words so people who are just trying to satisfy their nerdy special interest don't read it and get inflamed.