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by Cyph0n 3405 days ago
> AMD has been outsourcing verification to its customers for many years

You have no idea what you're talking about if you think for a second that a large CPU vendor like AMD would delegate verification to "its customers". It's like saying that Boeing just builds planes and tells airlines to make sure they fly correctly before allowing passengers to board them.
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dang 3405 days ago
> You have no idea what you're talking about

This is uncivil and not ok on HN. Please take time to edit this kind of swipe out of your comments here.

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Cyph0n 3404 days ago
Seriously? So when I see someone on HN who I think is clearly wrong, I can't say that? I agree that my tone could be improved, but I only said it that way in response to the parent's tone.

Also, how was our argument a "flame war"? It only lasted for 3-4 replies, and was quite civil in my opinion.

I tend to always agree with your decisions, but this one is a bit too extreme.

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dang 3404 days ago
It's not about "tone" but content and it's quite simple, though always harder to see in one's own case. The HN guidelines say this:

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. E.g. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."

Similarly, "You have no idea what you're talking about if you think for a second that a foo like bar would baz" can be shortened to, "A foo like bar wouldn't baz."

HN's rules apply regardless of how other commenters are behaving. If they didn't, we might as well have no rules, because it always feels like others are behaving worse.

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Cyph0n 3404 days ago
Damn, those are some specific guidelines haha! I will make sure to dial down my responses in the future. Thanks.
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