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by zbtaylor1 3218 days ago
> It's frustrating.

It really is. This "community" can be very unwelcoming. I'll never understand what motivates people to shit all over content they consider below them.

Is it really that hard to pass by without shouting "I'm smarter than you!" at everyone?
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DarkTree 3218 days ago
> I'll never understand what motivates people to shit all over content they consider below them.

Almost always rooted in the person's own insecurities

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carapace 3218 days ago
Some of us are just tired of people who don't respect the people and work that came before them.

There was a guy at the second-to-last place I worked who didn't know who Alan Kay was! What's worse, he wasn't ashamed of his ignorance.

At the last place I worked someone was refurbishing an old "expert system" written in CLIPS [1], he asked my advice and I said, "Consider using Prolog." He said, "What's Prolog?"

These are guys getting paid six figures and they do not care to educate themselves on the background of their chosen field. It's lame.

Could you imagine a physicist who didn't know who Newton was?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLIPS

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