[hitekker]

Well, you argued back-and-forth on the gist for a few hours, wrote a comment on HN disparaging the gist, and then begin arguing with another random, unaffiliated commenter about your behavior in the gist. That's far from constructive and, I think, rather close to toxic.

[saithound]

Let me rephrase what you wrote: "Someone had a long conversation on the Internet about a topic that good hackers would find interesting, came to a conclusion, and then shared that conclusion with others."

That's not just not toxic, but is the whole purpose of this website.

[codygman]

Are you saying it's toxic that I argued with multiple people in multiple places to verify whether their claims were true or false?