[paulhodge]

No you’re just deflecting his points with an ad hominem argument. Stop pretending to assume what he ‘truly feels’.

[aurareturn]

I don't even know who Rob Pike is to be honest. I'm not attacking him.

I'm not pretending to know how he feels. I'm just reading between the lines and speculating.

[spacechild1]

Maybe you should do some basic research instead of speculating. Rob Pike is not just some random software developer who might worry about his job.

[aurareturn]

I was just accused of ad hominem. Now you want me to get accused of appeal to authority?

[spacechild1]

No, the point is that your speculations simply do not make sense for someone like Rob. He is not a random software engineer in some company and also he is retired.

[aurareturn]

I’m basing this purely on what he said, not who he is. I think that’s the best way to judge this thread. Regardless, I was accused of ad hominem and you want me to appeal to authority.

Sometimes HN is weird.

[spacechild1]

You've made baseless assumptions about his "true" feelings. If you did some basic research, you would have quickly realized that your speculations were way off. This is about context, not about authority.