katamole

I keep hearing this bullshit, both on HN and on other news sites. Do you really choose to spend your time such vacuous people? Or is it just that most explanations given are needlessly complex, so that programming and computers appear magical?

If you can't explain something properly, you probably don't fully understand it yourself.

But anyway, computers are hard. Let's go shopping!

Comment · 17 years ago

Interesting article, but the lack of subtlety in some parts made me cringe, e.g: "wanta be partners?".

Comment · 17 years ago

You can tell he's read Taleb's work with a chip on his shoulder (as many have).

Did it occur to you that Taleb's frequently inflammatory tone might have something to do with this?

Comment · 17 years ago

Good ideas, it seems, need to be repeated.

Absolutely not. Ideas that are diffuse and unoriginal, on the other hand, are often repeated because they are uncompelling.

I've read The Black Swan, and although it was entertaining, I didn't feel like I learned anything of value.

Comment · 17 years ago

Not when it keeps being rehashed ad nauseum.

Comment · 17 years ago

Just out of interest, how would you justify the $4.99 price tag? It seems unusually high.

Comment · 17 years ago

Even without that, DHT would help.

Comment · 17 years ago

Hubris.

Programming is partly a creative pursuit. Thus, it helps if one enjoys using the tool you need for the job.

Comment · 17 years ago

I say this not only because of the new focus and exposure controls that can elevate my pictures from snapshots to photographs

Yeah, who needs a good lense?