That entire blog post is basically a shining example of how mediocre you can be as a white man and still be considered competent
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ESR's behaviour jeopardises the interests of our entire tribe
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@mjg59 I don't quite get what's mediocre about his post -
@ywwg Confidently asserts that the compiler is broken. Turns out Hercules is broken and the compiler is fine. Doesn't update post. -
@ywwg Making confident and incorrect assertions about fields you have no domain knowledge of is a hallmark of mediocrity
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@mjg59 ha, this post responds and ESR pops up in comments, having learned nothing. And ignores request for evidence: http://blog.jgc.org/2010/02/bad-workman-blames-his-tools.html … -
@johnleach@mjg59 did anyone ever bother to find the bug in the gpsd code in question? -
@comex@johnleach That would involve spending time with the gpsd code, and better people than I have shied away in horror - 1 more reply
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@mjg59 somewhere there’s that quote about ESR having . in his PATH. - End of conversation
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@mjg59@AsherLangton And Jessica was giving good advice the whole time, only to get condescending mansplaining. -
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@mjg59 also a reminder that many people who post comments are also bad at code. "I optimize my code by hand and don't trust the compiler"Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mjg59 with special guest appearance by Tron Guy. jesus.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mjg59 oh no need, we still haven't recovered from fetchmail.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mjg59 interesting that, in addition to his advice being generally wrong, it was also wrong in this specific casehttp://goo.gl/8D2I9UThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@mjg59 Hahahaha good lord, this is stupid.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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