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| DavidAlfa:
Don't get anywhere close to programming threads then... There're 345 truths and no one is willing to loosen the hand. Arguing is quite common at forums, as long as it doesn't get out of control, just let the kid play until tired :). |
| wilfred:
--- Quote from: tggzzz on December 27, 2023, 01:59:03 am --- --- Quote from: EEVblog on December 26, 2023, 09:41:59 pm ---It guess it comes down to "ownership" of a thread. Should the thread owner have the right to continue going in circles or whatever in their own thread? I think it's probably generally agreed on here (and general forum ettiqutte anywhere) that there are some "rights" that come with being the OP of a thread. We (mods) have actually had many reports over the years from an OP that someone is derailing the thread and can we give them a tap on the shoulder. --- End quote --- No, I don't think anyone owns a thread, any more than one person owns a conversation in a pub. Conversations drift, full stop. And the drifts often reveal interesting subtle points not imagined early in the thread. Note that trolling is a very different issue. --- End quote --- I agree that because this is a public forum people should be mindful and respectful of others who might be listening or dissuaded from participating in a "private" argument. Using the pub analogy I would regard those engaged in a tit-for-tat private argument as a pair of drunks shaping up for a fight. They are a disruptive nuisance and should be shown the door until they've sobered up a bit. And trolling in my view is NOT the same as repeatedly being wrong. Trolling is different in that the troll seeks to advance both sides of an argument simply to provoke angry responses. They can be completely indifferent to right or wrong. If you're aggressively wrong you might be a dickhead but not a troll. |
| DavidAlfa:
--- Quote from: JohanH on December 27, 2023, 08:35:36 am --- --- End quote --- I also love this one! |
| HalFET:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on December 27, 2023, 12:41:05 am --- --- Quote from: lezginka_kabardinka on December 27, 2023, 12:35:27 am ---David, have you been on the Whisky? 😆 --- End quote --- I don't drink. --- End quote --- I'd say some of the replies in this thread are very much a valid reason to start picking up the habit. But joking aside, truth policing usually ends badly. There are cases when folks should be banned, but those should honestly be left to the discretion of the forum moderators because they're usually attached to other destructive behaviour. For example, someone going into every thread and turning it into a US politics discussion and then repeating the same argument over and over is probably not the best person to have around on the forum. --- Quote from: DavidAlfa on December 27, 2023, 11:08:06 am ---Don't get anywhere close to programming threads then... There're 345 truths and no one is willing to loosen the hand. Arguing is quite common at forums, as long as it doesn't get out of control, just let the kid play until tired :). --- End quote --- Which is why I find it incredibly funny that they now have a "single source of truth" as a paradigm in some programming languages. I had an argument about it with a colleague at work a while back, they failed to consider the practical execution of their code on an embedded system, leading to the fact that their source of truth may not always produce the same truth. But they kept repeating that it was the "source of truth", so that it's inherently correct. It's as if it's becoming some sort of weird meta joke for discussions about programming, but I do stand by my argument that you should probably take a look at how your scheduler works to consider when said truth is updated before assuming that it's infallible. ;D |
| tggzzz:
--- Quote from: DavidAlfa on December 27, 2023, 11:08:06 am ---Don't get anywhere close to programming threads then... There're 345 truths and no one is willing to loosen the hand. Arguing is quite common at forums, as long as it doesn't get out of control, just let the kid play until tired :). --- End quote --- If two engineers/physicists/chemists/lawyers don't have at least three opinions, then something is wrong. Most interesting discussions ought to be preceded by "It depends what you mean by X". |
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