I feel any statement about about what a group of people are doing, especially when it can be taken derogatorily or dismissively, should be accurate, or at least with some basis provided. It was in the article, in my eyes it's fair game for criticism, even if the only criticism is that I wish people would pay attention to whether it's true, as the criticism in this case is.
If someone described C developers as "wild cards that think all our security concerns are overblown" I think a lot of C developers would feel rightly misrepresented.
> And no interpretation requires some weird political swipe.
I compared how the meme works to how memes in politics are working to divide, as I think that's the most obvious parallel that is easily visible to most people. Notice how I didn't promote one side over the other, as it's a common tactic in politics in general, but more visible at both extremes.
My point is, it's an absurd amount of verbiage and offtopic thread derailment and hot air over some dumb joke that is basically irrelevant. You've written some bizarre grumpy rustacean equivalent of 'this site doesn't scroll properly on Android'.
I feel any statement about about what a group of people are doing, especially when it can be taken derogatorily or dismissively, should be accurate, or at least with some basis provided. It was in the article, in my eyes it's fair game for criticism, even if the only criticism is that I wish people would pay attention to whether it's true, as the criticism in this case is.
If someone described C developers as "wild cards that think all our security concerns are overblown" I think a lot of C developers would feel rightly misrepresented.
> And no interpretation requires some weird political swipe.
I compared how the meme works to how memes in politics are working to divide, as I think that's the most obvious parallel that is easily visible to most people. Notice how I didn't promote one side over the other, as it's a common tactic in politics in general, but more visible at both extremes.