You went on and on about some tedious point and kept doing it long after it was clear no productive discussion would take place. Also, you've done this many times before on this particular topic. I don't have a way to stop you from doing that other than banning you, and I don't want to ban you. But if you can't or won't stop doing this, we're going to have to. So would you please stop doing this?
I am not sure how I was supposed to know, in advance, that “no productive discussion would take place”. I only mentioned facts, not my own opinions, so the outlandishly negative reaction was not predictable. It seems that I am being held to a different standard than others, because now I am supposed to somehow correctly forecast the reaction of people to factual information before I post it, or risk being banned. I don’t post here much anymore anyway. I will do my best to make this calculation going forward, however I do not see how I can be expected to do this with a great deal of accuracy, given the wide variety of people that use HN.
Also, you claim that you marked it as “off topic” even though it clearly wasn’t.
