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@ fat on Svbtle is a personal blog at byfat.xxx about programming and writing. Since 2012, 22 different Hacker News readers have linked it 25 times, most often “If Hemingway wrote JavaScript”. The last post was in 2013, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Essays by a software developer, mostly on philosophy and programming, such as a rebuttal of Chomsky from a programmer's view and a JavaScript-style parody of Hemingway. Commenters link them in debates about Chomsky and Foucault.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- If Hemingway wrote JavaScript4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2012-08-03
- What is opensource and why do I feel so guilty? (2012) [video]4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-01-17
- Chomsky Can't Be Bothered to Learn C2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2012-08-11
- Code as art2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-02
- Fvck school (2012)2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2015-07-01
- Rien ne tient en place2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-08-24
- Drop out of school or study English. That's how you win at Javascript.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-07-13
What Hacker News says?
It's of particular interest to me because it really strongly illustrates the gulf between the two. It's a pretty solid introduction to both of their positions, and goes in interesting places. > Imagine if I wrote hopefully useful code, but it was extremely hard to read > and poorly documented... What properties would we expect that code to have? This is not the right analogy. The right analogy is a C programmer look…
Comment linking /chomsky
on “Bugger”Submitted If Hemingway wrote JavaScript as a story · 218 points
HN discussionOne of my favorite takes on this debate, from a software developer: http://byfat.xxx/chomsky (SFW even though it's on an .xxx domain) (It is "this debate" in a broader sense, not this specific debate, which I also happen to love. I both agree with you that it is amazing how everyone sees what they want to see in that debate, and also am in the "lol Chomsky got owned so hard he didn't even know what was going on" cam…
Comment linking /chomsky
on “Pseudophilosophy encourages confused, self-indulgent thinking”Submitted What is opensource and why do I feel so guilty? (2012) [video] as a story · 61 points
HN discussionFor a rebuttal by a programmer, see "Chomsky can't be bothered to learn C" http://byfat.xxx/chomsky
Comment linking /chomsky
on “Foucault’s lecture notes from 1970–71 demolish caricatures of his thought (2013)”Submitted If Hemingway wrote JavaScript as a story · 38 points
HN discussion> I cannot be anything but skeptical here. Who's to say what Camus would have said if actually asked this questions? Nobody, but that's beside the point. It's not supposed to be a seance, but a made up conversation (plus, the answers are adapted from the writer's own work). A "discussion" with the writer similar to the way an author discusses with their ideas by reading their books and getting to understand their wa…
Comment linking /if-hemingway-wrote-javascript
on “Albert Camus: A reconstructed conversation”Submitted Deep Emo Shit as a story · 29 points
HN discussionIt is because this is that offensive to anyone who writes objective-c for a living. Really? I write objective-c for a living and I'm not finding it offensive at all. I may not agree with all of it, but rather than getting upset about it I'm trying to understand where this developer is coming from. They clearly put effort into making it, so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that there must be some gains to be h…
Comment linking /eating-a-whopper
on “_.m: A port of Underscore.js to Objective C”Submitted Fvck school (2012) as a story · 28 points
HN discussion>I certainly don't feel entitled to anything concerning OSS, no need for an ad hominem ;) No ad hominem here, it's entitlement. And even if you personally have a more nuanced understanding, what you've written will encourage people who do not. http://byfat.xxx/what-is-opensource-and-why-do-i-feel-so-gui... (Skip to nineteen minutes in.) https://github.com/wpeterson/emoji/issues/23 For larger context of these, their…
Comment linking /what-is-opensource-and-why-do-i-feel-so-guilty
on “Beware of Open Source Software Zombies”Submitted What is opensource and why do I feel so guilty? as a story · 13 points
HN discussionhttp://blog.codinghorror.com http://lea.verou.me/ http://ejohn.org/ http://byfat.xxx/ http://www.windytan.com/ http://meowni.ca/ and many others
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on “Ask HN: What are some programming blog posts that you would enjoy reading?”Submitted Drop out of school or study English. That's how you win at Javascript. as a story · 13 points
HN discussionThis post may also be of interest to people: http://byfat.xxx/chomsky And it's not like other fields don't have their own Sokal Hoax either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdanov_affair
Comment linking /chomsky
on “Gilles Deleuze – What is Philosophy? [audio]”Submitted Code as art as a story · 8 points
HN discussionMore/better examples: http://byfat.xxx/if-hemingway-wrote-javascript I think the Hemingway example is especially well done, in particular the lack of comments and "request was made but not good."
Comment linking /if-hemingway-wrote-javascript
on “If Shakespeare wrote in JavaScript here's what it would look like”Submitted If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Chomsky Can't Be Bothered to Learn C as a story · 6 points
HN discussionSubmitted Burn Your Idols as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is open source and why do I feel so guilty? as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Language: Nothing holds it in place as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rien ne tient en place as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted “Drop out of school or study english. That's how you win at JavaScript.” as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted What is opensource and why do i feel so guilty? as a story · 1 points
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