Hi Shai, one note.
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:25:40 +0300 Shai Berger <s...@platonix.com> wrote: > On Wed, 19 Sep 2018 17:50:33 +0300 > Omer Zak <w...@zak.co.il> wrote: > > > אגיב בעברית, כי רשימת הדיוור הזו עובדת בעברית. > > לדיונים באנגלית יש linux...@cs.huji.ac.il > > At any case, I would highly discourage taking community advice from > ESR. Referring people to his "how to ask smart questions" is one of the > surest ways to drive them away from your community, and his "Sex Tips > for Geeks"[2], as much as I recall from looking at them many years ago, > are misogynistic and generally appalling. > This seems like an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem fallacy where you say "Person X is wrong here just because he also said this and that with which I disagree". I do not agree with everything ESR has said, but I linked to the relevant posts which I found of value from him. Other insightful (IMO, YKMV) resources of his are: * http://catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ * http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html * http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=4229 * http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7724 * http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Unix-and-Internet-Fundamentals-HOWTO/ * http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/DocBook-Demystification-HOWTO/ * http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/ So I think he's not all bad (though his style often leaves a lot to be desired). There are similar collective ad hominems voiced against https://www.joelonsoftware.com/ or whoever. I think the rest of your post has some value. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome - curated list of lists Who would win in a fight? Charlemagne, Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin or Carlos “Chuck” Norris? If Summer Glau was the arbiter, she would just kill all of them and declare herself the winner. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/bits/facts/Summer-Glau/ Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Discussions mailing list Discussions@hamakor.org.il http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussions
