---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Shlomi Fish <shlo...@shlomifish.org> Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Satire: Emma Watson getting interviewed for a software development position To: Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> Cc: Shlomi Fish <shlo...@gmail.com>, linux-il <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il>
Hi Amos, On Thu, 19 Jun 2014 20:03:16 +1000 Amos Shapira <amos.shap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Please don't send this sort of stuff here. first of all - you should have trimmed the quoted part. Trimmed now. Otherwise... why not? This post was: 1. On topic. Mentioned various technologies. 2. I know for a fact that many people enjoyed. 3. Insightful. 4. I've seen many job posts here that it referred to. 5. I'm a contributing member of this mailing list and a local Israeli. 6. It's CC-by-sa , which allows for a lot of reuse and fair use and for the right price, I can make it CC-by too. So why not? OK, I get it - it's fiction and funny and a satire. But to quote http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Ustinov , «Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious.» (which may not have been a 100% original sentiment). People have shared jokes and stories from their life on Linux-IL in the past (see http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/tinic.html ) and I find it more interesting than "Company X is looking for a Top Gun Linux Kernel Guru" or "How do I do [insert obscure feat here that no one except me cares about]" posts which I also think are on-topic and worth sharing. Many people get a knee-jerk reaction when someone posts fiction, but fiction and satire is often as influential as a boring essay or rant, if not more. I'd be glad to hear your opinion on this but please use inline posting to reply to each point separately. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ List of Portability Libraries - http://shlom.in/port-libs He says “One and one and one is three”. Got to be good‐looking ’cause he’s so hard to see. — The Beatles, “Come Together” Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . -- ------------------------------------------ Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ Chuck Norris helps the gods that help themselves. Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .
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