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Criticism should not be insulting.

The primary title of this document is a thinly veiled attempt of shrouding the author's true intent. It's clear from their final words on the topic that they mean to insult, not criticize.


The full title:

> How To Criticize Computer Scientists > or > Avoiding Ineffective Deprecation And > Making Insults More Pointed

Am I missing something? Isn't your failure to read the full title a result of your desire to insult the author, rather than to criticize them? Wasn't this done already at Xerox PARC?


Despite the seemingly original nature of your comments, is there a deep satirical result here that I am missing? Did you decide to try a second approach because you had insufficient results from the first?


Agree. Articles like this are good fun (another favourite of mine is How to Write Unmaintainable Code [0]), but misleading titles are still poor form.

For good general advice on productive criticism, I recommend How to Criticize with Kindness, by the philosopher Daniel Dennett. [1]

[0] https://github.com/Droogans/unmaintainable-code

[1] https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/03/28/daniel-dennett-rapo...


The author's primary field is Applied Criticism, so this is to be expected.


ok


Like it or not, fortnightly and “once every two weeks” are your only unambiguous choices.

We actually had a programming interview question using biweekly at a previous job. It was about thorough requirements definition and understanding/agreeing to measurements.


The word fortnight is in common parlance. Four score is not. But for the record the term bi-weekly is still confusing.


> I wouldn't discount the possibility of one-off reunion shows in the future

I don't think Daft Punk are the type of artists to screw over fans by creating "Last Show Evarrrr" and "Final Reunion Tour (It's serious this time)" type shows.

> I would not be at all surprised if you get the chance to see them perform together again.

People seem to be ignoring the meaning within the video. The way he clenches his fist before the explosion. The solitary walk into the sunset.

I would not be at all surprised if one of them was terminally ill.


The footage is taken from a film in 2006. I don't think that meaning is there. Even if they were having some type of health issues, I doubt we would know, at most probably some type of announcement after a death. Agreed on your first point though.


It's an excerpt from their movie Electroma https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800022/ . I really don't know if we should look too much in the meaning of the scene.


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