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The corollary is that naming is important in the adoption and proliferation of a technology. So public image is a concern technology devlopers should be on top of.
Don't hate the player, don't hate the game; Adapt and move on.
This goes for everyone involved.
The Reiser filesystem will continue to be used by those who understand its value, despite its bad reputation within a small niche of people[0].
On a more on-topic point: my experience has led me to believe that the Reiser fs (Reiser4) has a narrow use case only when quick operations (seek/read/write) on an inordinate amount (hundreds of thousands+) of small (<1MB) files is required -- and that high performance is absolutely necesaary.
I failed to find any other use in my experiences with it.
I was quite surprised when I initially ran out of inodes my first go-around, as well.
[0] Really, no one cares that much. Whenever the name comes up in less formal circles, obligatroy low-effort "dead wife" jokes surface, but what usually follows is discussion on the filesystem's merits. The outrage is from a vocal minority that I would deduce aren't in any position where choice of filesystem is of their concern.
I thank you for expressing self-awareness and civility in your reply.
Emotions are what make us human. Complex expressions of neural impulses that manifest as many different feelings which move us to action. However, like any other impulse, the understanding of and their proper utilization, always brings greater utility to one's life.
We can all agree that unbridled emotional expression -- that is the actions those emotions move us to do -- can become harmful by their unchecked nature. We can also all agree that emotions have a purpose, and to repress them is not the best of decisions.
Then perhaps there is a useful middle ground. Call it, "emotion, but in moderation." That by stepping back and analyzing our emotions, what caused them to appear, and why we feel the way we feel, we can in-turn make better, more productice decisions.
What flowers from this post, is of no concern of mine, but I felt moved to plant these seeds.
I'm an obstinate lurker of HN, but I felt moved to create an account to address your post -- and another's.
It was a breath of fresh air to read your experiences, and the way you decided to put into writing what your intuition had surmised from said experiences. I read forums religiously to keep my own worldview fresh and to stave off the natural human inclination to bring myself into a homeostatic perception bubble.
Uncannily, one of the most common things I've found is the exact type of person you've described: one that doesn't think about what value their post will bring to others, but only to post for posting's sake. You and your post are an exceptional delight, and I thank you for sharing.
The world -- and by extension the internet, a microcosm of said world -- is overrun with wishy-washy expression that only appears to express a lot, but when stripped of all it's fat, manages to express nothing at all (f.e speaking a lot, but saying little).
As an addendum, my apologies for coming off in the same manner as the subject of your ire. Appearances are important, after all.
Long term lurker as well, but your comment comes off in bad faith. When you decide to try and break apart each point piece by piece to address, instead of his whole argument as a whole, it signals that you're only trying to argue for arguement's sake. Please don't do this, because it ruins the vibe.[0]
In one enormous post, you have managed to tip-toe the line of civility with passive aggression, but also outright hostility "so arrogant," that it comes into question whether or not the GP's comment was directed at your specific demogrpahic: people that do things because they feel they want to, and not because they have thought it through.
Perhaps you should ask yourself the same question: "What exactly are you aiming to achieve with this comment?"
From an onlooker's perspective, it comes off as needlessly aggressive, but without clear motive. One could say the only purpose of your comment was to express that aggression, and not to spur interesting or novel dicussion.
In that likely case, you are posting in bad faith, and as you said "sometimes the best thing to say is nothing at all."
[0] I've been around message boards since usenet. This behavior isn't new, and neither is it appreciated.