Comments on: Is Paul Graham stupider than ESR?

By: fad

fad — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 15:51:03 +0000

“Most blogs are a disturbing mix of zealotry, incompetence, ignorance, and randomly strung together smattering of incoherent prejudices.”

By: jccodez

jccodez — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:18:30 +0000

100% agree. total arse pot. anyone that says microsoft is dead is a fucking moron.

By: willfarnaby

willfarnaby — Thu, 11 May 2006 04:34:46 +0000

Hani, I enjoy your bileful blog, but I enjoyed Paul Graham’s two superb books about Common Lisp far more.

Mr. G. has managed to write (these) two books that many regard as classics: ridiculing his intelligence is ridiculous.

By: Vladas

Vladas — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:26:10 +0000

Actually I like FireFox over IE.

By: pooper scooper

pooper scooper — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:23:20 +0000

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I don’t agree with all of what Graham says, but the above statement is just plain nonsense. You have proven, however, that lowering the barrier to entry lowers quality - witness your inane babble…
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It’s plain nonsense, yet it is true? That’s plain nonsense to me.

By: Paul Graham

Paul Graham — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:38:10 +0000

I might be stupider than ESR. Most people are…

By: Rintoul

Rintoul — Wed, 17 Aug 2005 02:05:00 +0000

You blather:

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Lowering the barrier to entry does not improve quality, it lowers it. Some good stuff will obviously get in, but the vast majority will be far worse. Whether the former outweighs the latter is certainly not a forgone conclusion.
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What in the wide world of sports are you talking about? I don’t agree with all of what Graham says, but the above statement is just plain nonsense. You have proven, however, that lowering the barrier to entry lowers quality - witness your inane babble…

By: bin Laden

bin Laden — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:40:17 +0000

Hani, bring my post back. You prat!

3 + 0 = ?

By: MiniMe

MiniMe — Tue, 16 Aug 2005 06:00:37 +0000

Some son of a bitch deleted mine too. WTF?

By: bin Laden

bin Laden — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:24:32 +0000

Who deleted my comment???

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Aug 2005 11:58:03 +0000

Hey Fate - I think u r losin it dude.

By: Emre Sevinc

Emre Sevinc — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:05:23 +0000

If you want to read some real Graham criticism which relies on content (rather than trying to draw attention using words as you have read above) and specific examples, you may take a look at:

http://www.fazlamesai.net/int/?a=article&sid=7

check for the Dabblers and Blowhards.

By: someone

someone — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:20:33 +0000

http://tech.rufy.com/entry/80 shows what great projects this moron likes to fund

By: me

me — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:39:50 +0000

David, the true professional has many tools and is skilled in their use. Skilled in their use means not only do they know how to use them, but they also know when NOT to use them.

By: skaffman

skaffman — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:54:29 +0000

Geez, dude, what’s with the fixation on male genitalia and homo-eroticism?

By: Geoff

Geoff — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:02:03 +0000

“WRITING GOOD FUCKING CODE makes the bad software stop.” I’ve seen plenty of good code that is bad, i.e. it doesn’t do what the user wanted/needed.

By: The Church and the Wal-mart

The Church and the Wal-mart — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 05:07:53 +0000

I wish we could do an organ transplant of ESR’s mustache on Paul Graham.

Anonymous bastard: good point about Berlin Braun.

By: Pal' pito

Pal' pito — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:20:23 +0000

Hani this a half baked bile, go back and rewrite it again.

Full of weak points, poor selection of evidence, repetitive boring adjectives, if this were your opening statement as a prosecutor, I don’t buy your case.

Pal’ pito

By: Anonymous Bastard

Anonymous Bastard — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:05:24 +0000

Damn, that’s some long-ass comments. Couldn’t bother reading them all. But what kind of Nazi-Germany invoking name is “Berlin Brown”?

By: Angry old man's mama

Angry old man's mama — Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:54:57 +0000

I’m proud of you.