1. Given the example actually provided here, do you see an opportunity to do that?
2. Suppose you change the example to use named colors. Where does this name-to-color-value mapping live?
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> I've noticed that moving the goalposts is extremely prevalent on HN, which makes for pretty frustrating conversations (or just reading). And then sometimes it's a tag team. E.g.:
> Person A writes their comment. Person B1 offers a rebuttal. Personal A offers their response. Person B2 offers a second rebuttal that abandons the premise behind B1's rebuttal, and may actually be at odds with it. Person A ends up either deflated or looking defeated.
> It's like the cross product of a Gish gallop and a DDoS.
2. Suppose you change the example to use named colors. Where does this name-to-color-value mapping live?
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> I've noticed that moving the goalposts is extremely prevalent on HN, which makes for pretty frustrating conversations (or just reading). And then sometimes it's a tag team. E.g.:
> Person A writes their comment. Person B1 offers a rebuttal. Personal A offers their response. Person B2 offers a second rebuttal that abandons the premise behind B1's rebuttal, and may actually be at odds with it. Person A ends up either deflated or looking defeated.
> It's like the cross product of a Gish gallop and a DDoS.
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