I'm not even sure what your responding to?! In no way am I insinuating that tptacek shouldn't participate here or that his voice isn't extremely valuable. I'm not being facetious when I said I'm glad we're both defending him.
I'm logically one of the last people to defend him here having butted heads with him so much, but in fact I deeply value his presence here.
> How would you feel if you saw someone talking like that about you?
I'd probably agree with them. I'm not a high-school kid afraid of how my peers will see me and neither is tptacek. I've said as much about his communication style to him directly.
I highly doubt that tptacek doesn't have enough self-awareness to know that he's a high maintenance debate partner. There's no reason to paint him as a saint, he's just a guy. A very smart guy, but he has his foibles and flaws, which are far outweighed by his contributions. But to ignore those more difficult parts of his personality does him a disservice by not seeing him in his entirety.
I respect the entire person (as much as I can see through the limited lens of HN) not just the parts I think are praiseworthy.
I'm logically one of the last people to defend him here having butted heads with him so much, but in fact I deeply value his presence here.
> How would you feel if you saw someone talking like that about you?
I'd probably agree with them. I'm not a high-school kid afraid of how my peers will see me and neither is tptacek. I've said as much about his communication style to him directly.
I highly doubt that tptacek doesn't have enough self-awareness to know that he's a high maintenance debate partner. There's no reason to paint him as a saint, he's just a guy. A very smart guy, but he has his foibles and flaws, which are far outweighed by his contributions. But to ignore those more difficult parts of his personality does him a disservice by not seeing him in his entirety.
I respect the entire person (as much as I can see through the limited lens of HN) not just the parts I think are praiseworthy.