On Monday, 14 December 2015 at 19:40:56 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev
wrote:
On Monday, 14 December 2015 at 17:08:46 UTC, Andrei
Alexandrescu wrote:
At this point, we're heading into "we're wasting time on this"
territory and proceed straight to the well known pattern when
every little argument is fought for and against like someone's
life depended on it. Can we not do that for a change - do as
you wish but please let others be as well.
I really wish you would stop saying this every time we discuss
something minor. You seem to use this every time any minor
argument doesn't go in the direction you want, and I'm tired of
hearing it. I don't know where you get the "like someone's life
depended on it" part - this and previous times, I was idly
musing about fixing a minor nuisance, not arguing for my life.
If you think that something is not worth your attention, you
can also choose to not reply.
I agree that discussing matters can be helpful and productive,
but we sometimes seem to do too much of it and we latch into a
counterproductive pattern. In this case I could have said
nothing, but we were again contemplating one of those diffs that
touch dozens of files to accomplish something not even better.
This I need to actively stand against.
As an aside: Wikipedia (and other sites) automatically redirect
to https. What advantages do we have by using https directly? I'm
sure there's some, but my web-fu could use some guidance. Thanks!
Andrei
