I have this on my mind, so 75% of my ideas / questions don't make it to this forum.
On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 5:02:19 PM UTC+2, Steven G. Johnson wrote: > > On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 4:31:55 AM UTC-4, Ford Ox wrote: >> >> I know that I have close to zero experience in julia compared to you. >> That's why I created this thread, because *discussion* doesn't *damage * >> anything. >> > > No, but uninformed discussion can waste people's time, and decreases the > signal-to-noise ratio of the group. (It also wastes your time; as Stefan > says, the Julia developers are unlikely to seriously consider language > proposals from someone who has not demonstrated an understanding of the > language via contributions.) > > I've been on the Internet long enough to remember the original Usenet > software, which used to force you > <http://www.livinginternet.com/u/uu_post.htm> to agree to a scary warning > before posting: > > *This program posts news to thousands of machines throughout the entire > civilized world. Your message will cost the net hundreds if not thousands > of dollars to send everywhere. Please be sure you know what you are doing. > Are you absolutely sure that you want to do this? [y / n]* > > It is still good advice to think of the costs you are imposing on > strangers (in terms of time and attention at least) when you post to a > public forum. >
