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Houshalter on March 17, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Hating Game

I think Internet comments encourage this behavior but it has always existed and isn't unique to programmers. Just today I read a long reddit thread with military people arguing about aircraft.

alchemism on March 17, 2015 [–]

Ever listen to a group of men argue about the qualitative meaning of baseball statistics?

I don't think it has anything to do with technology at all

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