On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 8:57 AM Ben Finney
wrote:
> If you dislike someone's behaviour, consider that they may not have a
> well-thought-out or coherent rason for it; and, if pressed to come up
> with a reason, we will employ all our faculties to *make up* a reason
> (typically without be
Ben Finney writes:
> TL;DR: because we're all human, and human behaviour needs either
> immediate face-to-face feedback or social enforcement to correct
> selfishness and abrasiveness.
Some people rightly regret this universal human tendency. I have been
contacted privately and asked (my paraphr
> TL;DR: because we're all human, and human behaviour needs either
> immediate face-to-face feedback or social enforcement to correct
> selfishness and abrasiveness. Where face-to-face feedback is lacking,
> social enforcement needs to take more of the load.
>
>
> Many people have a false sense of
Michael Torrie writes:
> It's really sad to see folks like DFS hop on the list with apparent
> enthusiasm for Python and an excitement to learn, only to resort to
> name calling and walk away in a huff when folks ask them not to speak
> that way around here. I'm not sure why this is.
TL;DR: beca
