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• Who is Steve Yegge? (Score:2)

  by merlyn (47)

  Given that he has no wikipedia entry, who is he, and why should I be excited that he has a blog?

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  • Re:Who is Steve Yegge? (Score:1)

    by Aristotle (5147)

    *boggle*

    I don’t have a Wikipedia entry either. Why are you reading my journal?
    • Re:Who is Steve Yegge? (Score:2)

      by merlyn (47)

      You post to use.perl. I read everyone at use.perl.

      An announcement is more effective if you give a bit of context. Otherwise, you're just preaching to the choir. Don't presume everyone who reads your announcement knows everything you do... otherwise, why would you be making the announcement?

      It's like the slashdot posts that say "New version of Hipster now available! This is exciting!" And I go, "what the hell is Hipster?". Bad announce. Sigh.

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      • Re:Who is Steve Yegge? (Score:1)

        by Aristotle (5147)

        Conceded. Your response wasn’t the best way to communicate that, though; it would have come across as much more neutral without the Wikipedia clause.
        • Re:Who is Steve Yegge? (Score:2)

          by merlyn (47) <merlyn@stonehenge.com> on 2006.03.19 10:37 (#46652) Homepage Journal

          Wikipedia is surprisingly complete as of late. Almost everything that I've gone to wikipedia for, I've seen something interesting, and yes, it's been surprising, but it's also started setting the bar for "worth knowing".

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