I don't think it's appropriate to throw around insults and claim jfgi when someone asks for a mordicum of clarification.

If you can't even manage one small teensy link, what respect does that show for your audience?

The only value comes from the ptacek brand, and the trust I have in him through context. But that's generally not a strong foundation to build an argument on.

To be clear: I trust him, but it's not his best post. And op was not out of line for speaking up.

Edit: sorry ryanlol I didnt mean you, but tptacek. It was perhaps too strongly worded. Didn't mean to attack anyone, just wanted to show support for yomism's point.

I consider myself a HN regular, but I dont read everything. Linode posts I subconsciously skip, as they don't interest me. This was honestly news to me. "Incomplete information", I believe that's called ;)