My apologies. I haven't been in the best of moods lately. I will stick more firmly to the guidelines in the future. I really appreciate the civility of the discussion here compared to the rest of the net, and I want to keep it that way.
"Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work. A good critical comment teaches us something." (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html)
That's a direct reference to pg's original concept of middlebrow dismissal. We just changed the word from 'middlebrow' to 'shallow' because the word 'middlebrow' often comes across as a putdown and also often comes across as labeling a person rather than a post.
Commenters who've actually read an article are always welcome to respond with accurate, interesting information from the article. That's a fine contribution. What's not fine is the "did you even read the article" internet trope.