(His older accounts show the same patterns of throwing childish tantrums and blowing up on random people.)
(His older accounts show the same patterns of throwing childish tantrums and blowing up on random people.)
You weren't kidding. It's the exact same attitude of focusing on authority rather than explaining things technically.
Hacker News comments are divided between useful, inquisitive engagement, to which I react positively and smarmy, self-important bullshit, to which I react with scorn. You have made clear your allegiance to the latter. Sad!
If someone replies with insults and then just links to a google search page you wouldn't think they're some sort of authority because they promised you the evidence to their claim is out there somewhere.
If you want people to actually respect what you're saying you need to do things differently from both angles. Stop the toxic claims of authority and give simple explanations that are direct replies to what people are talking about.