Comment by jjulius

>This is a topic about predicting and preparing for the future.

This is a discussion that started about preparing for the future and has spawned multiple[2], fluid threads[3] of conversation[4] that aren't quite in line with "predicting and preparing for the future", some even with their own throwaway responses unrelated to "the topic"[5]. Should we lambast the person who posted the Lisp joke, too?

This particular conversation chain is about how one measures success, which I've discussed with logic in a separate[0] response. Future success looks different for all of us, and there are a wide variety of ways for us to get wherever those goals are.

>If you want to be snarky: this is hackernews, not reddit.

Oh, no snark was intended. OP asked a question on a public forum and started getting snarky themselves[1] towards people who shared their subjective response, and my intent was to point out that it's OK for us all to view success differently.

>... stop fishing for points

Is this not snark based on your own assumption that I care about meaningless internet upvotes?

[0]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234819