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261 points cwan | 3 comments | 23 Nov 10 17:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.675s | source

1. Ygor ◴[23 Nov 10 17:32 UTC] No.1934522[source]▶

A little offtopic, but:

"The term “evil” (the silliest and most counterproductive word to enter tech discussions ever) is thrown about haphazardly."

Interesting observation. Haven't seen it here before. Was there some talk about this on HN?

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2. grandalf ◴[23 Nov 10 17:34 UTC] No.1934535[source]▶

I have not noticed this phenomenon, other than various paraphrases of "don't be evil".

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3. stcredzero ◴[23 Nov 10 18:17 UTC] No.1934730[source]▶

Yes, the use of that term in this context is clearly bad -- bad in the same sort of way that Ernst Stavro Blofeld or Darth Vader is bad. </irony>

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