Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript

From	Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript
Date	2016-03-26 11:49 -0600
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On 03/26/2016 05:37 AM, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> [...]

> Has anyone ever said to you, "Thanks, Thomas! Lots of people were giving
> me answers, but they were all so kind and polite about it, I couldn't
> see what they were saying.  Finally, your blunt direct manner got
> through to me, so now I understand."  Of course not. It's absurd.
> Bluntness doesn't help learning.  It just makes *you* feel good.  
> 
> Points of correctness are useless without points of connection.  You
> have to talk to people in a way that they will hear.  If you can't be
> bothered, then you are just wasting your time, and earning a negative
> reputation for yourself.
> [...]

Well said, Ned, and a good reminder for me, and I suspect all of us, to
considering how we communicate.  It's our nature to think problems lie
with everyone else but us (as witnessed by recent posts from another
list member in this own thread), and it's good to be reminded to look
inward as well.

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[OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-24 20:53 +0000
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2016-03-24 21:47 +0000
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-24 22:08 +0000
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 22:31 +0000
        Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-24 22:45 +0000
          Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 23:06 +0000
            Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-25 22:19 +0100
          Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 19:09 -0400
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 09:49 +1100
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 22:58 +0000
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 17:33 -0600
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 23:46 +0000
        Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-03-24 17:38 -0700
          Negative responses (Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 21:10 -0700
        Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2016-03-25 11:05 +0000
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-25 12:41 +1100
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2016-03-24 20:25 -0400
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-25 09:05 +0000
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Cousin Stanley <cousinstanley@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 10:58 -0700
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2016-03-25 19:26 +0000
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-25 22:17 +0100
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-03-25 16:36 -0700
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-26 02:36 +0100
        Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 14:16 +1100
          Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-26 04:37 +0100
            Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 15:24 +1100
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-25 22:10 -0700
            Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2016-03-26 04:37 -0700
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 07:52 -0400
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-03-26 11:31 -0400
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 11:35 -0400
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 11:49 -0600
              Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 12:01 -0600
        Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2016-03-27 09:01 +1100
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-26 14:01 +0000
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-26 13:14 +1100
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript cl@isbd.net - 2016-03-26 13:59 +0000
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-26 14:38 +0000
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-03-26 18:58 +0100
  Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Gene Heskett <gheskett@wdtv.com> - 2016-03-26 12:06 -0400
    Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-03-27 17:05 +1300
      Re: [OT'ish] Is there a list as good as this for Javascript Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-27 15:16 +1100

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