You'll often see comments like OP on articles or comments from Kamp. I've left some.
Poul-Henning Kamp is a polarizing figure. I sympathize with the sentiment on occasion, and I'm occasionally annoyed by his writing style ("everything but Varnish is written poorly" is evident in this one). Another one that bothered me was You're Doing it Wrong[1]; great information, offensive tone -- most of his publications in Queue are the same way.
That said, I can also disregard most of that annoyance as he's a genuinely smart guy, and I want to know what he's trying to tell me. Put it this way: I'd listen to anything PHK has to say, but I'd (probably) never hire him because I need to foster a team environment, and PHK can be divisive when he communicates.
I'm sure the commenters you see commit karma suicide like this feel the same way and are just quite poor at communicating what I have. OP dug in on a detail, but reading the rest of his comment another way, it's a criticism of the writing style and tone (in my reading).
I am impressed with how deftly you reframed (and redeemed) the GGP's bilious outburst. That was charitable of you, and makes me wish more people would do it.
Poul-Henning Kamp is a polarizing figure. I sympathize with the sentiment on occasion, and I'm occasionally annoyed by his writing style ("everything but Varnish is written poorly" is evident in this one). Another one that bothered me was You're Doing it Wrong[1]; great information, offensive tone -- most of his publications in Queue are the same way.
That said, I can also disregard most of that annoyance as he's a genuinely smart guy, and I want to know what he's trying to tell me. Put it this way: I'd listen to anything PHK has to say, but I'd (probably) never hire him because I need to foster a team environment, and PHK can be divisive when he communicates.
I'm sure the commenters you see commit karma suicide like this feel the same way and are just quite poor at communicating what I have. OP dug in on a detail, but reading the rest of his comment another way, it's a criticism of the writing style and tone (in my reading).
[1]: http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=1814327