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JoshTriplett04/03/20251 replyview on HN

I'm giving an example, which to some degree was meant as an existence proof of a way to support an unpopular position without getting massive downvotes. "X is entirely good with no problems whatsoever" being replaced by "I think the benefits of X outweigh the costs, and here's some acknowledgement of the costs". I'm not trying to suggest only one possible way to do that, or only one pattern to follow. (This is one danger of using an object-level example.)


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nailer04/03/2025

OK. Yes I agree there’s a cost to anything and acknowledging that is important.