I love programming. I'm 40 now and have been doing it since high school. I program for my day job and I program on the weekend for iPad and iPhones.
For people who don't like programming, like this ridiculous blog post, please spare us your dislike and find something else you enjoy.
I never have any of the problems that some other programmers have... it's because they are doing a job that really doesn't suit their personality.
Being emotional when it comes to programming? That's a huge red flag. Computers are not emotional. Users getting you down? Learn to deal with ridiculous user requests.
No surprise. The pedantic nature of your complaint is common on HN.
I found the post to be perfectly clear. Perhaps you are looking for more information, and found it elsewhere, but it doesn't affect the quality of the post at all.
In my day, posts like yours would be considered'trolling'. If you have complaints with the article, communicate with the author. Why subject everyone to your random complaints?
HN hasn't changed. Endless, meaningless 'discussions' about non-issues that mainly reflect the inability of socially-inept and newbie programmers to understand the world around them.
To fill their lives, they leave paragraph after paragraph of text. It's fun to watch, but I hope things improve.
The rest of your response is static and not applicable. You don't have information to back up your response, plus it's wrong.