komponisto comments on Debunking komponisto on Amanda Knox (long) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 02 February 2010 12:40:21PM *  1 point [-]

If you post here more often, you'll learn that certain linguistic patterns are required for the community to not get annoyed at you when making strong-sounding conclusions.

For example, ":s/Knox//g" helps.

More seriously, that phenomenon extends far beyond LessWrong and applies particularly when the comments are personal (or reflect on an individual fairly directly).

Comment author: komponisto 03 February 2010 03:45:26AM 1 point [-]

For example, ":s/Knox//g" helps.

What does this mean?

Comment author: mattnewport 03 February 2010 03:49:06AM 2 points [-]

It's unix-speak for 'replace all instances of the string Knox with the empty string'.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2010 03:50:25AM *  1 point [-]

That as time goes by more rehashing of the Knox issue becomes less desirable. Anything with 'Knox' in it becomes a negative linguistic pattern.

The command ":s/Knox//g" replaces the pattern 'Knox' with the '' empty string using perl like regexp syntax.

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