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Comment author: FiftyTwo 17 November 2012 04:32:10PM 6 points [-]

he writes them well, in a delightful style

Really? I read a few of his articles and found him undearably smug, and excessively verbiose.

For example his "introduction to UR" spend pages on a overwrought matrix metaphor before saying anything substansive.

Comment author: arborealhominid 17 November 2012 06:49:21PM 4 points [-]

De gustibus non est disputandum, I suppose. For what it's worth, I loved the writing style of his earlier posts (like this one), but find the writing style of his more current stuff (like this) kind of obnoxious.