From: Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby@...>
Date: 2012-09-08T06:32:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Parsing through downloaded html


On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:24 , Bartosz Dziewoński <matma.rex@gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay guys, as helpful as Ryan can be in a good mood, and as awesome a
> programmer as he is, you can't deny he tends to be a dick ;). (No
> offense, Ryan.)

No offense taken. I would argue that I don't _tend_ to be a dick, but that I think we need to do more to manage the signal:noise on this list, lest we lose the ability to help anyone at all. That is probably often perceived as me being a dick. You barely interact with me on a day to day basis so you're only seeing one aspect of me. Also see my talk I gave at Cascadia Ruby where I addressed this specifically:

  Occupy Ruby—why we need to moderate the 1%:

    http://zenspider.com/presentations/2012-cascadia.html