Can you explain why? I use lambdas often and they seem to solve the problems they're meant for well.
More off-topic (or, rather, on-topic), I find lambdas great for things like a static website that needs a few functions. I especially like how Netlify uses them, they seem to fit that purpose exactly.
Me too! It makes me irrationally angry when people regurgitate linguistic clichés. I was already mad with:
"python does not have a go-like concurrency story"
when it would be enough (and 1000x less cringe) to say:
"python does not have go-like concurrency"
I think these mindless clichés make language really ugly and dysfunctional, and even worse they are thought-stoppers, because they make the reader/listener feel like something smart is being said, because they recognize the "in-group" lingo. In my experience, people get really offended when you point this out. It's kind of an HN taboo to discuss this. Which is also interesting in itself.
Going forward we should pay more attention to our communication use cases. Btw: I wonder if we can stack several of these clichés. For example: "leverage" + "use case" = "leverage case".
I've found it's a taboo to discuss anything even slightly personal. People are averse to feeling bad, so criticism needs to be extremely subtle in order to not offend.
> Btw: I wonder if we can stack several of these clichés. For example: "leverage" + "use case" = "leverage case".
I hate you for even thinking of this.
The personal association you made between "discussing anything even slightly personal" and "criticism needs to be extremely subtled" makes it sound that your problem isn't language or Orwellian discourse but the way you subconsciously link discussing personal matters with harshly criticising those you speak with for no good reason.
If your personal conversations boil down to appease your own personal need to criticise others then I'm sorry to break it to you but your problem isn't language.
You also went to "Orwellian discourse", which has a specific meaning, from a text by Orwell I mentioned. It seems to me like you got personally offended, interpreted my comment in the most uncharitable way, and chose to lash out at me instead, and I'm not sure why. I wasn't even talking about anyone specifically.
I repeat, your problem is not language. Your problem is that you manifest a need to criticize others. That problem is all on you.
This shows from the fact that you're saying "criticize" like it's a bad thing.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22911497
PS: I work with like 65-70% of that stack daily