Re: [myhdl-list] HDL essays

[Jan D. <ja...@ja...>]

On 02/20/2014 11:52 AM, Keerthan jai.c wrote:
> Resending since I accidentally replied to JanD instead of the group,
> sorry about that.
>
> Wow, it sucks that they ended APP so abruptly. I don't imagine that
> it cost them too much, considering that most of the posts were from
> volunteers.

Clearly Xilinx didn't see the return for them, which I can
understand. But closing down without an archive is
simply not done.

> What do you think about integrating disqus, to have discussions on
> your essays?

I was rather reluctant: on APP my experience was not
good. I often felt that the comment section to my articles
was dominated by plain idiots and even people with doubtful
intentions. My problem is that I take every comment seriously
and I start by assuming intelligence and good intentions.

I also think weak comments can somehow reflect badly
on the content itself.

I have added social buttons for twitter and reddit
though, so feel free to use those. I was thinking
external discussion on reddit would be a good
alternative. But perhaps not.

Having said that all this, on a site like Sigasi my
experience has been different. Probably when a site
is more specific people are more motivated and to
the point and the quality is higher.

So ok, let's give it a try. I have set up disqus comments
for my essays and blog.

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