I did, at first; and rethought it before I posted. And I figured that the same response was also roughly correct if it was a “dig at Alicorn.” Doing useful drudgery despite bystander effects is remarkable and surprising, so arch comments about someone not doing so would be silly.
Given that everyone around here is usually pretty reasonable, if prone to fallacies of transparency, I therefore assume that Eliezer’s actually giving straightforward applause, rather than being ironic. (If I’m wrong … well, that’d be useful to learn.)
I think you interpreted “dig” as meaning “dig at user:shokwave”, as did I initially. I think it instead meant “dig at user:Alicorn”.
I did, at first; and rethought it before I posted. And I figured that the same response was also roughly correct if it was a “dig at Alicorn.” Doing useful drudgery despite bystander effects is remarkable and surprising, so arch comments about someone not doing so would be silly.
Given that everyone around here is usually pretty reasonable, if prone to fallacies of transparency, I therefore assume that Eliezer’s actually giving straightforward applause, rather than being ironic. (If I’m wrong … well, that’d be useful to learn.)
At me or at gwern; definitely not shokwave.