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I really dislike these inverse guides -- they fight a strawman by negating an obviously false statement.

You see this in programming essays, where people show examples of absurd commenting (i++; // increment i). Yes, yes, we're reasonably intelligent readers know that's bad -- show us an example of nuanced commenting, or nuanced thinking!



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