I was assuming you meant he was making ridiculous claims to get angry attention within the programming community in general rather than from novices . However , even if he ' s trying to get attention from newbies it seems there ' s all the more reason to not just let it pass unremarked the more takedowns there are of his unsupportable claims the better . When measuring one opinion against another the middleground can be skewed by one side making ridiculous claims when it ' s one against a hundred the truth soon becomes selfevident . It may not be fun having to wade through shit to argue with a madman but it ' s better than letting him drag unsuspecting learners down with him . <| sep |> I ' m leaning Tyrod , but I ' m close to dropping him and starting Keap