That's harsh. I believe the author really does get questions from people who want to register a well known path, and probably some of them really failed to consider sites with ~user paths or whathaveyou and this post might push them to use a better solution.
And if you read that and still feel confident that you want a well known url, he links you to the registration process.
Same as a NSFW tag. It's not about adding to the discussion; it's a very brief warning to users who don't want to see that kind of content, and its brevity makes it come at almost no cost to users who don't care about SFW/NSFW or AI/OC distinctions.
I mean, I also prefer to consume subtitled content, but sometimes it's nice to have the option to look away from the screen and not miss dialog. Some video content can even be consumed as audio-only content and not much will be missed.
I clicked-through on one of the sources (a blog post on "ohmaticelectrical"), and the website is either hacked or is just really scummy. Here's what I was greeted with:
I've long been facinated by how bimodal understanding of git is. I'm one of the lucky ones to whom it came naturally, but there's clearly a large population who finds git challenging even after investing significant time and effort into learning it.
I don't see this anywhere nearly as drastically with other tools.
My opener runs a tiny little garage door in parallel with the big door in front of my garage, and monitors the position of the little garage door with simple switches. This is all in the plastic housing that holds the motor. If yours is the same, you might be able to steal the same signal.
Sadly, the little garage door doesn't look like a dollhouse garage door; that'd be too cool. It looks like a wire on a track.