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I think the smiley at the end indicates that it is a joke. After all it was created as a fictional plot device for a comedy.
by DiThi 11y ago
I think the smiley at the end indicates that it is a joke. After all it was created as a fictional plot device for a comedy.
- flurp 11y ago^ Yes. Clearly people can't take jokes here, already downvoted. Edit: Even the above got downvoted and I get reminded again that HN is full of stuck up, overly sensitive and unhumorous engineers. With the exception of this being a great place to find interesting things to read the community aspect is uninviting and unforgiving.
- slavik81 11y agoThe same joke is posted on literally every submission about compression. It adds nothing to the discussion, so it gets downvoted. Comments about being downvoted are also almost always downvoted. The comment guidelines actually warn you that it's a bad idea. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html