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Lines prefixed with "> " usually indicate a quotation. The line you criticise was quoted from the article, not the Hacker News user.
by chriswarbo 11y ago
Lines prefixed with "> " usually indicate a quotation. The line you criticise was quoted from the article, not the Hacker News user.
- mod 11y agoIt's commonly used to quote the article. I guess in this case he should have attributed it, but it's not an unusual use-case.