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It seems that disparaging JavaScript is sort of an HN Godwin's law. As an HN discussion grows longer, the probability of disparaging JavaScript approaches 1. Is

by dimal 10y ago

It seems that disparaging JavaScript is sort of an HN Godwin's law. As an HN discussion grows longer, the probability of disparaging JavaScript approaches 1. Is it really necessary here?

afarrell 10y ago
As an X discussion grows longer, the probability of mentioning Y approaches 1 for all values of X and Y.
- dimal 10y ago
  True. I guess Godwin's law should be updated to take into account how long it takes to reach a probability of 1 for a given topic in a given context.