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$ cat reduce-clickbaitiness.sed s/Hell/Venus/ And it's portable to every major news outlet.
by l0b0 8y ago
$ cat reduce-clickbaitiness.sed
s/Hell/Venus/
And it's portable to every major news outlet.
- FractalLP 8y agoVenus is like Hell though right? Super hot, acid, high pressures? I guess still click-baity though?
- dibujante 8y agoHell Town's hot, but according to the Wikipedia article has record highs of 42C in the summer - rough, but bearable. Not sure about the acidity, though.
- ofcourseianal 8y ago...why
- l0b0 8y agoSure, but "Hell" could equally apply to underground on Earth or the surface of basically any of the planets of the solar system. The conditions on most of them would kill anybody within seconds in pretty gruesome ways. Swapping that one word makes the headline much more accurate, interesting, and information rich. I really did not expect this to trigger the HN crowd so much. Changing this word would objectively make the headline more accurate.
- noobermin 8y agoTo be fair it's a pretty good article despite the title.
- vertexFarm 8y agoI think it's a concise and appropriate title. Making electronics that will work on Venus is essentially designing for hell, with all the heat, pressure, corrosives, and who knows what else. And 14,000 Gs of acceleration? Wow. I've never heard of that happening in hell. This one weird trick lets a microchip survive temperatures of 500C! Intel and heat sink manufacturers HATE this! That would be clickbait.
- PhasmaFelis 8y agoThey're talking about a variety of hostile, high-temperature environments, not just Venus. "Hell" is a bit cheesy, but it's a totally reasonable expression for "hostile, high-temperature environments."
- rbanffy 8y agoIf offered a choice between Hell and Venus, I'd pick Hell. At least the commute is shorter. Also lots of friends already there.