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Hackers can't deal with words like Hell. Should have been Heck. In a couple of decades, on a wholly new interconnected network, we'll see an article titled, "Wh
by bubblethink 8y ago
Hackers can't deal with words like Hell. Should have been Heck. In a couple of decades, on a wholly new interconnected network, we'll see an article titled, "What the Hell Was a Hacker?"
- city41 8y agoI think it’s less about being a “bad” word and more about not injecting a bit of bias in before the reader even gets to the article. HN is big on “sterile” titles. I believe this falls under “gratuitous adjectives” in the guidelines.
- WalterGR 8y agocity41 is correct. I offer a search for “fuck,” which disproved your assertion: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page...