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That doesn't say it's new, or that it doesn't happen every winter.
by cwyers 8y ago
That doesn't say it's new, or that it doesn't happen every winter.
- bunderbunder 8y agoThe way the headline is worded, along with the fact that it's a headline in the first place, implies that it's an unprecedented thing, even if the article doesn't go out and state it. Had they wanted to, they could have come up with a much less linkbait-y way to talk about how track maintenance works in the winter.
- gscott 8y agoEveryone outside of the areas where it gets cold enough for this to happen... I found it fascinating. Hacker news is partly about hacking a problem to find a solution and it seems this is a good hack. It's click-baity but you can imagine yourself in the shoes of the original person looking at the problem and going through the steps until they figure out that it can be solved by burning a rope... it is interesting.