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From HN Guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html If the original title begins with a number or number
by ccarpenterg 16y ago
From HN Guidelines: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
If the original title begins with a number or number + gratuitous adjective, we'd appreciate it if you'd crop it. E.g. translate "10 Ways To Do X" to "How To Do X," and "14 Amazing Ys" to "Ys." Exception: when the number is meaningful, e.g. "The 5 Platonic Solids."
- rodinhood 16y agoGot it. Thanks.
- T_S_ 16y agoI think this policy goes agains human nature. Numbers are a great mnemonic aid. I used to study for math tests in college and the last thing I would do is remember the number of properties in a definition of things, e.g. a field, which I think numbered eleven. That way if I was asked to check whether some structure was a field I would know if all the properties were exhausted or not without having to recall them all. You can call that a lowbrow way to study for a math test, but it worked great for me. Why deny to the entrepreneur what you give willingly to the Platonist? Titles are intended to mainly to attract interest. You can't fit an argument in there any way you try. The Seven-Fold Path, the Ten Commandments, etc. were named so to command attention. Let a hundred flowers bloom under a thousand points of light.