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Obligatory XKCD: http://xkcd.com/353/ http://xkcd.com/353/

• silentbicycle 16y ago
  XKCD is never obligatory. Seriously, why is anyone "obligated" to post a comic that mentions Python, but adds nothing of substance, and isn't even funny? (http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%22obligatory+xkcd%22 http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+%...)
  • nbpoole 16y ago
    Why? That's easy: I made a deal with Randall Munrow and as a result I'm legally obligated to post links to XKCD comics all over the web! Seriously though. I enjoy reading XKCD and the first thing I thought of when I read the title of the post was that comic. Sorry for offending your delicate sense of humor. ;)
    • beaumartinez 16y ago
      (nbpoole, I think Reddit-like humour is wasted here on HackerNews.)
  • ot 16y ago
    Well, "import antigravity" is sure enough a hidden feature of python. Well hidden. So hidden that I couldn't find it in any version of the interpreter :)
    • rbonvall 16y ago
      Actually it is included in Python 3: http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/antigravity.py?view=markup&pathrev=66902 http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Lib/antigravity.py?v...
  • j_baker 16y ago
    Let's be fair. It was funny the first time I saw it.
    • deleted 16y ago
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    • silentbicycle 16y ago
      Damning with faint, faint, faint praise. ObPython: Learn Smalltalk too!