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This title is absolutely useless, it says nothing about _anything whatsoever_, its insane you think its a better title. You could literally change the title to

• dang 7y ago
  Sure! Except there's also value in a title being what the author wrote. I wouldn't want every, or even any other title to be as vague as "Well, Duh". But one is ok. It's generally good for HN's front page to have a couple that don't give their secrets away. We don't want to spell everything out. It's good for readers to have to work a little. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20%22work%20a%20little%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu... If all information on the front page is obvious and straightforward, that's like simple carbohydrates—so quickly metabolized that they turn into sugar-rush discussion in which people react quickly out of reflexive associations. It's good to have some fiber to slow that mechanism down. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20reflexive%20reflect&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...