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I know I am being pedantic, but it is a bit weird to editorialize "How I Implemented /dev/printerfact in Rust" to "I Implemented...", make the author come off a

by O_H_E 6y ago

I know I am being pedantic, but it is a bit weird to editorialize "How I Implemented /dev/printerfact in Rust" to "I Implemented...", make the author come off a little more boastful than they intended to.

a_t48 6y ago
"I reimplemented" might be better
- xena 6y ago
  Author of the article here, I think "I Implemented" is the least wrong way to phrase it. I didn't reimplement it because it didn't exist before I implemented it.
  - a_t48 6y ago
    Didn't realize it was only a web thing before - that's fair. Edit: I hadn't had my coffee yet, reading comprehension wasn't yet active. :)
pcr910303 6y ago
HN strips out prefix ‘How’s by default. I guess that was applied here as well...
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- O_H_E 6y ago
  Ummm...I dont think so https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=true&query=%22how%20i%20%22&sort=byPopularity&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=pastYear&page=0&prefix=tru...
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  - scrollaway 6y ago
    These titles you linked are re-edited to add the "How" back.
iudqnolq 6y ago
The author implemented /dev/printerfact. Someone else came up with printerfact. If someone said they implemented /dev/null I wouldn't think they came up with the concept of null. Also printerfact was implemented by a high person with sed and a list of cat facts. While excellent, it's not an incredible achievement we need to defend the integrity of.