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How is that off-topic? It's the whole reason the story is remarkable at all.

• dang 5y ago
  The flamewar it predictably produced is off topic. There are other ways of posting about this that don't lead to flamewars.
  • aliasEli 5y ago
    Please give an example of how they could have written it.
    • dang 5y ago
      Another user gave such an example already: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27654775 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27654775