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dang/mods: The title here has a small typo: it misspells algorithm.
by drenei 5y ago
dang/mods: The title here has a small typo: it misspells algorithm.
- unwind 5y agoBefore doing that, it also misspells "first".
- abhaynayar 5y agoAlso "algorithn".
- leirbagarc 5y agoGuys, sorry for the typos. The original title was too long. I needed to replace "First" to "1st" (HN switch back automatically, lol) and try to abbreviate.
- Kiro 5y agoStill doesn't explain "algorithn".
- dr_zoidberg 5y agoN is right next to M in QWERTY keyboards. Typing fast, you may hit one instead of the other.
- Kiro 5y agoWhy would they type it manually at all? My understanding is that they copypasted the title, was prompted it was too long, tried to short First to 1st which HN automatically expanded upon which they removed some words instead. So how did algorithm become "algorithn"? This is not some random nitpicking. This is a great mystery worthy of its own detective TV show so I don't appreciate the downvotes. All my friends are extremely puzzled by this whole situation.
- leirbagarc 5y agoKiro, perhaps I'm a bot from FB that posts our scientific achievements on HN. FB needs to improve my algorithn!
- dymk 5y ago"n" is more narrow than "m", so the title would fit HN's title length limits.
- rmellow 5y agoA subtle nod to the fact this was posted on hn
- tomerv 5y agoAt first I thought it was about an algorithm to generate text with mistakes on purpose - and that it did a nice job.