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OT, but what's with the weird apostrophe/tick before each name in OP?
by slater 3y ago
OT, but what's with the weird apostrophe/tick before each name in OP?
- kristjansson 3y agoI read it as a LISP-y (and therefore HN-y) version of @
- solardev 3y agoI read it as an unterminated string and kept looking for the end =/
- password4321 3y agoI vote for ƛ
- quesera 3y agoOne of the founders of Starfighter wanted to popularize the leading tick as the HN-equivalent of the @ on other social networks. I read it as an homage to HN days of yore.
- tptacek 3y agoIt's better than @! @tptacek isn't me!