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It's just a Hacker News convention to include the year in parentheses if the article isn't freshly published. It doesn't have anything to do with the content of
by sp0rk 3y ago
It's just a Hacker News convention to include the year in parentheses if the article isn't freshly published. It doesn't have anything to do with the content of the article itself.
- Retr0id 3y agoSure, but it's generally only done when that added context is important. I think this article could easily have been written yesterday.
- lapcat 3y ago> Sure, but it's generally only done when that added context is important. No, it's almost always done, unless someone forgets. Currently in the top 3 pages of HN there are 12 submissions with (20XY) at the end of the title. It's extremely common.