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Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762
by riedel 3y ago
Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762
- dang 3y agoThanks! Macroexpanded: Achieving an open-source implementation of Apple Code Signing and notarization - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32386762 - Aug 2022 (51 comments)
- jraph 3y agoOff topic but I've seen you mention "Macroexpanded" a lot of times, is it something regular users can do, and how?
- codetrotter 3y agoFrom one I’ve understood, that’s referring to Lisp code that runs as dang and automatically makes this sort of reply where it takes links to stories that people comment, and it replies with title of story, month and year it was posted and number of comments. Only dang can do that sort of thing. Not us mere mortals.
- freedomben 3y agoI've wondered too if it was automatic or something dang runs (or triggers) manually. It seems like it only runs on a small percentage of them, usually the more popular stories, so I tend to think it requires some manual intervention on his end.
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- walterbell 3y ago> Not us mere mortals. A javascript bookmarklet could likely extract that text for clipboard copy.
- codetrotter 3y agoI mean specifically the ability to run Lisp code server side on HN
- dang 3y agoComments posted by my account are always ones that I personally write and personally post. Never automatic. Even though a lot of the moderation comments are repetitive to put it mildly, it would feel wrong to do it any other way. I do have software the makes it easier to find past threads and to create the text of the form Title - link - month/year - number of comments, as well as to speed up countless other repetitive tasks, but it's all software that I'm using personally.
- krapp 3y agoI think you should definitely automate this. I've seen browser plugins do it - so it could be done entirely with javascript if you don't want to mess around with Arc.
- codetrotter 3y agoNeat!
- carbotaniuman 3y agoI think it's literally just dang typing out the title and giving more context.
- dang 3y agoIt's basically just a joke, so yes, everyone can do it. I do have the idea, though, of letting the software offer to macroexpand people's links to past HN threads in this way (i.e. turn a raw link into an annotated one that mentions the title and date of the thread, and number of comments - because this makes the links more useful to the reader, who can more clearly decide whether to click or not). So maybe it will be more than a joke someday!
- jraph 3y agoOkay :-) Thanks for your answer. Yep, sounds like a good idea. Or links could be automatically expanded like this when they appear on their own lines, possibly with a "[...]" footnote prefix.
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