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Looks like whoever writes for Ars likes to read HN — this was mentioned in a comment here yesterday, then published in Ars today. Nice one, Animats! https://ne
by peterldowns 2y ago
Looks like whoever writes for Ars likes to read HN — this was mentioned in a comment here yesterday, then published in Ars today. Nice one, Animats!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41492001 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41492001
- ehnto 2y agoQuite surreal seeing the comment and just hours later seeing the article it sparked.
- generalizations 2y agoIf the stylometry website [1] was still online, we could probably figure out which user the ars author is. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33755016
- diggan 2y agoAssuming they have A) written somewhere with one user that they are a writer at Ars and B) have written more about other things with another account Most likely they're just a lurker though, like most, and then stylometry wouldn't help :)
- schmorptron 2y agoThe article directly attributes it to him! Was that edited in after you wrote your comment?
- peterldowns 2y agoI think it always attributed Animats correctly, I just wanted to point it out sounce it hadn't been remarked upon yet.
- ksec 2y agoIn the old days, most if not all media would avoid mentioning or linking directly to HN. I think it was post 2016 they stopped doing that.