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Xkcd - TED Talk
- my 18y agoI'm not even joking when I say that I have this dilemma daily.
- noonespecial 18y agoI usually use alternative parentheses. This is a statement <its kind of goofy :)> Or if I'm feeling particularly geeky and the audience will appreciate... This is a statement qq{its kind of goofy :)};
- jyothi 18y agoI feel square brackets look better. Also they are not used in emoticons as much as angle brackets and flower brackets. This is a statement [ its kind of goofy :) ] and to continue your syntactic way... This is a statement /* its kind of goofy :) */
- cperciva 18y agoDo we really need to have every single xkcd comic submitted here? I'm sure we're all aware of xkcd by now.
- jyothi 18y agoGuess it does happens with a lot of articles, but the good thing is only the good ones float up - all of PG, joelonsoftware, mattmaroon, techcrunch, avc posts etc. These are things we would anyway checkout if HN did not exist. I would actually be happy to be assured that all posts from these sites get submitted, hence getting a chance to get upvoted.
- rms 18y agoDo we really need to have someone complain about xkcd being submitted every time it is submitted? If you think it is that bad, flag it, don't complain in the thread.
- andygeers 18y agoYeah, I was hoping for some serious discussion of the central issue - how do you end such a parenthetical statement with an emoticon?