On HN we don't much care about profanity per se, so there's no need to bowdlerize a la "the fuck" -> "the heck". In this case, though, the best option is proba

On HN we don't much care about profanity per se, so there's no need to bowdlerize a la "the fuck" -> "the heck". In this case, though, the best option is probably just to take out the expletive.