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Interesting — why does this post get penalized from any top HN page even after 40+ points in two hours?

• hyperhello 5mo ago
  No one knows. Don’t worry about it. Just because it resolves to a number doesn’t make it matter.
  • embedding-shape 5mo ago
    Slightly off-topic, but does this human fetish of "big number sounds good" thing have a name?
    • hyperhello 5mo ago
      Numberphile?
      • deleted 5mo ago
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    • granoflow 4mo ago
      [dead]
• dang 5mo ago
  It set off the flamewar detector, a,k.a. the overheated discussion detector. That's usually the reason. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164471 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164471.