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title naming in hackernews is so copy-cat. this is the 3rd time I see a title "the unreasonable effectiveness" of X. After the first very successful post.
by mclightning 11y ago
title naming in hackernews is so copy-cat. this is the 3rd time I see a title "the unreasonable effectiveness" of X. After the first very successful post.
- ominous 11y agoIt goes beyond posts. In case you are not aware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness_of_Mathematics_in_the_Natural_Sciences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreasonable_Effectiveness... It happens a lot. "X for fun and profit" and "Y, and so should you" are other examples.
- ssanders82 11y ago"X considered harmful" is my personal pet peeve
- erikb 11y agoI like all of them. This way I don't just know the topic (X) but also what kind of discussion is to be expected. Makes parsing the mainpage much faster for my brain.
- dTal 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowclone
- ominous 11y agoIt has a name! Neat. Thank you