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   by dang 26d ago

   (most) comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408 , which has the original source
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   by dang 26d ago

   Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49639408 , which has the original source. I'll try to assemble the other links there too.
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   by dang 26d ago

   Since you posted the original source (thank you!) I think we'll use your submission as the one to merge into, then re-up it.
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   by dang 26d ago

   Discussed a few times: A Slower Speed of Light (2012) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40332586 - May 2024 (59 comments) What if we could reduce the speed of light - https://news.ycombinator.com/it
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   by dang 26d ago

   > Truly idiotic moments. Peak of Western civilization point. Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments and flamebait? This is particularly bad. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. You've been
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   by dang 26d ago

   " Don't be snarky. " " Don't be curmudgeonly. Thoughtful criticism is fine, but please don't be rigidly or generically negative. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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   by dang 26d ago

   Yes and secondarily weird is why there was a flurry of these all at once. I mean it's probably just the usual group dynamics but it would be interesting to know what precipitated it, and why now.
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   by dang 26d ago

   Thank you! I'm impressed and grateful that you ended up being so nice in this exchange. As my sister-in-law used to say, "you barely ever get that".
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   by dang 26d ago

   I'm not going to pile on by posting a moderation warning in this context, but I do want to respond to one point you made: > this hive of nobodies is allowed to run rampant here, with no moderation You're quite right that there
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    by dang 26d ago

    I was just replying to another user about that very point! Maybe it will be helpful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49637174
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    by dang 26d ago

    I'm afraid you're getting a bit piled on in the replies because readers feel strongly about this. But I want to add one thing re this: > I do use LLM editing What we're seeing is that LLM editing leaves nearly as many impr
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    by dang 26d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636283 .
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    by dang 26d ago

    That's certainly an important factor but there are at least 2 others: (1) the quality of the link (some articles are better than others, and/or sometimes there is a canonical source for the story); and (2) randomness - we're
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    by dang 26d ago

    (I'm afraid this response may be irritating!) That's a good thing, because this is not a good story for HN. It's a riler-upper which attracts attention not because of intellectual curiosity (the desired function of this site)
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    by dang 26d ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by dang 26d ago

    Recent and related: RSA-260 Factorized - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49546284 - Sept 2026 (77 comments) Normally we'd downweight a follow-up [1] but this is a good article and arguably adds SNI [2] in its ow
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    by dang 27d ago

    Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited comments to HN? It's not allowed here - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079
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    by dang 27d ago

    Can you please not post AI-generated or AI-edited text to HN? It's not allowed here - see https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html#generated and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47340079 . O
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    by dang 27d ago

    We've banned this account since it has sunk to the level of posting nothing but flamebait and unsubstantive comments, and has ignored our request to stop. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator
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    by dang 27d ago

    Discussed at the time: Into the Depths of C: Elaborating the De Facto Standards [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11805377 - May 2016 (39 comments)
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    by dang 27d ago

    This was not a borderline call! The GP comment is not in keeping with the kind of discussion we're hoping for, especially not at the top of a thread—which unfortunately is where cheap negative comments often end up. The problem isn&#x2
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    by dang 27d ago

    Please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN, and particularly not unsubstantive + negative ones, which kill the kind of discussion we're hoping to have here (i.e. curious and thoughtful). If you wouldn't mind reviewing ht
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    by dang 28d ago

    There have been quite a few submissions on this topic. The biggest one is: 216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49592375 - Sept 2026 (971 comments so far) (Normally we&#x27
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    by dang 28d ago

    Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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    by dang 29d ago

    > Made by the creator of ptable.com, a popular interactive periodic table website around since 1997. Discussed a few times over the years! Interactive Periodic Table - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27650576 - Ju
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    by dang 29d ago

    Ok, but please don't post unsubstantive comments to HN. We're trying for something different here. (and particularly not unsubstantive+indignant ones, which are the worst for the kind of discussion we're trying for)
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    by dang 29d ago

    We actually downweight lists on HN, for reasons explained a few times over the years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
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    by dang 29d ago

    Thanks! We'll put that link in the toptext as well.
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    by dang 29d ago

    We'll put that link in the toptext as well. Thanks!
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    by dang 29d ago

    Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49552299 .