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by douglasputnam 5865 days ago
News items that contain the word "killer" in the title are usually composed by uninformed local TV news writers, or by hack bloggers who want to drive easy fanboy traffic to their site with cheap rhetoric. We see the same motive in headlines that start with "Top Ten Reasons That...", and "Is My Karate Better Than Your Kung Fu?" or "Python is Dead!?". Sensationalism has its place---the tech gossip media is built on it---but it's disappointing to see it finding unquestioned acceptance on HN.