Please don't insinuate astroturfing or shillage in HN comments unless you have evidence. The use of this as a standard (and toxic!) trope in internet arguments is something we definitely need to stay away from. Much more at https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=false&page=0&date... if anyone wants to read about HN's take on this.
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