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by rrreese 1365 days ago
If like myself you are confused as to what the byte Ordered Mark has to do with weather, BoM is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Triple dipping refers to this being the third year of La Niña in a row.

3 comments

I thought it was Bill of Materials
HNer's religious devotion to "Don't change the submission title" is sometimes infuriating. It needs to say what BoM is and that it's confirmed in Australia.
Only takes a quick glance of the actual article to gain clarity on it though.
There is no need to make comments like that, others will just complain about it.
Which is not always a reason not to say something when you believe it's important.
Even if it is important, there will still be an overwhelming amount of people who will not care
That goes both ways. Even when something annoys you, there are a lot of people who don't care.
That is quite the confusion you got there. As la nina is a weather event, how is it related to Byte ordered Mark?
They were just defining the unknown acronym in a playful way, presumably.

You got the joke, but didn’t even notice.

I was actually thinking it meant bill of materials. I am a programmer with construction background
Lol, fwiw this was my initial reading as well.