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by freedomben 1047 days ago
I didn't really like the title of the HN post either, but I don't think it needs much change. Just drop the "I'm 17 and" part and do "I wrote this guide on hwo CPUs run progra..."

The "I'm 17" part just felt irrelevant to me in a technical work. I.e. it's either technically correct or it's not. However, I can see a strong argument about why it should be in the title. If you care about meta details of the work, it's certainly different and interesting to be produced by someone so young. I suppose part of this is my own life experience talking, and very likely means I'm projecting. When I was a teenager I hated divulging that to others on the internet because they treated me differently when they found out how old I was.

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Well—it could go either way but I do think it is notable that the author is young and helping peers. Based on original post seems important to them. But the exact number 17 not important either way!

I might click through and read an article to see what the youth of today are creating, but not so much care about an adult writing something on CPUs haha