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by _bent 777 days ago
Considering how debates tend to go in circles, I'm not sure if a DAG is the right data structure
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AnimalMuppet 776 days ago
The comments are a DAG. The ideas go in circles.

But I'm not sure you can get an automated map from comments to ideas, no matter what data structure you use...

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Nevermark 776 days ago
HN just doesn't have enough controls. I don't just want to reply to you, I want to elevate this comment so your comment is a reply to it...

(Perhaps you could edit in a circular quote of this... :)

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