[CoastalCoder]

Hey, could someone clarify why all the downvotes?

I'd have thought asking for a spoiler alert would be pretty acceptable.

[samatman]

> In a series of books by David Brin [0] there is

Is a spoiler alert.

Also:

> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[CoastalCoder]

Thanks.