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by samatman 598 days ago
I saw that comment but didn't follow the algolia link.

I didn't realize Stephen Wolfram was dang's personal We Do Not Mention the Orangutan. I suppose that given the inevitable prevalence of clichéd back-and-forth tropes and exchanges on HN, there's little choice but to draw a line in the sand on specific versions and hope it serves as a stand-in for all of them.
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dang 598 days ago
I don't know who the orangutan is, but that's just one of a thwack of tropes that make me wince on HN. A multithwack. A plenithwack.

They can't be stopped but one can maybe dampen them a bit sometimes. Or not.

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tptacek 598 days ago
TIL, and, on the off chance you didn't go look this up, it's extremely worth it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/EdgarAllanPoe/comments/17cehq8/we_d...

(no matter whether it's true or not)

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