[stripefan]

Interesting — why does this post get penalized from any top HN page even after 40+ points in two hours?

[hyperhello]

No one knows. Don’t worry about it. Just because it resolves to a number doesn’t make it matter.

[embedding-shape]

Slightly off-topic, but does this human fetish of "big number sounds good" thing have a name?

[hyperhello]

Numberphile?

[dang]

It set off the flamewar detector, a,k.a. the overheated discussion detector. That's usually the reason.

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48164471.