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by hollerith 2 hours ago
The name of the site you are writing this on is a usage of this "esoteric" meaning.
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vesche 1 hour ago
It was an intentional, near-archaic throwback even at the time HN was founded. Paul Graham has written about it, you can probably still find his blog written about it 20 years ago.
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