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by mr_luc 4778 days ago
Okay, first, I'll just say it: I'll bet Microsoft has a team of developer-relations/pr people commenting on HN. HN is so important to the startup world, and Microsoft sees tech evangelism as war ...

https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=cooldeal

Maybe it's not you, but I bet it's happening.
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tptacek 4778 days ago
1998 Slashdot called and wants its comment back.
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qompiler 4777 days ago
It might be a call from 1998 but the halloween documents are real. You are really naive or just stupid if you think these kind of operations arn't being executed till this day.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_Documents

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cooldeal 4778 days ago
You mean I could get paid for what I do for free?! I didn't know that, damn!

If there is such a team on HN, they're doing quite a shitty job by the looks of it. Even a review of the Surface is routinely flagged off the front page for daring to be on the same page as a new Chromebook announcement.

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