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by adaml_623 4132 days ago
As a general rule headlines from 'The Register' should probably not be copied directly regardless of the rules on this website.

Actual headline: "FORK ME! Uber hauls GitHub into court to find who hacked database of 50,000 drivers"
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JeremyNT 4132 days ago
There's actually an exception in the site rules[0] for the sorts of titles which are common on the Reg:

> Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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fnordfnordfnord 4132 days ago
Why? What's your justification?
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