Comment on Ask HN: When did computers stop being fun?Comments−stripefan3moInteresting — why does this post get penalized from any top HN page even after 40+ points in two hours?−hyperhello3moNo one knows. Don’t worry about it. Just because it resolves to a number doesn’t make it matter.−embedding-shape3moSlightly off-topic, but does this human fetish of "big number sounds good" thing have a name?−hyperhello3moNumberphile?−dang3moIt 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.
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Interesting — why does this post get penalized from any top HN page even after 40+ points in two hours?
No one knows. Don’t worry about it. Just because it resolves to a number doesn’t make it matter.
Slightly off-topic, but does this human fetish of "big number sounds good" thing have a name?
Numberphile?
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.