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Side note: your comment is one of the few times I've seen the code tag used for actual code on HN, rather than quotations or just indentation.

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Yeah, why does Hacker News not have a real way to indent things? It wouldn't make loading the page any less light-weight.

Seriously. I can't go a week in HN without reading someone's complaint about not being able to read a quote, probably on mobile. If users keep complaining regularly, it's a problem with the software interface, not the users.

I emailed dang about it a while (years) ago. He said he's added it to the fix list, after initially saying that having a quote tag would mess up the site's "character." You may want to email him too.

Nobody said anything about mobile. Am I missing something?

True, and unfortunately it does not render it properly, it‘s cut after 20 chars or so

You should be able to scroll it.

Thanks, you’re right. I wasn’t aware of that. The experience is rather crappy though. Cumbersome to scroll on a smartphone screen and I’d love to see to entire statement not parts of only at a time.

> dna = ''.join(random.choices('atgc', weights=[30.9, 29.4, 19.9, 19.8], k=3_234_830_000))

On a tablet, I highlight and pull down. It grabs it all and I can then read it. It is a very awful workaround that impacts the site's usability.

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