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I thought it was weird to give the size of a plot in units of length. That made me click the title. If it had said "270 square inch plot" I probably would not have been curious enough to follow the link.

So, I claim the title is click-bait. :)

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I’m glad you put the smiley at the end there because HN is infested with people crying clickbait for merely interesting or articles they disagree with.

Clickbait is HN’s ‘FUD’.

There’s been an overreaction to a real issue and I just wanted to add my worthless opinion.

I simply assumed the writer inadvertently left out the word "square". Apparently, the omission was a deliberate nudge to Hiring at any other publication with laxer standards.

No, it's not just an omission of square: the plot in question is a little triangle, each side around 25 inches long, so the area is around 270 sq in.

Indeed: The abbreviation "sq" indicating area.

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