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Does it work on females too?

I went back and read the content again because of your comment. What a waste of time.

> Identify a Facebook user by *his* phone number despite privacy settings set

Stop being so obtuse about exculpatory mistakes; I am not suggesting HN comments should be humourless, but this is not Reddit.

No one can tell if you're genuinely offended (by grammar or societal gender-terms) by or just a smart arse, your sarcastic tone implies the latter.

I'm not "offended" as such, I just think casual sexism should always be called out (although in fairness, it's an excusable mistake for a non-native speaker, albeit one that still bears pointing out). And yeah, I used sarcasm to do it, because it's more fun; sue me.

I don't think "exculpatory" means what you think it means.

Casual sexism this isn't. Plenty of people switch between he and she as defaults.

Can you explain your use of “exculpatory” here? It’s a Fantastic word and not part of my every day vocabulary, but I can’t quite see how it fits.

The opposite of blameworthy.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exculpatory#note-...

Yep my usage a bit odd, I forgot it is a common legal term. Maybe *trivial* would be a better word.

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