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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.

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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.

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.

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