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One day I will make the HN front page with a repo containing a todolist with one unchecked item. "TODO: Write a todo list cool enough to make the frontpage of HN."

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But then you will have achieved the TODO, ruining the joke.

That is the joke...

The joke was that a TODO list with an unchecked item is on the front page of HN. In the grandparent's scenario, the item is checked.

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