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Comment by seanlinehan | Hacker News Reader

Here is a strategy that I have heard repeated a few times: When you see a rhetorical question in the title of a news article, the answer is no. The answer is always no. The article may say maybe. But the answer is no. Just like that you've saved yourself a few minutes.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridges_law_of_headlines

I've come to count on another thing too: someone on HN comments will always point out the answer is 'no' and then point out this generality, and then you'll often have a comment like mine point this out. :)

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omg, I can create noisy posts, too.

Maybe I'll write an article with the title, "Is the answer to this question no?"

I see where you are headed. The answer is still no because you won't write the aforementioned article. You're clever.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liar_paradox

Why are people posting articles like this to HN? Please stop :(

This account is new. Do you have another HN account? Have you been reading HN for a long time?

May I ask: what is it about this story that you dislike? (I'm not disagreeing with you. The article doesn't feel great. But there's potential: People sometimes wonder about what problems need solving, yet this group is mostly young, mostly white, mostly male; mostly well educated. How do these people burst that bubble to find the problems that other people have?)

Also, going to [new] and upvoting good stories is important and a good thing to do.

Seriously? That's utterly irresponsible. I hope you aren't a CEO.

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