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That’s standard practice, on HN, and has been, before AI was a broken condom on the drug store shelf.

Unpleasant, but comes with the territory (I don’t like it, when it’s done to me).

That said, I’m not sure that kind of scolding is particularly effective, either.



I think saying just "explain" is a bit of a meme and meant to come across as almost humorously asking for an explanation.


Yea you get that once in a while here, also: "wrong".

It's like some commenters treat human interaction as a command-line interface.




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