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Re:Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript by rubber_duck on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @01:00PM (#12686215)
npm = node package manager = CLI tool which Yarn replaces.

npmjs.com = package repo which Yarn can use.

at least as far as I can tell

Re:Yarn – A new package manager for JavaScript by EugeneOZ on Tuesday October 11, 2016 @02:32PM (#12687209)
I'm almost sure complain was about npm as a tool, not about repo :)