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Re:Angular 1.x Banned from Firefox Addons by lucb1e on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:01PM (#12754623)
What do you mean by claiming to not have framed it as a legitimate theory; you're saying it's an illegitimate theory, as in, you yourself don't believe it's true?
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Re:Angular 1.x Banned from Firefox Addons by water42 on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:08PM (#12754676)
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12754526

It was hyperbole. I personally think that the language is clear too. Here's a good post explaining the usage of the phrase "For all I know" since apparently HN isn't familiar with the idiom https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/92207/what-is-th...

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Re:Angular 1.x Banned from Firefox Addons by jshevek on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:27PM (#12754871)
His statement was literally correct, and useful in highlighting a different perspective on what is known to be known. The negativity seems to stem from not taking it literally.
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