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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole? by audeyisaacs on Monday October 24, 2016 @04:15PM (#12782439)
I believe it's for statistical purposes(if it's anything like death codes here in Aus).

If there is an uptick in dolphin strikes, the Government(or some environmental management group) may do something about the dolphin problem.

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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole? by ajdlinux on Monday October 24, 2016 @08:31PM (#12784191)
Speaking of Australian death codes: http://deathmatch.me/
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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole? by mdip on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @07:37AM (#12787004)
Or if there's a sudden lack of dolphin related accidents it might be good to look into whether or not the end of the world is eminent[0].

[0] http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Dolphins

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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole? by flukus on Monday October 24, 2016 @07:21PM (#12783800)
Wouldn't it also hide increases of "injured by a sea creature" that could be more useful in policy making.
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Re:Ask HN: What is your favorite internet rabbit hole? by audeyisaacs on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:18PM (#12789732)
I don't think so, though I don't know in practice I imagine there would be categories that aggregate the individual codes.
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