So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.

Re:So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. by loup-vaillant on Monday December 13, 2010 @04:10AM (#1999896)

OK, I guess from the massive down-voting that this summary is inaccurate, or misleading, or inflammatory, or something.

That's close to no information at all. So if someone could make a better summary, or at least a teaser, please do so.

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Re:So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. by hugh3 on Monday December 13, 2010 @10:09AM (#2000649)

I think "tl;dr"s always get downmodded to oblivion.

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Re:So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. by loup-vaillant on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @03:18AM (#2003518)

Yet summaries without that term often sky-rocket: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2002255 And more than one HNer publicly stated that they read comments first, to see if the article is worth their time.

This only make sense if "tl;dr" is considered as a swear word here at HN. Is it?

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Re:So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. by hugh3 on Tuesday December 14, 2010 @10:34AM (#2004461)

It's a meme. A meme associated with a different style of commenting. In particular, a "tl;dr" summary is usually a sarcastic over-summary.

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Re:So long, and thanks for the Ph.D. by ebaysucks on Thursday December 16, 2010 @02:16AM (#2011363)

I had no idea that "tl;dr" is sarcastic.

My initial comments was meant to be an honest summary.

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