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Re:Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images by smt88 on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @07:52AM (#21124290)
> so if I have no problem parsing that, it's possible

That's still assuming your interpretation was what the writer intended. As a native English speaker, I can tell you that it's not 100% clear.

> what necessitates knee-jerk responses or downvotes?

The meaning of a down vote is not defined by HN itself, so it's personal. For me, I use it based on value. I up-vote comments that add to or improve the discussion. I down-vote comments that add nothing.

I did not down-vote the root comment here. I replied because I found the content to be locked away by the presentation, and the content seemed to be a worthwhile part of the discussion of the article.

Re:Engineer admits hacking Yahoo accounts searching for images by PavlovsCat on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @03:48PM (#21129762)
> That's still assuming your interpretation was what the writer intended. As a native English speaker, I can tell you that it's not 100% clear.

I think your your summary of the comment doesn't really match the comment.