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Re:Renaming files with mv without typing the name two times by wondringaloud on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:33PM (#22860924)
I've been asking myself that question more and more. It seems HN has been slowly becoming a Reddit-lite. There are significantly more low-quality "thanks! this is great!" comments and "witty" one-liners everywhere.

Not to mention posts like these.

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Re:Renaming files with mv without typing the name two times by dang on Monday April 13, 2020 @07:46PM (#22861427)
People have been saying this since before Startup News was renamed to Hacker News in 2007: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13852

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

More here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21755721

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Re:Renaming files with mv without typing the name two times by toomuchtodo on Monday April 13, 2020 @06:34PM (#22860939)
Everyone is a beginner at some point. Community and content shape the culture.
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