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Re:Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like? by deepspace on Friday October 30, 2020 @01:07AM (#24939352)
I learned something new from the article and that is that GCJ-02 - the coordinate system used in China - is terrifyingly terrible:

"'Topographic map non-linear confidentiality algorithm' is a geodetic datum formulated by the Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, and based on WGS-84. It uses an obfuscation algorithm which adds apparently random offsets to both the latitude and longitude, with the alleged goal of improving national security. There is a license fee associated with using this mandatory algorithm in China."

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Re:Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like? by peterkelly on Friday October 30, 2020 @01:07AM (#24939356)
Wrong thread; I think you meant to post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24917394
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Re:Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like? by dmd on Friday October 30, 2020 @10:27AM (#24942549)
How does that even happen? Server burp?
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Re:Show HN: What would mechanical programming look like? by roryokane on Saturday October 31, 2020 @01:57PM (#24953674)
It could be that they had multiple tabs open, were drafting their comment in an external text editor, and hit Ctrl-Tab one too many times before pasting their comment into the textarea.
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