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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by TimSchumann on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:29AM (#25197822)
That random wikipedia link is awesome. Didn’t know you could do that.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by johnchristopher on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:32AM (#25197837)
What's the name of the effect that when you click on something random you still end up on something related to you and you think "it's not that random". Because I got that https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbridge
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by tomger on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:08AM (#25198085)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by pbw on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:51AM (#25197971)
Apophenia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophenia

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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by walto2 on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:36AM (#25197869)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronicity
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by rakoo on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:36AM (#25198277)
Baader-Meinhof phenomenon ?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases#Fre...

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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by EE84M3i on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:16AM (#25199178)
That article "Microbridge" should really be deleted because it's not notable, but it looks like it was proposed in 2011 and failed so it isn't eligible for WP:PROD and needs to go through the full WP:AFD process.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletio...

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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by ddek on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:14AM (#25198126)
Hmm. I'm having a hard time relating the '1990 All-Pacific-10 Conference football team' to anything in my life though.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by drdec on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @10:44AM (#25199440)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideas_and_delusions_of_referen...
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by Tomte on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:00AM (#25198034)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peat_Bog_Soldiers
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by barry-cotter on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:53AM (#25198401)
Pareidolia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by porpoise on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:39AM (#25197902)
The mental habit of seeing connections?
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by dolmen on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @07:45AM (#25197943)
Dot here.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by johnchristopher on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:29AM (#25198224)
I call that one "creativity" !
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by thunderbong on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:41AM (#25198313)
Serendipity?
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Re:Ask HN: Why do some timestamps on HN have a full stop at ... by bschne on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @08:15AM (#25198134)
I once saw a solo improv performance that was started off by using that to get a prompt for a story
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