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Re:Original source of `(seed * 9301 and 49297) % 233280` ran... by svnpenn on Saturday August 06, 2022 @02:12PM (#32370306)
It's common hacker news trope for someone to do acronym diarrhea, even with rarely or never used abbreviations. It's quite annoying.
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Re:Original source of `(seed * 9301 and 49297) % 233280` ran... by Dylan16807 on Saturday August 06, 2022 @02:53PM (#32370598)
NR is in the answer in the link.

I feel like SE being stack exchange is pretty clear here.

The remaining reference is not an acronym or abbreviation, nor do I think it looks like one.

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