Yup, decided to repost it, since someone replied with a link that even helped me further last time, so I was hoping to start another convo :) which seems like I have successfully achieved since this even sparked a longer thread this time, which I enjoyed reading.
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020)
by itchyjunk on Saturday September 17, 2022 @09:59AM
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Good memory. I wonder how often things like this happen. hmm
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020)
by xwowsersx on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:53AM
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Yup, recognized it as soon as I saw it here because I distinctly remember thinking, when I read the first one, "hmm, I'm not sure I'd call this a 'hack'"
Re:Introduction to Algorithms (2020)
by electriclove on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:15AM
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Nice job finding it!
Bot or not?
Turns out I did see a thread almost like this, with a top comment almost like this a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32793139
Felt like I was going insane.