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Re:Ask HN: What is your proudest little invention or discovery? by qrio2 on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @02:26PM (#36062148)
This is probably a holdover from arcade games - many score boards would check for "no no" words like ASS, SEX, DIK, etc and would change it to the initials of a developer or acronym for the company
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Re:Ask HN: What is your proudest little invention or discovery? by snickerbockers on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @04:10PM (#36063279)
I tried all the other 3-letter words, SEX is the only one that's not allowed.
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