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Re:Vim Macros for Beancount by Bengalilol on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @10:40AM (#44952079)
My excuses. I went too far (and too quickly)

(Yes, I used a LLM to check it and copy paste without any review, all shame on me)

Re:Vim Macros for Beancount by weepingwi11ow on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @10:52AM (#44952234)
Re:Vim Macros for Beancount by AnthOlei on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:06PM (#44953761)
Does anyone else think this method of discourse incredibly rude? This poster posted a quasi researched comment that looks surface credible. A HN user took the time to respond to each point - only for the response to the response to be “whoops sorry, wasted your time!”

Feels like a breach of social contract. I used to see help requests that were well written as a signal of effort - as in “I’ll put in the effort to help since they did”

Re:Vim Macros for Beancount by soupbowl on Tuesday August 19, 2025 @01:23PM (#44953947)
It was rude and HN would be better off if you just stopped commenting if your level of effort is this low.