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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by gnabgib on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:07PM (#50460250)
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2024 (515 points, 125 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197013

2021 (431 points, 165 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27929730

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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by adamrezich on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:17PM (#50460341)
The reply near the top of the 2021 link with the Master Foo koan hits quite a bit differently in the age of vibecoding.
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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by tomhow on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @07:36PM (#50461233)
And others! Here's the full list:

93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40197013 - April 2024 (124 comments)

93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27929730 - July 2021 (163 comments)

93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20834351 - Aug 2019 (7 comments)

93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19576425 - April 2019 (132 comments)

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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by Someone on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:41AM (#50463811)
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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by thatsabadlook on Thursday November 12, 2026 @08:18AM (#50466672)
Yea but isn't it refreshing seeing content like this instead of ai noise?
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Re:93% of Paint Splatters Are Valid Perl Programs (2019) by abustamam on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:24PM (#50470834)
I think the commenter was pointing out other discussions in case anyone was interested, not that it was a repost.
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