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Re:Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible... by jplarson on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @09:44PM (#9502883)
Seems harsh that so many people downvoted this, I dig the Slumdog Millionaire reference!
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Re:Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible... by axitanull on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @10:32PM (#9503009)
I believe that is because many people don't want comment section in Hacker News turn into the one in Reddit, which consist of mostly jokes, pop culture references...things that doesn't really contribute to the discussion.
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Re:Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible... by jplarson on Thursday May 07, 2015 @09:13AM (#9504763)
Got it, thanks!
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Re:Why Ken Jennings’s ‘Jeopardy’ Streak Is Nearly Impossible... by jMyles on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @10:36PM (#9503022)
> things that doesn't really contribute to the discussion.

There may be a diversity in palette for this matter, even among the same people at different times.

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