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		ronnoch on Jan 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Paranoia and deletion: the wipe man page Currently your comment, which adds nothing to the discussion except a simple spelling correction, has more upvotes than the parent. Sign of the times for HN? Not to say spelling corrections are never useful, I think they often are, but I don't understand the mindset that upvotes them over comments that actually participate in the discussion.

techiferous on Jan 15, 2011 | [–]

I learned a new word today: dissemble. I come to HN to learn; therefore, it got my upvote.

hnhg on Jan 16, 2011 | | [–]

Yeah, I'm quite surprised by that. I just thought I would mention it in passing.

idm on Jan 15, 2011 | [–]

upvoted this

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