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The April Fools joke that might have got me fired

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511 points goldenskye | 1 comments | 01 Apr 25 07:11 UTC | HN request time: 0.199s | source
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tux3 ◴[01 Apr 25 11:45 UTC] No.43545597[source]▶
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tdstein ◴[01 Apr 25 11:56 UTC] No.43545688[source]▶
Can anyone tell me how to setup a premium account? I can’t figure it out.
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mankyd ◴[01 Apr 25 11:58 UTC] No.43545701[source]▶
You gotta start by typing your password into a comment. Like this: ****.
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Aardwolf ◴[01 Apr 25 11:59 UTC] No.43545707[source]▶
hunter2

edit: hey that doesnt look like stars to me

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actionfromafar ◴[01 Apr 25 12:02 UTC] No.43545732[source]▶
Everybody else but you sees the stars, but not you because you are logged in to your account.

To me your message appears as:

    *******

    edit: hey that doesnt look like stars to me
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1. colejohnson66 ◴[01 Apr 25 12:06 UTC] No.43545754[source]▶
You can go hunter2 my hunter2-ing hunter2