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288 points sebg | 2 comments | 10 Apr 25 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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wpollock ◴[10 Apr 25 18:01 UTC] No.43646498[source]▶
Very nice, but instead of an owl, shouldn't the cover illustration be a pirate?
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DadBase ◴[10 Apr 25 19:41 UTC] No.43647370[source]▶
Totally agree. R is pure pirate energy. Half the functions are hidden on purpose, the other half only work if you chant the right incantation while facing the CRAN mirror at dawn.
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1. gnuly ◴[11 Apr 25 10:00 UTC] No.43652227[source]▶
unrelated to the post, but your comment history is very llm-like.
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2. DadBase ◴[11 Apr 25 14:08 UTC] No.43653972[source]▶
Oh, that’s the old Line Length Monitor. Back in the teletype days, it’d beep if your comment ran past 80 columns. Mine used to beep so much the janitor thought we had a bird infestation.