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raincoleyesterday at 7:10 PM1 replyview on HN

It's applied Cunningham's law:

> the best way to get correct answers on HN isn't to ask questions, but to post LLM's answers so people will eagerly fact check them to prove LLMs wrong.


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ChrisMarshallNYyesterday at 7:39 PM

I used to do this type of thing a lot. Boldly state something I knew to be wrong, so I'd get correct answers.

Dang asked me not to do it.

Now, when I boldly state wrong stuff (a not-infrequent occurrence), it's because I really am wrong.

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