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AnimalMuppetyesterday at 3:21 PM1 replyview on HN

Off topic: That comma in the title really grates on me. It's supposed to be "dramatic pause" or something, but it can also be read as "pause while I check my notes to remember what the name of this thing actually is".

Hat tip to Joel Garreau, from whom I stole this reading of that kind of comma.


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bromuroyesterday at 11:37 PM

It is wrong - it should be a colon “:” instead of a comma.