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ImPostingOnHNtoday at 2:59 PM1 replyview on HN

"slop" is a perfectly valid judgement of content

surely if we're expected to read this ourselves, the author can write it themselves?

indeed, it's helpful to the author, too: writing helps you learn


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ModernMechtoday at 5:54 PM

I dunno, you'll notice several people here saying that got value from it, despite others not engaging with it at all. If your filter is that you don't engage with anything you don't expect a priori to get value from (based on weak signals), you'll miss a lot.