Dubious Article Numbers

Commenters joke about, question the validity of, and request specific numbers from the article, suspecting they are arbitrary, overly precise, or mixed up by an LLM.

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Sample Comments

saagarjha • Nov 14, 2019 • View on HN

This one has numbers in it, though.

gloryjulio • Aug 27, 2024 • View on HN

Looks like it's written by llm where it mixed up the numbers

oliv__ • Apr 4, 2021 • View on HN

Sooo... what's the number? :-)

bhjodokast • Oct 8, 2010 • View on HN

All your numberz are belong to us.

true_religion • Jun 24, 2011 • View on HN

That's an awfully specific number.

willstrafach • Jul 18, 2017 • View on HN

Do you mind sharing the number they used?

Bromskloss • Aug 2, 2018 • View on HN

Psst! That's an arbitrary number.

rgbrgb • Feb 16, 2011 • View on HN

Thanks! Really looking for a number though...

bglusman • Nov 29, 2016 • View on HN

er... which numbers? can someone expand on this?

_eht • Jun 1, 2022 • View on HN

They even numbered them for you...