YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN LINE ${line_number}2020 (245 points, 38 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24578749
2024 (217 points, 29 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40964261
Maybe I should use macros like this for productive work to make sure programming stays engaging and entertaining!
EXPERTS CLAIM SECRET_CODE TO BE 129
DISCOVER HOW TO MESS WITH NUMBER
RUMOR HAS IT
EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE NUMBER MODULO 2
WHAT IF RESULT IS ACTUALLY 0
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT NUMBER DIVIDED BY 2
LIES!
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT (NUMBER TIMES 3) PLUS 1
END OF STORY
EXPERTS CLAIM ITERATION TO BE 0
DISCOVER HOW TO DEEP_RESEARCH WITH NUMBER
RUMOR HAS IT
EXPERTS CLAIM ITERATION TO BE ITERATION PLUS 1
EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE MESS OF NUMBER
WHAT IF RESULT IS ACTUALLY 1 RUMOR HAS IT
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT ITERATION
END OF STORY
LIES!
SHOCKING DEVELOPMENT DEEP_RESEARCH OF RESULT
END OF STORY
EXPERTS CLAIM RESULT TO BE DEEP_RESEARCH OF SECRET_CODE
YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS (((("shocking fact about innocious number discovered: " PLUS SECRET_CODE) PLUS " takes a whopping ") PLUS RESULT) PLUS " steps to reach 1")
PLEASE LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE EXPERTS CLAIM SECRET_CODE TO BE LATEST NEWS ON 'Innocious number?'IN BOOST TO x — increment x by 1
IN BLOW TO x — decrement by 1
Throw in ‘BAN THIS SICK FILTH’ as a way to throw an exception.
Of course, the absence of SLAMS and SNUBBED are notable. They should fit in somewhere.
Thunderfoot - write screenplays for youtube videos debunking articles written in Tabloid
Fisker - Writes troll posts to discord/irc/steam community to highlight how awesome TOPIC in AWESOME ARTICLE written in Tabloid is
Shitlist - Generates awesomelists repos on github for TOPIC
Less repetitive == MORE AWESOME
And of course, harder to learn/understand.
The joke should be that regardless of the program you write, nothing happens. No real signal, just like most real clickbait content.
> All numbers must be strictly greater than 1 million. The small stuff is inconsequential to us.
It also reminds me TrumpScript: https://github.com/samshadwell/TrumpScript
The original options are more clear imo, even though they show their age.