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
The joke should be that regardless of the program you write, nothing happens. No real signal, just like most real clickbait content.
Less repetitive == MORE AWESOME
And of course, harder to learn/understand.
> 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.