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>>crbela+(OP)
This is pretty much a canonical example of what does not belong on HN. A dumb topic, and then on top of that a dumb take on that dumb topic.

>>evmar+lp1
Reminder to flag the submission if you think it’s inappropriate for HN.

IMO, it doesn’t belong here.

>>quacke+fB2
With how long it's been on the front page, how controversial it is, and the fact that it was posted earlier and that post _was_ flagged... I would be willing to bet a moderator has somehow disabled the ability for this post specifically to be actually flagged and is simply ignoring those that click the flag button.

I'm sure that seems conspiratorial but the guy writing the post effectively "cuts the checks" for the moderation staff here.

>>throwa+9U2
It's not conspiratorial, it's how HN works:

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

But it has nothing to do with "cutting checks". PG hasn't been doing that, nor influencing HN, nor even reading HN as far as I know, for many years.