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I did not intend this spirit. Instead I wanted to constructively point out that the article reviews several Json quirks and supersets.


I'm aware, thanks.

I wanted to see if CameronNemo would spell it out.

I'd like to point out the HN Guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

Even putting aside what "F" stands for, this means that comments like TFA or RTFA are not in the spirit of the discussion here.


"TFA" is a common usage on HN just to neutrally mean "the article that this comment page is about". It doesn't by itself imply "RTFA".


>"Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that."

That's exactly what the parent wrote, so he's totally fine with respect to the HN Guidelines.

To quote: "The author reviewed most prior art in TFA.".


The sentence you quote explicitly states that "The article mentioned that." is a permissible and in-spirit comment.


The guidelines are important and relevant. Kind, civil discussion is important. Putting the f-word in an acronym doesn't change its meaning.




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