Did you read his post?

He answers your question

macintux 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> 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".

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

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philipwhiuk 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I disagree. The nearest justification is:

> to see what happens

	▲	ceejayoz 11 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Isn't that the epitome of the hacker spirit? "Why?" "Because I can!"