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▲ penskymaterial 2 hours ago

  s/American/British/
  s/European/Polish/
or

  s/American/Canadian/
  s/European/Indian/
There has to be a common thread here (ignore Canada's lack of boardwalks).
▲epgui an hour ago | parent | next [-]

What does this mean? Use more words please.

▲gorjusborg an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The s/something/other/ patterns are regular expression replaces.

He's saying you can replace 'something' for 'other' in each of those patterns.

▲ecshafer an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They are (quite obviously) saying that this could be changed to British people commenting on how all of the service jobs are Poles, or Canadians commenting how they are all Indian.

▲jameshart an hour ago | parent | next [-]

… as a way to express what, though?

That American complaints of this form are not unique and therefore should be disregarded? That American complaints of this form are universal and therefore indicative of a global pattern that should be concerning?

▲badc0ffee an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Seems like a pre-Brexit example for Britain.

▲jppittma an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I feel like AI has ruined hn

▲overfeed an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I agree! People can't recognize regex-replace statements anymore! a forum commenting tradition that goes back decades.

▲nuancebydefault an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

HN and regular expressions are best friends.

▲aembleton 38 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

\bai\b

▲esafak an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Other countries import cheap labor too.

▲snapcaster an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

whats your point?