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icelancer on June 13, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: How is GNU `yes` so fast?

The second part is impossible, the HN comment is timestamped afterwards.

coldtea on June 13, 2017 [–]

Pedantic correction: that just makes it unlikely, not impossible.

It is after all possible to tamper with comment post dates (either by using some exploit, or by having legit access to a site administration).

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