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why the downvote? I actually meant it's cute, not the cynical 'cute'

I didn't downvote you (else I wouldn't be able to post a reply!) but the downvote comes from not adding anything substantial to the conversation: it's the +1 of github issues - any "thanks for posting!" kind of comments tend to get killed (again, it would be better to post something more substantial, like why you liked it etc etc). Your reply to yourself got downvoted, 'cause "no complaining about being downvoted" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

ahh, wasn't aware of the guidelines!

> I didn't downvote you (else I wouldn't be able to post a reply!)

Eh? Yes you can. Why do you think you can't?

In fact if you downvote you are encouraged to post a reply to explain why.

It's actually the opposite: You can't downvote people who reply to you.

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