>Please don't post on HN to ask or tell us something. Send it to hn@ycombinator.com.

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They're linkbait titles. Appropriate rewrites.

Eh, lightly disagree. Both the original post titles come across as slightly clickbait to me and I can see why there was a desire to rewrite them. I don't think the first rewrite is an improvement. I do think the second rewrite is an improvement.