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dang on July 5, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lego-like bricks for full-sized buildings

Your wish is our command.

Use of "these" and "this" in titles is a linkbait device, so this change is covered by the HN guidelines.

Aardwolf on July 5, 2014 [–]

Who is it supposed to bait? It makes me less likely to click the link. Here the words "Lego" and "Full-sized buildings" overruled it though :)

dang on July 6, 2014 | [–]

Presumably these tricks have been a/b tested to the hilt by the Upworthies of this world, so whoever they're supposed to bait, there's a lot of them.

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