On: MP3 vs. AAC vs. FLAC vs. CD (2008)

[dang]

> Per Guidelines you should put years in the Title.

It's certainly the convention on HN to put the year in the title for older articles, but it's not one of the guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).

(minor point but I can't help it)

[_Algernon_ → dang]

Conventions are just guidelines that aren't written down. Also couldn't help it.

[dang → _Algernon_]

Hmm. We scold people for breaking guidelines but we don't scold them for not following conventions. We expect commenters to know the guidelines but we don't expect them to know the conventions. Seems different to me!

[xeromal → _Algernon_]

Arguing with dang.

[chihuahua → xeromal]

That's a paddlin'.

[_Algernon_ → xeromal]

Didn't realize. Oh well