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		alecsmart1 on March 20, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Custom Colors of HN What algorithm are they using? Is the source open?

Crito on March 20, 2014 [–]

HN is in fact open source (an older version of it anyway): http://arclanguage.org/

However much of the "secret sauce" is, well, secret.

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