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qrio2 on May 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: What is your proudest little invention or ...

This is probably a holdover from arcade games - many score boards would check for "no no" words like ASS, SEX, DIK, etc and would change it to the initials of a developer or acronym for the company

snickerbockers on May 24, 2023 [–]

I tried all the other 3-letter words, SEX is the only one that's not allowed.

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