Citation

OpenClaw Matplotlib Incident (2026) - Footnote 46

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Last checked: 4/3/2026

The source states that Shambaugh's blog post climbed into the most commented topic on Hacker News, not that the original story reached #1. The source does not provide the exact combined points and comments across two threads. The source mentions coverage from The Register, but not Fast Company, Boing Boing, or Simon Willison. The source states that this might be one of the best documented cases, not that it is widely cited as the first documented case.

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partial85%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026

Found: The story reached #1 on Hacker News, accumulated approximately 3,000 combined points and 1,500 comments across two threads, and generated coverage from The Register, Fast Company, Boing Boing, Simon W…

Note: The source states that Shambaugh's blog post climbed into the most commented topic on Hacker News, not that the original story reached #1. The source does not provide the exact combined points and comments across two threads. The source mentions coverage from The Register, but not Fast Company, Boing Boing, or Simon Willison. The source states that this might be one of the best documented cases, not that it is widely cited as the first documented case.

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