You can use me as a source if you want to include it in an academic paper.

Then you could cite the paper. But my reference checker robot will throw a stack overflow exception.

What's it with all the idiots replying "Source?" to every I-just-pulled-this-out-of-my-ass-but-I-like-sounding-authoritative comment on the internet?

Please stop. Thanks.

When someone makes a statement that sounds potentially plausible-and-interesting but could also be pulled-out-of-ass then asking for some evidence isn't unreasonable.

What's with all the clowns replying "please stop" to unsubstantive comments. Everyone thinks they're a "dan-g" nowadays.

Surely you mean dang? He's not that blunt, thank goodness. If you're looking for a faux-moderator, there's a guy around going by gzrm or something like that.

I didn't want to ambiguate with dang as in "damn!" which is sometimes exclaimed on HN.

dang is polite, he does say "please stop" sometimes which is fair enough.