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markdown
Shipping thingimibobs? Shipping Thingamajikis?

WTF is oilpan, and why should I care?

ketralnis
Since it's on the chromium mailing list, http://lmgtfy.com/?q=oilpan+chromium
markdown
You missed the point.

If you're sharing something newsworthy with an audience of thousands/tens-of-thousands/millions, explain what the thing is.

My snark was directed at the OP in hopes he will write better titles in future.

daurnimator
> My snark was directed at the OP in hopes he will write better titles in future.

HN policy is that the title should match that of the link. Even if the page linked to has a terrible title.

jonah
In practice, a noticeable percentage of titles are edited either before or after posting...
bobajeff
I don't fully understand exactly what Oilpan is but it sounds like it's to combine the DOM and JavaScript engines garbage collector into one thing in order to, simplify the runtime, increase performance and remove some interface issues that browser developers have faced.