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		mdaniel on Sept 27, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA paywalls first papers arising from Curiosity ... FWIW, I think it must be based on the average karma, because my profile is older and I have more karma than wheelerwj but I have no downvote capacity. Also, I can't even imagine the amount of contributions that are required to reach the amount of karma you have.

icebraining on Sept 27, 2013 [–]

It's total karma, but the line keeps rising as HN grows. I've only gained them when my karma reached 500.

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