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I'm not quite understanding this story on HackerNews. What platform does it run on? How do I hack it?

• DanBC 11y ago
  What do you think is on topic for HN? Why do you think that? See dang's reply here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8348200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8348200
  • leereeves 11y ago
    I've seen people say they stopped visiting Hacker News because it includes so much non-programming/startup content.
    • DanBC 11y ago
      Do you have any evidence that the ratio has changed?
      • leereeves 11y ago
        No, I'm not that interested. I like the non-programming/startup content. But every post from the beginning is still available. It wouldn't be too hard to write an app to research that question if you are. A fairly recent archive: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10002791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10002791
    • CuriouslyC 11y ago
      There are 50 million languages, platforms, frameworks, databases, etc. It gets really old just seeing the same articles rehashed with different nouns, like so many technology mad libs. Likewise, I honestly could care less about startup/vc drama. The thing that keeps me coming back to hacker news are posts about cutting edge engineering/science, how to be a better hacker/maker/productive person in general, and interesting new perspectives on life/politics/social institutions.