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From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html : Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sport
by RiderOfGiraffes 17y ago
From http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html :
Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or
sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting
new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or
cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news,
it's probably off-topic.
On-Topic: ... anything that gratifies one's
intellectual curiosity.
I can't see how this is on-topic. If someone would care to make a case defending it I'd be interested to learn.
- jacquesm 17y agoThe same goes for: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1149067 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1149067
- noonespecial 17y agoIt might have something to do with the fact that it was written by Cory Doctorow, an author that is frequently found in the orbits of various HN types. Other than that? It was on BoingBoing, right where it belongs. It should remain there. As a general rule, if you can slip "yes but does he weigh more than... a duck?!" into the comments and have it fit, it probably doesn't belong on HN. Edit: I just noticed several "burn him/them!" in the comments. There may actually be merit to this hypothesis.