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That sounds like it could be a reasonable tangent. A less extreme example would be talking about how much longer people can use SHA1 until it is completely inse

That sounds like it could be a reasonable tangent. A less extreme example would be talking about how much longer people can use SHA1 until it is completely insecure: https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ https://sites.google.com/site/itstheshappening/ I think Hacker News could relax a little bit. I see the same thing on StackOverflow. They can be very nit-picky with their rules and guidelines. I don't think I've ever been helped by a StackOverflow moderator who closed a question because it was "off-topic". I found that page because it was one of the top results on Google. I know they're just following the rules, but those rules have left the market wide open for Quora, which is now worth approximately twice as much as StackOverflow. I'm sorry, I'm doing it again.

jimmywanger 10y ago
> I think Hacker News could relax a little bit Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Your tangents really aren't helping the signal to noise ratio here. This is not reddit or Quora.
- luckystartup 10y ago
  > Please try to conform to the rules of the community as they are, not as you wish they were. Ah yes. If there's anything Hacker News readers are known for, it's conforming to the rules. (Sorry, just a joke.) But yes, I will accept my reprimand, and now I shall stay on topic at all times. From this moment forward, we shall talk about the article, and nothing but the article.