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1) Write a script to automatically submit every XKCD and TechCrunch post on News.YC. 2) ??? 3) Karma profit!

• tim2 19y ago
  Blame the system.
  • ROFISH 19y ago
    Can you really blame the system? This site is about submitting awesome links. The second you start limiting sources in anyway, is the second you start limiting awesome.
    • yters 19y ago
      Me posting is about me posting awesomeness. The moment you don't vote me up is the moment Chuck Norris votes his foot through your face. Make sure you vote me up.
      • curi 19y ago
        dear downmodders, please spare yters. take me instead.
    • 1gor 19y ago
      >This site is about submitting awesome links I thought reddit is about that, not HN
    • juanpablo 19y ago
      I visit this site not only for the links but mainly for the comments of intelligent people about those links.
• technoguyrob 19y ago
  Can we hardcode no-karma for any posts with "xkcd" in the title? I honestly think that's really fair. People might want an XKCD once in a while on the front page if it's really good, and comment on it, but I don't think the submitter should get credit since we all read XKCD anyways. P.S. Notice I'm not proposing we set no-karma for xkcd.com related entries. Sometimes a thoughtful and non-comical (literally) entry from the xkcd blag is posted.
  • tac-tics 19y ago
    The good XKCDs deserve karma. Many of them are rather dull comics, but today's is pretty golden.
    • graywh 19y ago
      But everyone will have a different opinion on which ones ARE good. Even this one.
      • brlewis 19y ago
        I've got an idea! We can vote, and only the ones that lots of people agree are good go on the front page.
• ivankirigin 19y ago
  xkcd can actually be quite good. Most of his comics don't reach the top. Today's comic is actually similar to recent posts on being creative and another Feynman quote on good problems. I wouldn't be surprised if the latter inspired today's comic. This means xkcd is part of the serious hacker conversation on the internet. xkcd != LOLcats
  • Tichy 19y ago
    Um, was that a real Feynman quote? I highly doubt it, there was no Mythbusters during his lifetime, or was there? I hate people who think it is OK to put their own stupid quotes into the mouths of famous people to give them more leverage...
    • ed 19y ago
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters
      • deleted 19y ago
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    • brent 19y ago
      He said it was similar to the posts about the Feynman quote. So the coast is clear, I don't think you hate anyone in this case.
      • Tichy 19y ago
        If anyone, xkcd would be the offender here, because he put the rather generic quote into Feynman's speech bubble.
  • Zev 19y ago
    I think you took the original comment the wrong way; no one said xkcd was bad. Just that every comic gets posted to every social news site every time.
• Tichy 19y ago
  Why stop at xkcd, try digg and reddit... All those news sites should be synchronized. Presumably they eventually will be.
  • ROFISH 19y ago
    But now you're saying that the best links are available on all the sites... brb, got some coding to do. ;)
    • yters 19y ago
      Yes, and they are available on a reoccurring basis. People like this. Soon the internet will be predictably new.