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Because this does not need to be posted on HN or even should be. However you stand on this issue doesn't matter. HN is not a site for political discussions. Go

Because this does not need to be posted on HN or even should be. However you stand on this issue doesn't matter. HN is not a site for political discussions. Go to Reddit if you want that.

rwnspace 9y ago
Being a Philosophy grad, I feel compelled to argue that everything is political. Being a regular lurker, I completely see and agree with your points.
davesque 9y ago
But the quality of the discussion on Reddit is poor. We come to HN because people do their homework here and we want to know their opinions.
alpha_squared 9y ago
What is HN for? I thought it was intellectual discourse and news with potential ramifications that affect the population at large. I hope you don't answer with "tech" because there are certainly non-technical stories here. And I also hope you don't answer with "science" because there are non-scientific stories as well.
- bleamishboy 9y ago
  Sure, there are some lesser-known political news items that belong on HN. But this story is on the front page of ever news site in America. From the submission guidelines: "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
  - alpha_squared 9y ago
    I think "probably off-topic" is different from strictly "off-topic". I do remember that from the guidelines, though also from the guidelines: > Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. I think seeing historically uncommon/rare events unfold also falls under gratifying one's intellectual curiosity (though I admit this might be a stretch in this particular story). Additionally, there are multiple stories that pop up (once or twice per day, from my anecdotal experience) that are also stories that'd be covered on TV news.

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Because this does not need to be posted on HN or even should be. However you stand on this issue doesn't matter. HN is not a site for political discussions. Go

by enknamel 9y ago

Because this does not need to be posted on HN or even should be. However you stand on this issue doesn't matter. HN is not a site for political discussions. Go to Reddit if you want that.

rwnspace 9y ago
Being a Philosophy grad, I feel compelled to argue that everything is political. Being a regular lurker, I completely see and agree with your points.
davesque 9y ago
But the quality of the discussion on Reddit is poor. We come to HN because people do their homework here and we want to know their opinions.
alpha_squared 9y ago
What is HN for? I thought it was intellectual discourse and news with potential ramifications that affect the population at large. I hope you don't answer with "tech" because there are certainly non-technical stories here. And I also hope you don't answer with "science" because there are non-scientific stories as well.
- bleamishboy 9y ago
  Sure, there are some lesser-known political news items that belong on HN. But this story is on the front page of ever news site in America. From the submission guidelines: "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic."
  - alpha_squared 9y ago
    I think "probably off-topic" is different from strictly "off-topic". I do remember that from the guidelines, though also from the guidelines: > Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity. I think seeing historically uncommon/rare events unfold also falls under gratifying one's intellectual curiosity (though I admit this might be a stretch in this particular story). Additionally, there are multiple stories that pop up (once or twice per day, from my anecdotal experience) that are also stories that'd be covered on TV news.