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And why is this hacker news material?

• Lordarminius 9y ago
  > And why is this hacker news material? Because "a person who is a hacker , only a hacker, and nothing but a hacker, cannot be much of a hacker."
  • altvali 9y ago
    Yes, but not all hackers that aren't just hackers love climbing. And if I interpret that quote correctly, is there even a remote connection between the article and the kind of social news that are a good fit for this site? I though this site is about computer science and entrepreneurship. And for hackers who love climbing there are online climbing magazine sites, the same for gardening, formula 1 etc. What would happen if people would start posting here unrelated sports news, or pop music, or motivational quotes, in the name of the quote you mention? Or is it okay if it's only from time to time? What's the ratio?
    • dguaraglia 9y ago
      There's a huge difference between an article about the latest soccer match and an article like this: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossible/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/lionel-messi-is-impossi... I feel this article exposes a monumental achievement that it warrants being of interest. I mean, the proof is in the pudding: it's gotten more comments and discussion going than 95% of the "Version X of [Piece of Software] released" articles (and I consider those to be semi-useful.)
      • altvali 9y ago
        Very interesting point, I haven't thought about it that way, thank you.
    • Lordarminius 9y ago
      >... What would happen if people would start posting here unrelated sports news.... Lighten up dude(dudette)