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I think answering the "What system have you hacked?" question on the next Y Combinator application with "Taking down my country's dictatorship" would be a prett
by krschultz 16y ago
I think answering the "What system have you hacked?" question on the next Y Combinator application with "Taking down my country's dictatorship" would be a pretty kick ass answer.
I think we can live with 1 spot on the front page for a few hours of one day being used up by the story of a 30 year old dictatorship being overthrown by its people. Especially considering there were about 8 stories this morning about the Nokia/Microsoft partnership of which 3 were basically dups of a press release.
- zeteo 16y agoPolitical activity != hacking. Nokia and Microsoft are tech companies.
- jeromec 16y agoI would point out technology and the Internet played an important if not vital role in the events of Egypt and Tunisia.
- zeteo 16y agoTechnology and the Internet play a vital role in pretty much everything these days. What will HN cover next - a Tea Party rally, if it was announced on Twitter?
- mousa 16y agohttp://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/02/11/exp.ghonim.facebook.thanks.cnn?hpt=T1 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/02/11/exp.gho... this might be more down your alley. A Google marketing exec doing some great marketing... for Facebook.
- jeromec 16y agoCome on now. Don't be so facetious. What chance do you honestly think a Tea Party rally has of maintaining a top spot on the HN front page? We are talking about historic events here. (and, no, me checking my email this morning is not also a "historic event" ;)
- krschultz 16y agoAgreed, the question on the y combinator app (though I've never seen it so I may be misquoting) is something akin to "name a non-computer system that you have hacked".