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It may be that a site whose design spec is to satisfy hackers' intellectual curiosity would necessarily feel that way. As the infamous "How to Become A Hacker"
by dools 16y ago
It may be that a site whose design spec is to satisfy hackers' intellectual curiosity would necessarily feel that way.
As the infamous "How to Become A Hacker" states "The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved"[1]. There is no mention of those problems having to be "deeply technical".
I certainly see the tremendous variety of topics that make the homepage of HN as an asset in keeping with the true Hacker Mentality.
[1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#believe1 http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html#believe1
- achompas 16y agoThe non-technical questions on HN have poor associated discussions though. As OPs go further from tech/startups (and towards econ and policy), commenters display a poorer understanding of basic concepts. Bottom line: sure, hackers care about many problems. But that doesn't make up for the poor discussion quality surrounding many non-tech articles here.
- dools 16y agoThe non-technical questions on HN have poor associated discussions though I've seen what looks like fantastic advice and discussion on a range of non-technical topics (particularly things like venture capital/financing and laws around starting a company and that kind of thing). Of course, not being an expert in any of that stuff I'm at a loss to make a judgement as to it's veracity ;)
- achompas 16y agoHence my next point: "As OPs go further from tech/startups..." I'm definitely no funding savant, either!