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"On-Topic: 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 mi
by RyanMcGreal 16y ago
"On-Topic: 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."
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- fredoliveira 16y agoI know the guidelines well, and knew this was in there. I guess my threshold for things "good hackers would find interesting" is higher than this particular story. (I suspect - or rather hope - that that is the case for the majority of people who still visit HN, too). Also see: http://al3x.net/2011/02/22/solving-the-hacker-news-problem.html http://al3x.net/2011/02/22/solving-the-hacker-news-problem.h...
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoI agree that this is interesting, but I think it's just as interesting to a wide audience, and has nothing specific to hackers or hackery. The guidelines also say: Off-Topic: ... If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic. In particular, I've seen the same story from several sources now, and hence I feel that it's not specific enough for HN. My opinion only. FWIW, I haven't flagged it, although I have been tempted.
- dclaysmith 16y agoI actually submitted the same article--didn't see this one. (Clearly) I think it's relevant. Granted it's not about YC or node.js but it is about things that are are more interesting to the HN demographic than to other demographics. 150yo visions of the future, secret compartments, and tragic luck to reveal them. Would it be picked up by TV news? Maybe. Would some of the other articles on the homepage (HBGary CEO resigns)? Yeah.