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I read HN because it's the only place on the Internet where a link to a Wikipedia page on Nicomachean Ethics could hit the #1 position.

TeMPOraL 7y ago
I read HN because not just that happens, but also the comments will usually provide several other insights or links of equal value!
- amelius 7y ago
  Perhaps this is an idea for a bookmarklet: for any Wikipedia article, click on the bookmarklet and get the HN comments related to it.
  - alexpetralia 7y ago
    Or any URL more generally. I'd use this.
    - TeMPOraL 7y ago
      There was something like this in the past, I think it even was nice enough to check URLs client-side to preserve privacy.
  - symplee 7y ago
    You might be able to use https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ which searches every comment/submission from HN. Just paste in a wikipedia link to see if it has already been submitted, then click to the comment section.
  - dredmorbius 7y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html (Linked at the bottom of every HN page.)
koziserek 7y ago
indeed, this could be a good 'news' for hackers ;p
hn3333 7y ago
Definitely not the only place but yeah it's cool such links are getting some love here.
koheripbal 7y ago
Is HN the only place that happens? Has anyone found another site that has a lots of well organized quality intellectually stimulating content?
- 3pt14159 7y ago
  There is slatestarcodex.com and a handful of twitter accounts. Also, there are some think tank slacks that are out there, but most of the good stuff is private. Occasionally the ArmsControlWonk slack will be hours ahead of the news and with a lot more certainty over something.
  - koheripbal 7y ago
    These are specialized sites - I'm wondering if there's an aggregate site like HN for well educated commenters. We need a healthy ecosystem of sites like HN.
- philipov 7y ago
  Metafilter
JessCav84 7y ago
So true. Love the diversity.
barce 7y ago
I'm truly baffled by this. Was it an attempt to display marketing prowess?

TeMPOraL 7y ago

I read HN because not just that happens, but also the comments will usually provide several other insights or links of equal value!

amelius 7y ago
Perhaps this is an idea for a bookmarklet: for any Wikipedia article, click on the bookmarklet and get the HN comments related to it.
- alexpetralia 7y ago
  Or any URL more generally. I'd use this.
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    There was something like this in the past, I think it even was nice enough to check URLs client-side to preserve privacy.
- symplee 7y ago
  You might be able to use https://hn.algolia.com/ https://hn.algolia.com/ which searches every comment/submission from HN. Just paste in a wikipedia link to see if it has already been submitted, then click to the comment section.
- dredmorbius 7y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html https://news.ycombinator.com/bookmarklet.html (Linked at the bottom of every HN page.)

koziserek 7y ago

indeed, this could be a good 'news' for hackers ;p

hn3333 7y ago

Definitely not the only place but yeah it's cool such links are getting some love here.

koheripbal 7y ago

Is HN the only place that happens? Has anyone found another site that has a lots of well organized quality intellectually stimulating content?

3pt14159 7y ago
There is slatestarcodex.com and a handful of twitter accounts. Also, there are some think tank slacks that are out there, but most of the good stuff is private. Occasionally the ArmsControlWonk slack will be hours ahead of the news and with a lot more certainty over something.
- koheripbal 7y ago
  These are specialized sites - I'm wondering if there's an aggregate site like HN for well educated commenters. We need a healthy ecosystem of sites like HN.
philipov 7y ago
Metafilter

JessCav84 7y ago

So true. Love the diversity.

barce 7y ago

I'm truly baffled by this. Was it an attempt to display marketing prowess?