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Hey ComputerGuru, thanks for reposting this. Where'd it go?

axiom 16y ago
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347487 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347487 Death by flagging. James seems to rub some people the wrong way on HN. I like his writing. He's witty and always has an interesting point of view.
- acangiano 16y ago
  I think that the frequency of posting has something to do with it as well. Just a few hours ago another story of his was front paged.
  - waterlesscloud 16y ago
    And a headline that's the very definition of linkbaiting. Flagged, and will flag it again if it comes up again.
    - axiom 16y ago
      I'm not saying this is the best article on HN but take a look at this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347017 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347017 Is that really a much more insightful piece? In my mind that's much more pandering to the HN crowd and has a lot less content. Anyway, I think the worst you can say is that the guy is a little agressive with self-promotion.
  - jaltucher 16y ago
    Actually, I don't view the article as linkbaiting. The stock market fell 20% over the Greece headlines. Now nobody discusses it. And the media just moves on. No apologies. The same thing will happen with this Japan crisis. I view this as much more serious because of the stark fear people have over the world "nuclear". the media and the pundits know this and take advantage of it.
    - acangiano 16y ago
      > Actually, I don't view the article as linkbaiting. I didn't claim otherwise, and I appreciate your articles. My comment was about the fact that your articles, however insightful, appear often on the front page, sometimes more than once per day. This may rub some people the wrong way.
- jaltucher 16y ago
  Thanks axiom. I felt this was a particularly important one. I don't like how the media operates in terms of scaring the population. But i guess this article had its run. Thanks again.
ComputerGuru 16y ago
You're welcome. I open links in new tabs and come back to them hours later - I read this one and I could have sworn I got to it via HN and wanted to read the discussion about it, but couldn't find it anywhere for the life of me. So I posted it :)

axiom 16y ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347487 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347487 Death by flagging. James seems to rub some people the wrong way on HN. I like his writing. He's witty and always has an interesting point of view.

acangiano 16y ago
I think that the frequency of posting has something to do with it as well. Just a few hours ago another story of his was front paged.
- waterlesscloud 16y ago
  And a headline that's the very definition of linkbaiting. Flagged, and will flag it again if it comes up again.
  - axiom 16y ago
    I'm not saying this is the best article on HN but take a look at this: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347017 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2347017 Is that really a much more insightful piece? In my mind that's much more pandering to the HN crowd and has a lot less content. Anyway, I think the worst you can say is that the guy is a little agressive with self-promotion.
- jaltucher 16y ago
  Actually, I don't view the article as linkbaiting. The stock market fell 20% over the Greece headlines. Now nobody discusses it. And the media just moves on. No apologies. The same thing will happen with this Japan crisis. I view this as much more serious because of the stark fear people have over the world "nuclear". the media and the pundits know this and take advantage of it.
  - acangiano 16y ago
    > Actually, I don't view the article as linkbaiting. I didn't claim otherwise, and I appreciate your articles. My comment was about the fact that your articles, however insightful, appear often on the front page, sometimes more than once per day. This may rub some people the wrong way.
jaltucher 16y ago
Thanks axiom. I felt this was a particularly important one. I don't like how the media operates in terms of scaring the population. But i guess this article had its run. Thanks again.

ComputerGuru 16y ago

You're welcome. I open links in new tabs and come back to them hours later - I read this one and I could have sworn I got to it via HN and wanted to read the discussion about it, but couldn't find it anywhere for the life of me. So I posted it :)