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I don't fully understand hacker news I think, I am curious as to why this is still on the front page but the Nobel prize that was announced today has been on pa

I don't fully understand hacker news I think, I am curious as to why this is still on the front page but the Nobel prize that was announced today has been on page 2 all day (unless I missed its original front page landing) also, RIP Eddie!

lsllc 6y ago
EVH was a classically trained, incredibly talented and highly creative musician. He was also a founding member of an amazingly successful band that was very popular right around the time many of your average HN readers were growing up. His death is impactful to a lot of these people -- events like this just seem to have resonance. Sorry, that's the best explanation I can come up with.
- cosmiccatnap 6y ago
  ...but again not a nobel metal recipient because he spent a lot of his life past his career being an amp salesman after breaking up his band. I think his point stands as valid, Hacker News just kind of wings it with what to gatekeep and what not to.
- KingFelix 6y ago
  Thank you, I have only recently been on HN and I love it. Its amazing, I have been on reddit forever and was just curious as to how it was on the front page for awhile. This is a pretty good explanation, I don't know why I got down voted, honestly curious about the Hacker news process of what makes it to the front page vs other things. I was stoked to hear about Penrose winning the Nobel and shocked it was on the second page vs this story. And now an article Penrose has co-authored is on the top spot! Thanks for the solid response! And RIP to EVH too, I saw VH with my pops years ago, he saw VH open for Black Sabbath back in the day and said they destroyed Black Sabbath! Madness!
ofrzeta 6y ago
Eddie van Halen was a guitar hacker. Not only did he "hack" the playing technique he also hacked the guitar hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat

lsllc 6y ago

EVH was a classically trained, incredibly talented and highly creative musician. He was also a founding member of an amazingly successful band that was very popular right around the time many of your average HN readers were growing up. His death is impactful to a lot of these people -- events like this just seem to have resonance. Sorry, that's the best explanation I can come up with.

cosmiccatnap 6y ago
...but again not a nobel metal recipient because he spent a lot of his life past his career being an amp salesman after breaking up his band. I think his point stands as valid, Hacker News just kind of wings it with what to gatekeep and what not to.
KingFelix 6y ago
Thank you, I have only recently been on HN and I love it. Its amazing, I have been on reddit forever and was just curious as to how it was on the front page for awhile. This is a pretty good explanation, I don't know why I got down voted, honestly curious about the Hacker news process of what makes it to the front page vs other things. I was stoked to hear about Penrose winning the Nobel and shocked it was on the second page vs this story. And now an article Penrose has co-authored is on the top spot! Thanks for the solid response! And RIP to EVH too, I saw VH with my pops years ago, he saw VH open for Black Sabbath back in the day and said they destroyed Black Sabbath! Madness!

ofrzeta 6y ago

Eddie van Halen was a guitar hacker. Not only did he "hack" the playing technique he also hacked the guitar hardware: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstrat