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Surely that would mean that any combination of graphics and poetry would be on-topic here? Which would make the site be about culture generally, and so more tha

Surely that would mean that any combination of graphics and poetry would be on-topic here? Which would make the site be about culture generally, and so more than a bit diffuse?

PaulHoule 6y ago
Out of materials from a university archive, I know that this kind of image plays well.
Kozlowski 6y ago
There’s more non tech than tech content here for the past handful of years. Not much Hacker, mostly News - and News with intention to provoke outrage at that.
- dang 6y ago
  That's a big exaggeration, perhaps because what you dislike is more noticeable than what you like, leading to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
dang 6y ago
The feedback loops take care of that. If it gets repetitive then it gets predictable, so then it's less interesting, so then it's off topic. Who doesn't love feedback loops? Edit: I originally put these links in my GP comment but took them out because I didn't want to overdo it. However, if you read enough to grok the heuristic in each case, you'll get the basic model that this place runs by. Eventually I'll compile this material, but for the time being it's the guidelines and Algolia links: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... plus the link I included above: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...
bryanrasmussen 6y ago
well I mean, first off we sort of have to just agree that William Blake isn't just any combination of graphics and poetry in order to not need to post a book's worth of argument here. Second of all we might also agree that Blake as a graphic designer was something of a hacker https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-revolutionary-tate-britain-exhibition-london-review https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-rev... so out of all the Artist / Poets to take exception to on HN this seems really weird, and not weird in the Blakean way.

Surely that would mean that any combination of graphics and poetry would be on-topic here? Which would make the site be about culture generally, and so more than a bit diffuse?

PaulHoule 6y ago

Out of materials from a university archive, I know that this kind of image plays well.

Kozlowski 6y ago

There’s more non tech than tech content here for the past handful of years. Not much Hacker, mostly News - and News with intention to provoke outrage at that.

dang 6y ago
That's a big exaggeration, perhaps because what you dislike is more noticeable than what you like, leading to false feelings of generality. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

dang 6y ago

The feedback loops take care of that. If it gets repetitive then it gets predictable, so then it's less interesting, so then it's off topic. Who doesn't love feedback loops? Edit: I originally put these links in my GP comment but took them out because I didn't want to overdo it. However, if you read enough to grok the heuristic in each case, you'll get the basic model that this place runs by. Eventually I'll compile this material, but for the time being it's the guidelines and Algolia links: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20optimiz%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=curiosity%20repetition%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&so... plus the link I included above: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sort=byDate&type=comment&query=can%27t%20predict%20sequence%20by:dang https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&sor...

bryanrasmussen 6y ago

well I mean, first off we sort of have to just agree that William Blake isn't just any combination of graphics and poetry in order to not need to post a book's worth of argument here. Second of all we might also agree that Blake as a graphic designer was something of a hacker https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-revolutionary-tate-britain-exhibition-london-review https://www.newstatesman.com/william-blake-rebel-radical-rev... so out of all the Artist / Poets to take exception to on HN this seems really weird, and not weird in the Blakean way.