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Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27

21 points by antr 15y ago

tshtf 15y ago
This is Hacker News? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit 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. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.
- antr 15y ago
  I believe the news to be relevant for two main reasons: 1. Amy Winehouse, although a controversial person, is above anything a great artist with a very unique voice. I believe music to be of intellectual nature, and some artists are simply genius. She was. 2. Her death is sad news for the world, but hardly a shock. The news here is her death, nothing else. This, I feel, is important. From the tone of the question I believe you try to argue that this "submit" had a tabloid newsflash angle to it. This was clearly not the intention. I'm sorry other people do not feel the same way.
- Ninja_Wombat 15y ago
  Fred Wilson has the answer to your question. Read it: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/techmeme-vs-hacker-news.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/techmeme-vs-hacker-news.html
gexla 15y ago
This has to be the only real news I have ever seen of Amy Winehouse. She died, there isn't much the news can do to screw with that story. She was an amazing musician. She died. That's it. Everything else was just BS.
- blackboxxx 15y ago
  Hard to believe your comment was downvoted. It's true, people like me knew more about her "trouble-making antics" than her music. That's wrong. She deserves better. Sad day. Rest in Peace Amy.
hammock 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club Winehouse was a fantastic songwriter, one of the best of the current generation. It's disappointing that so many people were more concerned about harping on her personal life rather than the music.
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21 points by antr 15y ago

tshtf 15y ago

This is Hacker News? http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit 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. Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. Videos of pratfalls or disasters, or cute animal pictures. If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic.

antr 15y ago
I believe the news to be relevant for two main reasons: 1. Amy Winehouse, although a controversial person, is above anything a great artist with a very unique voice. I believe music to be of intellectual nature, and some artists are simply genius. She was. 2. Her death is sad news for the world, but hardly a shock. The news here is her death, nothing else. This, I feel, is important. From the tone of the question I believe you try to argue that this "submit" had a tabloid newsflash angle to it. This was clearly not the intention. I'm sorry other people do not feel the same way.
Ninja_Wombat 15y ago
Fred Wilson has the answer to your question. Read it: http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/techmeme-vs-hacker-news.html http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2011/03/techmeme-vs-hacker-news.html

gexla 15y ago

This has to be the only real news I have ever seen of Amy Winehouse. She died, there isn't much the news can do to screw with that story. She was an amazing musician. She died. That's it. Everything else was just BS.

blackboxxx 15y ago
Hard to believe your comment was downvoted. It's true, people like me knew more about her "trouble-making antics" than her music. That's wrong. She deserves better. Sad day. Rest in Peace Amy.

hammock 15y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club Winehouse was a fantastic songwriter, one of the best of the current generation. It's disappointing that so many people were more concerned about harping on her personal life rather than the music.

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