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I understand, but I disagree. Dan Kaminsky was my best friend. We lived together multiple times, and were working on finding a new place where we could hack to
by iseanstevens 5y ago
I understand, but I disagree.
Dan Kaminsky was my best friend. We lived together multiple times, and were working on finding a new place where we could hack together and help others do the impossible.
Losing him shattered my future for reasons I am not going to get into right now.
The fact that he got a black bar the next day really meant something to me as I was dealing with the aftermath.
Hacker news isn't a technology news site.
It's a community of brilliant who change the world with technology.
A celebration of intellectual curiosity.
At least that's how I see it.
- numberwan9 5y agoI agree that persons like Dan Kaminski and their accomplishments should be celebrated. My point is that the endless stream of posts about death make Hacker News sound more like Hacker Obituaries. My proposed solution is to add another category, perhaps "In Memoriam".
- greenyoda 5y agoIf we hide these articles under a separate category, everyone who wants to read them (I'd estimate thousands of people, based on the number of upvotes some of them get) would have the extra work of checking that category. It's much simpler for you to just skip over them. And where does it stop? Should HN create a separate subcategory each time someone complains they don't like a particular type of article?