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Of course, complaints about what's on topic at HN always have the same, correct answer—it's on topic at HN if it's of interest to hackers, whether or not it's a

by JadeNB 5y ago

Of course, complaints about what's on topic at HN always have the same, correct answer—it's on topic at HN if it's of interest to hackers, whether or not it's about hacking. All the same, while I understand that blog entries don't have to be about anything in particular, I am curious about what made this worth surfacing here. There's a roundabout with some bunnies, people are feeding them, and it's not really clear who but no-one seems to mind—is there some significance to the story I'm missing, or was it just a pleasant bit of news?

capableweb 5y ago
I didn't personally upvote it, but I'm happy I saw it, as it was "just a pleasant bit of news" for me and the part about the "drive-by carroting" made me smile. Also I learned that Aberdeen sees itself as the "Energy Capital of Europe" while I've never heard about the place before, and I've been around in Europe a lot in my years :)
- ZeroGravitas 5y ago
  It's the base for a lot of North Sea Oil and Gas companies, due to its location, which probably gives it some claim to the title, as any other contender closer to the center of europe would probably need to share access with other localities, while being on the extreme end concentrates things (while also making it kind of irrelevant if you're not involved in north sea oil or gas). Randomly googled map to demonstrate: https://thoughtcontrolscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/20170909_brm881.png https://thoughtcontrolscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2...
andybak 5y ago
I tend to upvote the occasional post such as this for the simple reason that I sometimes just like to increase the diversity of content. In this case I think this also has the potential for some very HN-ish dicussion. Rabbits and foxes is a classic CS topic after all! Ecology and population dynamics leads to some interesting maths. Plus - bunnies.
- BeefWellington 5y ago
  I'd go even further: The environment is an important cost factor in business now and likely to become more so in the future. Understanding what it looks like when nature adapts to the changes we're making is valuable. It's like the Peppered moths in England.[1] While this specific story may have limited applicability to someone wanting to build a new cloud service business, keeping environmental impacts in mind can't hurt. Plus, bunnies. Alternately, if you want to go full "rabbits are pests and should be removed", you can always make it a business opportunity.[2] [1]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-peppered-moths-changed-color-sync-industrial-revolution-180959282/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-peppe... [2]: https://abcnews.go.com/International/rabbits-burned-fuel-sweden/story?id=8824540 https://abcnews.go.com/International/rabbits-burned-fuel-swe...
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subroutine 5y ago
This one's got me stumped too. I was expecting to see either an absurd amount of rabbits, or at least one adorable bunny.
quickthrower2 5y ago
It is a story that provokes “but why?”. Wouldn’t be out of place on that explainer part of the xkcd site.

by JadeNB 5y ago

capableweb 5y ago

I didn't personally upvote it, but I'm happy I saw it, as it was "just a pleasant bit of news" for me and the part about the "drive-by carroting" made me smile. Also I learned that Aberdeen sees itself as the "Energy Capital of Europe" while I've never heard about the place before, and I've been around in Europe a lot in my years :)

ZeroGravitas 5y ago
It's the base for a lot of North Sea Oil and Gas companies, due to its location, which probably gives it some claim to the title, as any other contender closer to the center of europe would probably need to share access with other localities, while being on the extreme end concentrates things (while also making it kind of irrelevant if you're not involved in north sea oil or gas). Randomly googled map to demonstrate: https://thoughtcontrolscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/20170909_brm881.png https://thoughtcontrolscotland.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/2...

andybak 5y ago

I tend to upvote the occasional post such as this for the simple reason that I sometimes just like to increase the diversity of content. In this case I think this also has the potential for some very HN-ish dicussion. Rabbits and foxes is a classic CS topic after all! Ecology and population dynamics leads to some interesting maths. Plus - bunnies.

BeefWellington 5y ago
I'd go even further: The environment is an important cost factor in business now and likely to become more so in the future. Understanding what it looks like when nature adapts to the changes we're making is valuable. It's like the Peppered moths in England.[1] While this specific story may have limited applicability to someone wanting to build a new cloud service business, keeping environmental impacts in mind can't hurt. Plus, bunnies. Alternately, if you want to go full "rabbits are pests and should be removed", you can always make it a business opportunity.[2] [1]: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-peppered-moths-changed-color-sync-industrial-revolution-180959282/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-peppe... [2]: https://abcnews.go.com/International/rabbits-burned-fuel-sweden/story?id=8824540 https://abcnews.go.com/International/rabbits-burned-fuel-swe...

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subroutine 5y ago

This one's got me stumped too. I was expecting to see either an absurd amount of rabbits, or at least one adorable bunny.

quickthrower2 5y ago

It is a story that provokes “but why?”. Wouldn’t be out of place on that explainer part of the xkcd site.